Political Roundup: Lowery stumps, red state strategies and new voter numbers
Shelby County Commissioner and 2026 County Mayoral contender Mickell Lowery took his early campaign to the Frayser Exchange Club Thursday, June 26, at the Ed Rice Community Center. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery is touting his experience across two terms on the Commission in his bid to become the next Shelby County Mayor in the 2026 elections.
Lowery told a group of 40 at the Frayser Exchange Club this past week that he wants to change the culture of the mayor’s office and sees the office as being the “chief relations officer” for the county.
“Elevate the job. Elevate the role,” he said at the Ed Rice Community Center luncheon.
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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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