Interim state rep calls off write-in campaign for late father’s seat
Tennessee Rep. T.J. Hardaway, D-Memphis, speaks on the state House of Representatives floor during a special session of the state Legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps May 7 in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP file)
Interim state Rep. T.J. Hardaway is backing a write-in effort by Kyler Gilkey, who had been seeking the District 84 seat vacated by veteran legislator Joe Towns Jr.
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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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