August elections continue turbulent history for judicial appointments
Judge Chris Frulla was one of only two county judges to retain his position after the August Election Day, picutred here on Oct. 23, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Some of the hardest and most persistent campaigns on the streets of Memphis this summer have also been among the quietest or the easiest for voters to overlook — the set of six countywide special judicial races decided on the Aug. 6 Election Day.
Those races are also some of the most politically turbulent in a city whose politics can quickly take a turn.
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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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