Pearson rally puts Memphis at center of Democratic Party debate
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York joined Justin J. Pearson at New Direction Church for a “Get Out the Vote Rally in Memphis” on Friday night. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Plus, GOP gubernatorial candidates push to change Tennessee constitution for tougher control over Memphis courts and the Memphis Safe Task Force.
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Justin J. Pearson London Lamar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Charlane Oliver John Rose Memphis Safe Task Force Steve Mulroy Brent Taylor Marsha Blackburn Todd Blanche Epstein filesBill 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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