Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris outlined his budget proposal the day after winning the Democratic primary for county mayor and advancing to the August county general election in his quest for a second term.
Only one of the incumbent Democratic clerks from 2018’s Democratic sweep of the offices was without a challenge from within the party. Three of the incumbents didn’t survive to advance to the August county general election.
Incumbent Democratic County Mayor Lee Harris defeated challenger Ken Moody. Harris said he expects a hard-fought contest in the general election contest with Republican nominee Worth Morgan.
“It’s quite simple, the Democrat primary voters have decided who they want as their candidate,” Folsom said. “It was a well-fought race despite the incredibly low turnout.”
Steve Mulroy will face incumbent District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the general elections in August.
District 4 was the only contested Republican race on the May 3 ballot.
Election for mayor narrows to a race between the incumbent and a Memphis City Council member.
The former County Commissioner died in January, his family disclosed this month. He is buried in a county cemetery, 50 years after his only win in a storied political career that saw him go to prison twice.
The increase in cases aligns with national data, which shows new cases trending upward in many parts of the country as precautions like social distancing and mask wearing are loosened.
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows gave the keynote speech at the local Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Gala, with many GOP figures vowing to regain the majority in the U.S. House in midterm elections this year.
Steve Mulroy, Linda Harris and Janika White are contending for the Democratic nomination for the district attorney’s office and the right to challenge District Attorney General Amy Weirich in the August general election.
In recent years, staff dealt with COVID-19. They aimed to teach students in a safe environment while also abiding by ever-changing guidelines.
State Sen. Jack Johnson said the current formula “is outdated, it’s antiquated, it’s difficult to understand. Quite frankly, it is broken. (This) rips that old formula out by the roots and starts with a clean state.”
The only two contested Republican primaries in August for seats in the Tennessee General Assembly representing parts of Shelby County could change dramatically with new challenges that could remove one of the contenders from each of the two-man races.
Those schools have remained under the operation of Memphis-Shelby County Schools since the municipal districts were formed in 2013.
“I just feel like a weight has been lifted up off of me.”
Here are the basics of how term limits work in Memphis and Shelby County, and a tumultuous history of the issue across both governments.
Here is the backstory of how county primaries came to be in the early 1990s, called for by Republicans several years after Democrats splintered over a move in their ranks to take local elections partisan.
Making its way through the Memphis City Council are a pair of ballot questions that could change the face of city government and the nature of city politics — if they get on the ballot and if a majority of city voters agree at the ballot box. The election backstory: Term limitsRelated coverage:
The election backstory: Primaries
All MATA services will be free to ride on Thursday, April 28.
“Regardless of where you live in Tennessee, you should have a say in who represents you,” writes Tequila Johnson and Charlane Oliver.
“What is troubling here ... is the narrative around crime is so strong, so in your face all the time.”
Grand jury alleges Miracle Renee Rutherford was driving recklessly and crashed into the home of Leslie Galen Young, former basketball standout at Hillcrest High School.
The Scorecard attempts the math on the new FedExForum deal keeping the Grizzlies at the Forum and on the renovated Shelby Training Center that is to become the new juvenile detention center with more funding from the county.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and its partner, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad, showed its members that Easter egg hunting is possible, using beeping eggs.