Paul Young outpaces three strong challengers to take mayor’s seat
“I want to make sure that together, we go through a transformation — a transformation that’s gonna take us from from hopelessness to hopeful; from poverty to prosperity; from hurt to healed; from stalled to thriving,” Paul Young said at Minglewood Hall on Thursday, Oct. 5. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“This is not a me thing. This is a we thing,” Paul Young said from his campaign headquarters Thursday, Oct. 5.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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