Lamar gets into race for Shelby County Democratic Party chair

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 03, 2019 11:45 PM CT | Published: April 03, 2019 11:02 PM CT

The Democratic state Representative got into the race just before a Wednesday deadline for nominations as another contender dropped out and a contender who stayed in the race faces questions about a suspended law license. The party's grass roots council makes its decision Saturday.

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London Lamar Michael Harris Shelby County Democratic Party

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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