VOL. 130 | NO. 143 | Friday, July 24, 2015
Memphis Mayoral Field Set at 10
By Bill Dries
Shelby County Election Commissioners have certified the Memphis election ballot for Oct. 8.
These are the names to appear on that ballot for the 15 elected offices.
The commission met hours after the noon Thursday, July 23, deadline for candidates to withdraw from the ballot if they wished.
The commission rejected appeals from mayoral contender James Clingan and city council contender Joe Cooper to include them on the ballot despite them not having enough signatures on their qualifying petitions.
The commission also voted to list City Court Clerk candidate Thomas Long as Thomas Long II. He is the son of incumbent City Court Clerk Thomas Long who is not seeking re-election.
In the hours leading up to the withdrawal deadline former Shelby County Commissioner James Harvey and Brian Saulsberry withdrew from the Memphis Mayor’s race, making a field of 10 including incumbent Mayor A C Wharton Jr.
The largest field among the 13 council races is the nine contenders for council District 7 where appointed incumbent Berlin Boyd is seeking a full four-year term on the council.
Meanwhile, District 2 council candidate Marti E. Miller dropped out of that race making a field of four for the East Memphis seat incumbent Bill Boyd is giving up.
Harvey later attended the opening of mayoral candidate Jim Strickland’s campaign headquarters in Poplar Plaza and endorsed Strickland.
Here is the ballot approved Thursday by the Shelby County Election Commission.
Mayor:
Leo Awgowhat
Harold Collins
Anderson Fullilove Jr.
Robert “Prince Mongo” Hodges
Jim Strickland
David Phillip Walker Jr.
Sharon A. Webb
A C Wharton Jr.
M. Latroy Williams
Mike Williams
City Council Dist. 1
Bill Morrison
Wayne Roberts
City Council Dist. 2
Frank Colvett Jr.
Detric Golden
Rachel Knox
Jim Tomasik
City Council Dist. 3
Rhonda Banks
Tanya Cooper
Sherman (Perkins) Kilimanjaro
Kevin Mott Sr.
Patrice Jordan Robinson
Coleman Thompson
Keith O. Williams
City Council Dist. 4
Kirstin L. Cheers
Donnell Cobbins
John Cornes
Doris Deberry-Bradshaw
Adrian Jones
Louis Matthew Morganfield III
Jamita E. Swearengen
George Walker
City Council Dist. 5
Jimmie Franklin
John Marek
Worth Morgan
Charles “Chooch” Pickard
Dan Springer
Mary Wilder
Jennifer James Williams
City Council Dist. 6
Perry L. Bond
Edmund H. Ford Jr.
Delvin Lane
City Council Dist. 7
Anthony Anderson
Berlin F. Boyd
Eric Dunn
Anthony Ambee Johnson
Alfonzo Durrell Lee
Michael Steven Moore
Coby V. Smith
Thurston Smith
David W. Vinciarelli
City Council Super Dist. 8 Pos. 1
Joe Brown
George Thompson
Victoria E. Young
City Council Super Dist. 8 Pos. 2
J. Eason
Janis Fullilove
Isaac Wright
City Council Super Dist. 8 Pos. 3
Jacqueline Camper
Martavius D. Jones
Mickell Lowery
City Council Super Dist. 9 Pos. 1
Charley Burch
Kemp Conrad
Robin A. Spielberger
City Council Super Dist. 9 Pos. 2
Stephanie Gatewood
Lynn Moss
Paul Shaffer
Philip Spinosa Jr.
Kenneth Twigg Whalum Jr.
City Council Super Dist. 9 Pos. 3
Stephen Christian
Zachary Ferguson
Reid Hedgepeth
City Court Clerk
William Chism Jr.
Dewey Clark
Justin Ford
Wanda Halbert
Antonio Harris
Thomas Long II
Kay Spalding Robilio
Shep Wilbun Jr.