Lowery wants a ‘change in culture,’ Pearson gears up fundraising, and Republicans want Sawyer to resign
“We’re not running this campaign against a person. We are running this campaign against a problem. The problem is the status quo,” Congressional contender Justin Pearson told supporters Saturday, Oct. 11, during a rally in the Edge district. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
Also in the political roundup: Congressional contender Justin J. Pearson campaigns. And General Sessions Court Clerk Tami Sawyer is asked to resign over a recorded courthouse confrontation.
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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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