Lee Harris was re-elected to a second term as Shelby County mayor on Thursday, Aug. 4, and Steve Mulroy defeated incumbent Amy Weirich to become the county’s district attorney for the next eight years.
Harris garnered 78,552 votes to win another four-year term against challenger Worth Morgan, a Memphis City Councilman since 2016 who tallied 56,789 votes, or 42 percent of the ballots cast.
Mulroy totaled 76,280 votes to 59,364 for Weirich, according to Shelby County Election Commission results which will be unofficial until the results are certified.
In his campaign against the incumbent Weirich, Mulroy, a University of Memphis law professor and former prosecutor and Shelby County commissioner for District 5, attacked her record since she became DA in 2011, running television and social media ads that described her office as ranking “the worst” in Tennessee.
There were clear differences between Mulroy and Weirich for voters on issues related to prosecuting abortions, bail and truth in sentencing laws, to name a few, with Mulroy supporting criminal justice reform that would give more leniency for non-violent crimes and reduce the prison population. On the social media site LGBT Voters for Steve Mulroy, he posted:
“We need to refocus on violent crime and stop wasting our resources on petty prosecutions like marijuana possession, being late in fines and fees, going after protestors or going after people who attempted to register to vote when they were told that they were able to vote.
We need to refocus on things that matter – carjacking, domestic assault, and homicides.”
In other races, Mick Wright, who represents Bartlett on the Shelby County Commission, ran unopposed and earned another four-year term in District 3.
As expected, incumbent Republican David Kustoff easily won the Republican primary for the District 8 Congressional seat with nearly 84 percent of the vote and Steve Cohen easily won the Democratic primary for U.S. Representative of the 9th District, getting 88 percent of votes cast.
Kustoff will face Democrat Lynnette Williams in the federal general election on Nov. 8 and Cohen will face Republican Charlotte Bergmann, who got 10,378 votes compared to 8,757 for Brown Dudley and 999 for Leo AwGoWhat in the primary.
Bill Lee was unopposed in the state primary for Tennessee governor and Nashville surgeon Jason B. Martin won the Democratic nomination for governor. They will square off on Nov. 8. In Shelby County, Democrat J.B. Smiley Jr. was the gubernatorial candidate of choice, getting 48,604 votes compared to 17,998 for Martin and 12,599 for Carnita F. Atwater.
In a City of Memphis referendum to extend term limits from two to three consecutive terms, voters said no, by a vote of 52,582 to 26,759.
A total of 86,637 county residents voted early, according to the Shelby County Election Commission.
Here is a list of other Shelby County results in the Nov. 4 elections. These totals must still be certified before becoming official:
State – District 30 – General Election
Circuit Court Judge, Division I
Felicia Corbin-Johnson 113,703
Circuit Court Judge, Division II
Carlos A. Bibbs 45,098
Carol J. Chumney 52,060
Kenneth M. Margolis 27,119
Circuit Court Judge, Division III
Valerie L. Smith 112,612
Circuit Court Judge, Division IV
Gina Carol Higgins 113,102
Circuit Court Judge, Division V
Rhynette Northcross Hurd 106,090
Circuit Court Judge, Division VI
Stuart Breakstone 48,861
Cedrick D. Wooten 65,705
Circuit Court Judge, Division VII
Paul A. Robinson Jr. 42,639
Mary L. Wagner 74,254
Circuit Court Judge, Division VIII
Damita Dandridge 57,889
Larry E. Parrish 20,607
Robert “Bob”Weiss 43,416
Circuit Court Judge, Division IX
Yolanda Kight Brown 105,292
Chancellor, Part I
Melanie Taylor Jefferson 65,865
Gadson William Perry 47,425
Chancellor, Part II
Jim Kyle 106,824
Chancellor, Part III
Joe Jenkins 81,048
Richard Parks 28,422
Probate Court Judge, Division I
Kathleen N. Gomes 106,966
Probate Court Judge, Division II
Joe Townsend 66,186
Karen D. Webster 47,660
Criminal Court Judge, Division I
Michael G. Floyd 54,549
Paula Skahan 62,229
Criminal Court Judge, Division II
Gregory Thomas Carman 19,118
Jennifer Fitzgerald 44,018
Amy G. Mayne 11,016
Joe Ozment 34,758
Samuel D. Winnig 7,309
Criminal Court Judge, Division III
James Jones 68,165
Michael R. McCusker 44,819
Criminal Court Judge, Division IV
Carolyn Blackett 105,257
Criminal Court Judge, Division V
Carlyn Addison 65,089
Christopher J. Lareau 49,159
Criminal Court Judge, Division VI
Reginald Henderson 47,986
David L. Pool 49,094
Ross Sampson 18,281
Criminal Court Judge, Division VII
Kenya Brooks 55,882
Lee V. Coffee 62,948
Criminal Court Judge, Division VIII
Chris Craft 86,261
Sanjeev Memula 32,249
Criminal Court Judge, Division IX
A. Melissa Boyd 57,655
Mark Ward 57,488
Criminal Court Judge, Division X
Jennifer Johnson Mitchell 106,851
District Attorney General
Amy Weirich ( R ) 59,364
Steve Mulroy ( D )76,280
County General Election
County Mayor
Worth Morgan ( R ) 56,789
Lee Harris ( D ) 78,552
County Commissioner District 1
Amber Mills ( R ) 6,553
Donna McDonald-Martin ( D ) 4,194
County Commissioner District 2
David C. Bradford Jr. ( R ) 10,900
County Commissioner District 3
Mick Wright ( R ) 9,629
County Commissioner District 4
Brandon Morrison ( R ) 11,986
Britney Chauncey ( D ) 5,422
County Commissioner District 5
Todd Payne ( R ) 3,580
Shante Avant ( D ) 6,135
County Commissioner District 6
Charlie A. Caswell Jr. ( D ) 5,266
County Commissioner District 7
Henri Brooks ( D ) 6,150
Shirelle-Dakota Brown ( I ) 1,477
County Commissioner District 8
Mickell M. Lowery ( D ) 6,233
County Commissioner District 9
Edmund Ford Jr. ( D ) 10,254
County Commissioner District 10
Britney Thornton ( D ) 6,878
County Commissioner District 11
Miska Clay Bibbs ( D ) 5,299
County Commissioner District 12
Erika Sugarmon ( D ) 8,779
County Commissioner District 13
Ed Apple ( R ) 6,072
Michael Whaley ( D ) 7,036
Assessor of Property
Steve Cross ( R ) 51,517
Melvin Burgess ( D ) 81,836
County Trustee
Steve Basar ( R ) 51,746
Regina M. Newman ( D ) 80,327
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 1
Lynn Cobb 69,384
Victoria Gillard 32,368
Lawrence A. Pivnick 13,798
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 2
Phyllis B. Gardner 108,597
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 3
Lincoln Hodges 30,992
William “Bill” Larsha 15,897
Danielle Mitchell Sims 50,032
Lisa N. Stanley 19,486
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 4
Deborah Henderson 99,349
Eran E Julian 13,563
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 5
Varonica R. Cooper 40,622
Betty Thomas Moore 75,882
General Sessions Civil Court Judge, Division 6
Kim Gilmore Sims 45,301
Lonnie Thompson 70,317
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 7
Bill Anderson 82,851
Handel R. Durham 32,050
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 8
Perry S. Hayes 26,412
John “Jay” H. Parker II 20,765
Lee Wilson 67,257
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 9
Sheila Bruce-Renfroe 59,731
Gerald Skahan 56,464
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 10
Cathy Anderson 22,969
Patience “Missy” Branham 9,762
Greg Gilbert 35,093
Rhonda Wilson Harris 23,899
Kevin Reed 19,840
Erim Sarinoglu 5,982
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 11
Terita M. Hewlett 34,981
Karen L. Massey 65,915
Jimmy Thomas 15,428
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 12
Mischelle Alexander-Best 58,839
Ronald Lucchesi 59,041
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 13
Louis Montesi 73,965
Terrance Tatum 43,575
Environmental Court Judge, Division 14
Addie M. Burks 23,514
Patrick M. Dandridge 68,529
Danny W. Kail 25,472
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge, Division 15
Christian Johnson 54,294
Loyce Lambert-Ryan 54,084
Juvenile Court Judge
William “Ray” Glasgow 16,251
Dan Michael 40,720
Dee Shawn Peoples 11,071
Tarik B. Sugarmon 53,267
Sheriff
Floyd Bonner ( D ) 96,289
Keisha Scott ( I ) 9,814
Donald Taylor ( I ) 20,412
Circuit Court Clerk
Soheila Kail ( R ) 51,801
Jamita E. Swearengen ( D ) 79,320
Criminal Court Clerk
Paul Houston ( R ) 49,772
Heidi Kuhn ( D ) 81,223
Juvenile Court Clerk
Janeen Fullilove Gordon ( D ) 91,536
Probate Court Clerk
Dewayne Jackson ( R ) 51,372
Eddie Jones ( D ) 79,336
County Clerk
Jeff Jacobs ( R ) 54,519
Wanda Halbert ( D ) 65,520
Harold C. Smith ( I ) 13,699
Register of Deeds
Bryan Edmiston ( R ) 50,191
Willie Brooks ( D ) 76,801
George Summers ( I ) 4,896
County School Board, Division 1
Chris Caldwell 2,836
Michelle McKissack 5,038
Rachael Goodwin Spriggs 2,949
County School Board, Division 6
Charles Everett 1,822
Timothy Green Jr. 1,364
Kenny Lee 565
David Page 436
Tiffani Perry 2,529
Keith Williams 4,874
County School Board, Division 8
Amber Huett-Garcia 9,525
County School Board, Division 9
Joyce Dorse-Coleman 4,821
Rebecca Jane Edwards 3,347
Arlington Municipal Election
Alderman, Position 4
Oscar L. Brooks 1,643
Jordan D. Hinders 970
Alderman, Position 5
Harry McKee 1,702
Steven Smith 1,091
Alderman, Position 6
Jeremy Biggs 2,461
School Board, Position 1
Scott Benjamin 2,419
School Board, Position 3
Jonathan Dunn 1,660
Hugh Lamar 1,136
School Board, Position 5
Dale A. Viox 1,483
Cathy Wilson 1,298
Town of Collierville
Municipal Court Judge
Lee Ann Pafford Dobson 7,334
City of Germantown
Municipal Judge, Division 1
Raymond Clift 7,608
Municipal Judge, Division 2
Bob Brannon 7,523
City of Memphis Special Election
Municipal Court Judge, Division 1
Kenya Hooks 40,699
Carolyn S. Watkins 27,256
Federal Primary – Democratic
U.S. Representative, District 8
Tim McDonald 3,895
Lynnette P. Williams 6,806
U.S. Representative, District 9
M. Latroy Alexandria 8,367
Steve Cohen 61,564
State Primary – Democratic
Governor
Carnita Atwater 12,599
Jason Brantley Martin 17,998
JB Smiley Jr. 48,604
Tennessee Senate, District 29
Raumesh Akbari 21,558
Tennessee Senate, District 31
Ruby Powell-Dennis 12,204
Tennessee Senate, District 33
Marion Alexandria Jr. 3,158
Rhonnie Brewer 2,637
London Lamar 12,634
Tennessee House, District 83
None
Tennessee House, District 84
Brandon Price 1,134
Joe Towns Jr. 4,001
Tennessee House, District 85
Jesse Chism 8,273
Phyllis Parks 1,916
Tennessee House, District 86
Barbara L. Cooper 5,232
Will Richardson 1,395
Tennessee House, District 87
Karen Camper 5,560
Tennessee House, District 88
Larry J. Miller 5,608
Tennessee House, District 91
Barbara Farmer-Tolbert 3,276
Torrey C. Harris 4,621
Tennessee House, District 93
G. A. Hardaway Sr. 5,136
Tennessee House, District 95
Patricia Causey 2,834
Tennessee House, District 96
Dwayne Thompson 6,672
Tennessee House, District 97
Toniko S. Harris 2,855
Houston Wolf 2,834
Tennessee House, District 98
Antonio Parkinson 5,431
Tennessee House, District 99
None
District 29 – Committeewoman
Allison Brownlee 20,619
District 29 – Committeeman
Darrick Dee Harris 21,229
District 30 – Committeewoman
Jasmine Boyd 10,904
Norma Lester 3,985
District 30 – Committeeman
Allan Creasy 13,668
District 31 – Committeewoman
Sarah W. Freeman 11,814
District 31 – Committeeman
Dave Cambron 11,630
District 32 – Committeewoman
Deborah K. Reed 6,306
District 32 – Committeeman
None
District 33 – Committeewoman
Rosemary Winters 16,457
District 33 – Committeeman
Jonathan Carroll 16,451
Federal Primary – Republican
U.S. Representative, District 8
Danny Ray Bridger Jr. 1,004
Gary Dean Clouse 537
Bob Hendry 2,974
David Kustoff 24,253
U.S. Representative, District 9
Leo AwGoWhat 866
Charlotte Bergmann 9,382
Brown Dudley 7,811
State Primary – Republican
Governor
Bill Lee 46,984
Tennessee Senate, District 29
None
Tennessee Senate, District 31
Brent Taylor 24,850
Tennessee Senate, District 33
Frederick D. Tappan 2,587
Tennessee House, District 83
Mark White 8,637
Tennessee House, District 84
None
Tennessee House, District 85
None
Tennessee House, District 86
None
Tennessee House, District 87
None
Tennessee House, District 88
None
Tennessee House, District 91
None
Tennessee House, District 93
None
Tennessee House, District 95
Kevin Vaughan 8,479
Tennessee House, District 96
None
Tennessee House, District 97
John Gillespie 7,895
Tennessee House, District 98
None
Tennessee House, District 99
Tom Leatherwood 6,526
Lee Mills 2,565
District 29 – Committeewoman
Tina McElravey 2,984
District 29 – Committeeman
Terry A. Roland 3,311
District 30 – Committeewoman
None
District 30 – Committeeman
Tim Beacham 4,271
District 31 – Committeewoman
Peggy C. Larkin 22,228
District 31 – Committeeman
George Chism 16,312
Arnold Weiner 5,316
District 32 – Committeewoman
Charlotte Kelley 7,709
District 32 – Committeeman
Lee Mills 7,974
District 33 – Committeewoman
None
District 33 – Committeeman
None
