Sanford: Shelby County Democrats embrace the L word

Unlike in Mississippi, here terms like ‘liberal’ and ‘Democrat’ aren’t ballot-box poison

By , Daily Memphian Published: October 31, 2019 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. 

On the night Mississippi voters are deciding between two degrees of conservatism, Shelby County Democrats will gather in Germantown to ask the question, “How Liberal Are You?”

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Jim Hood London Lamar Shelby County Democratic Party Steve Mulroy Tate Reeves

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