There are 21 article(s) tagged Corey Strong:

• July 2026

  • Endorsement ballots: A unique Memphis tradition

    A warning from District Attorney General Steve Mulroy about misleading endorsement ballots is the latest chapter in the tale of a unique Memphis political institution.

    By Bill Dries July 31, 2026

• February 2024

  • Corey Strong is back to challenge Steve Cohen in August primary

    The former local Democratic Party chairman announced his bid for Congress ahead of the Monday, Feb. 5, opening of the period to check out petitions to get on the Aug. 1 state and federal primaries ballot. 

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2024

• June 2023

  • Conservancy could save Mid-South Coliseum

    The conservancy is the latest in efforts to return the Coliseum to use after it was mothballed by the city 16 years ago. It is the first proposal since Mayor Jim Strickland called for the Coliseum’s demolition to make way for a new $52 million, 10,000-seat soccer stadium.

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  • Opinion: Don’t destroy the Coliseum, re-create it

    “There is no reason to squander the cultural and social equity that Memphis has invested in the Coliseum when we can reimagine it as a thriving, revenue-generating, multi-purpose venue that serves as a beacon for all that Memphis has to offer.”

    By Ken May, Corey Strong June 09, 2023

• August 2021

  • Salinas is new Shelby County Democratic Party leader

    Gabby Salinas emerged as the new local party chair at an online party convention Saturday, Aug. 28, after former party chairman Corey Strong withdrew from the balloting.

    By Bill Dries August 28, 2021

• January 2021

  • Local Democrats look to Georgia model to end GOP dominance in Tennessee

    Former local Democratic party Chairman Corey Strong, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the Georgia model of bringing activists and organizers into the state party machinery will take time — probably six to 10 years to take Tennessee from red to purple.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2021

• July 2020

  • Cohen’s role as vocal Trump critic figures prominently in bid for eighth term

    The Congressman faces former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong in the Aug. 6 primary. Strong is critical of Cohen’s style; Cohen says Strong and past challengers don’t understand the job.

    By Bill Dries July 30, 2020

• February 2020

  • Bloomberg supporters ask, ‘What is the strategy?’

    Early voting opens Wednesday in Shelby County in the Tennessee presidential primaries. 

    By Bill Dries February 11, 2020

• January 2020

  • Cohen: 2020 election year is ‘political Armageddon’

    Cohen spoke at City Court Clerk Myron Lowery's 29th annual prayer breakfast Jan. 1, saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could ultimately decide to pass on a Senate trial on impeachment resolutions against President Donald Trump.

    By Bill Dries January 02, 2020

• December 2019

  • Fields set for March Tennessee presidential primaries

    Two Republican challengers to President Donald Trump and 16 Democrats have made the ballot for the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2019

• August 2019

  • Strong to challenge Cohen in 2020 Democratic Congressional primary

    Former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong will challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2020 Democratic Congressional primary.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2019

• April 2019

  • Harris becomes new Democratic Party chairman in confidence vote

    Harris was unopposed and by a narrow vote got the majority needed after answering lots of questions about the recent suspension of his law license. The vote also included lots of evidence of different factions within the party that was reformed in 2017.

    By Bill Dries April 07, 2019

  • Strong cautions Democrats against ‘deficit mindset’ at local party convention

    Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says local Democrats made a good start in the 2018 county elections, sweeping every countywide office on the ballot and improving the Democratic majority on the Shelby County Commission to eight seats.

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2019

• March 2019

  • Democrats plot encore to 2018 Shelby County election sweep

    The Saturday Shelby County Democratic Party convention is the first of two gatherings to elect the party's leadership for the next two years including a new party chairman to be elected at a later meeting.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2019

  • Planned Parenthood takes back endorsement of Towns over abortion vote

    In a largely symbolic gesture, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi is taking back its endorsement of Democratic state Representative Joe Towns of Memphis in last year's primary and general elections because of Towns' recent vote in favor of the “fetal heartbeat” bill.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2019

  • Local Democrats to elect new party chair

    After a party reorganization in 2017 and a Democratic sweep of countywide offices in the 2018 elections, Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong says it is time for another leader of the local party.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2019

• November 2018

  • Past the Election: Issues remain after the last election of 2018

    The last election of 2018 will decide winners and losers in numerous local, state and federal offices and three city referendums.

    By Bill Dries November 04, 2018

• October 2018

  • Early vote turnout surge gives both parties hope without details

    The second and final weekend of early voting brought the Democratic and Republican contenders for Tennessee governor to Shelby County as well as Democratic Senate nominee Phil Bredesen.

    By Bill Dries October 29, 2018

  • Early voting issues resolved, voting machines up and running

    Four early voting sites lost connectivity with electronic polling books Wednesday morning, the Shelby County Election Commission confirmed, but all of those issues have since been resolved.

    By Omer Yusuf October 18, 2018

  • Norris won’t step down from Senate before Nov. 6; special election likely

    Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, newly appointed to a U.S. District Court judgeship, confirmed Tuesday he won’t be able to resign his legislative seat before the Nov. 6 election, a situation that will lead to a special election for the District 32 seat and potential temporary replacement.

    By Sam Stockard October 17, 2018

  • Shelby elections administrator promises Cohen she’ll process new voter registrations

    Shelby County’s elections administrator is guaranteeing her office will process some 33,000 new voter-registration applications before early voting starts Wednesday, after being queried by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen.

    By Sam Stockard October 15, 2018