Mayoral candidates define themselves at first campaign forum
Democratic candidates for the Shelby County mayor's race include (from left) Harold Collins, Heidi Kuhn, Mickell Lowery, JB Smiley Jr. and Melvin Burgess.(Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Five of the six declared Democratic candidates for Shelby County mayor spoke at the forum held by the Germantown Democratic Party at the Great Hall Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.
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Shelby County Democratic Party Shelby County mayoral race Mickell Lowery Heidi Kuhn JB Smiley Jr. Melvin Burgess Harold Collins Germantown Democratic ClubBill Dries on demand
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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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