There are 7 article(s) tagged State Senate District 31:

• June 2026

  • Bailey: Palazzolo announces retirement — as Germantown mayor, not all politics

    Mayor Mike Palazzolo announced this week that he is retiring from service in Germantown. But is another office a possibility?

    By Clay Bailey June 26, 2026

• August 2023

  • Civil rights groups suing Tennessee over Republican-led redistricting

    The lawsuit filed Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Nashville federal court seeks to redraw the Cordova-based state Senate district in Shelby County and cites a “larger discriminatory agenda” by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2023

• October 2022

  • Sanford: Brent Taylor’s ‘radical left’ ad belies his reputation as a conciliator

    “With all that cash and goodwill going for him, Taylor could easily take the high road, the 100% positive road, to a smooth Election Day victory.”

    By Otis Sanford October 28, 2022

• May 2022

  • Political Roundup: End of early voting, the Toney challenge, Moody’s support

    The Political Roundup has the details for last-minute early voting as well as a follow-up on Brandon Toney’s bid to get back on the August Republican primary ballot in state Senate District 31.

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2022

• April 2022

  • Two Republican primaries are already throwing sparks

    The only two contested Republican primaries in August for seats in the Tennessee General Assembly representing parts of Shelby County could change dramatically with new challenges that could remove one of the contenders from each of the two-man races.

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren, Ian Round April 27, 2022

• March 2022

  • Brian Kelsey calls off reelection bid

    Kelsey announced the decision in a Twitter post Friday, March 4. The end of the current legislative session in Nashville will mark the end of an 18-year run in Nashville for Kelsey, who first came to the General Assembly as a state House member.

    By Bill Dries March 07, 2022

  • Taylor moves closer to August primary challenge of Kelsey

    Brent Taylor resigned as chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission this week but didn’t mention a bid for the state Senate. 

    By Bill Dries March 02, 2022