There are 6 article(s) tagged school board primaries:

• April 2026

  • St. Jude researcher wants to add new perspective to Collierville school board

    “When you look at the board and how it’s made up,” said Jason Morrison, “I thought it would be nice to have some new blood in there and some differing perspectives.”

    By Abigail Warren 3 hours ago

• May 2025

  • Political Roundup: Why Republicans want partisan school board primaries

    The Shelby County Republican Party is hoping having partisan primaries in school board races will help them crawl back to relevancy in the Democratic-dominated county, even if they have little chance of winning some races.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2025

  • County GOP reverses course on school board races

    The Shelby County Republican Party executive committee didn’t want partisan primaries in school board races two years ago, but Thursday’s vote went the other way.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2025

• September 2023

  • Political Roundup: Attack ads, early voting and school-board primaries

    This roundup looks at the latest report on voter registration, checks in with Election Commission officials ahead of Friday’s opening of early voting in Memphis and replays the Republican debate that ended with no school-board primaries.

    By Bill Dries September 10, 2023

  • Political Roundup: 901 Day, too many candidates and not enough votes

    Van Turner and Paul Young started their mayoral campaigns a year ago on 901 Day. A year later, they talk about what separates each in a pack of 17 candidates. 

    By Bill Dries September 05, 2023

• November 2021

  • Political Roundup: Lee says pandemic and related litigation continue

    Gov. Bill Lee was in East Memphis for a local political fundraiser Friday, just before signing five new laws from a special session of the Tennessee Legislature and allowing a sixth bill to become law without his signature. 

    By Bill Dries November 15, 2021