Democrats boot five, Republicans strike three from May primary ballot
Voters line up outside of the Second Baptist Church in East Memphis on the first day of early voting in Tennessee Oct. 16, 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The decisions mean only Republican primary on the May county ballot is contested. Another Republican claims another County Commission seat. And the busiest primary on the ballot remains the Democratic primary for County Clerk.
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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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