Shelby County Democratic Party elects leader
Shelby County Board of Commissioenrs District 9 cheers during roll call at a local Democratic Party convention May 31. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A grassroots organizer emerged as the winner over a retired businessman and party activist.
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Shelby County Democratic Party Willie Simon Jeff Etheridge Michael O. Harris Hendrell RemusBill Dries on demand
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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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