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Served as interim mayor. First African-American mayor. Former State Representative (one term) and former State Senator (two terms). [1] Wallace Madewell: 1982 Richard C. Hackett: 1982–1991 W. W. Herenton: 1992–2009 First elected African-American mayor Myron Lowery: 2009 (Mayor pro tem) 3rd African-American mayor A C Wharton: 2009–2015 Jim ...
Memphis mayors serve four-year terms. [1] The current mayor is Paul Young, who took office on January 1, 2024. The previous mayor was Jim Strickland. Former mayor W.W. Herenton has been a formidable and controversial local political figure. At the time of his resignation he was serving his fourth consecutive term as Mayor.
The 2022 Shelby County mayoral election was held on August 4, 2022, to elect the mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Lee Harris won re-election with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Republican nominee Worth Morgan.
Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved their $1.6 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2025 in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The almost 12-hour long meeting was tense, with the ...
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Van Turner, former chair of the Shelby County Commission (D) [20] Derek Winn, bakery assistant (I) [ 9 ] [ 11 ] Paul Young , president and CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission and former director of the Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development [ 21 ] (D) [ 22 ]
The members will be appointed by the county mayor, but Commissioners will have final approval through a vote. ... Brooke Muckerman covers Shelby County Government for The Commercial Appeal. She ...
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris speaks during an Investing in America press conference to announce federal funding for a new Interstate 55 bridge in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, July 18, 2024.