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Herenton Campaign Announces A Slogan

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Published June 9, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.

A day after anti-incumbent sentiment prevailed in primaries in Nevada and South Carolina, (and almost prevailed against Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas), former Mayor Willie Herenton revealed his campaign slogan in his bid to oust incumbent Steve Cohen in the Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional district. Eleanor Boudreau reports ...

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New York Congressman's Endorsement of Cohen Highlights Local Kennedy Dinner

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Published May 3, 2010 at 1:03 p.m.
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JB U.S. Rep. Edolphus (Ed) Towns Largely unnoticed in the run-up to this week’s county primaries was another political event of more than usual significance — namely, the annual Kennedy Dinner of the Shelby County Democratic Party ... The keynote speaker for the event, held Friday night at Clark Tower, was New York congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns, whose evocation of traditional party positions and item-by-item exploration of the landmark 2010 health-care bill were less meaningful

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One More Time for Jimmy Naifeh's Coon Supper

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Published April 30, 2010 at 9:36 a.m.
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JB Congressional candidate Roy Herron and host Jimmy Naifeh with attendees at the Coon Supper ... The annual “Coon Supper” on the grounds of the Covington Country Club — held, as always, under the auspices of State Representative Jimmy Naifeh, the venerable former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives — took place Thursday night ... Yes, there was raccoon meat available, but most guests passed it by, having long ago taken their obligatory ritual bite of the sharp and

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 8:50 a.m.

Jackson Baker sets up the Herenton-Cohen grudge match in this week's cover story ... [image-1] ...

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Grudge Match

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

The Herenton-Cohen race for Congress is a throwdown, but what's it all about, really? ... by Jackson Baker ... Willie Herenton's congressional campaign kickoff, scarcely more than a week after it occurred, is already a signal event in Memphis history. Herenton, the battle-scarred former mayor, faced a crowd of mainly African-American supporters in the ballroom of the University of Memphis-area Holiday Inn and reminded those present that he had broken down barriers by becoming the city's first

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Going Rogue

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

Having a "conversation" with Shelby County residents about consolidation is like having a conversation with your spouse or significant other about your relationship ... You can talk yourself into believing you're being grown up and tactful, but sooner or later — probably sooner — you are going to be in deep trouble ... Might as well come right out and say, "Does this new dress make me look fat?" or "You know, that marriage therapist on Oprah said some interesting things" or "I'm thinking of

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Memphis Mayor Wharton reappoints most city directors

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has reappointed many of the city’s division directors who were all appointed by Willie Herenton ...

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A Varied Field Lining Up to Fill Luttrell's Shoes as Sheriff

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Published Feb. 7, 2010 at 4:33 p.m.
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Back in August, 1990, heading what was ballyhooed at the time as the longest ballot in Shelby County, history, the lead race — one which commanded abundant local attention — was that for Sheriff ... The incumbent sheriff, Jack Owens, had just created a vacancy by the most dramatic means imaginable: He had committed suicide, blowing out his brains with a handgun in a parked car ... Owens, who had been a dramatic innovator — most notably by personally leading “jump-and-grab” drug raids

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Her Man's In...

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 9:01 p.m.

[image-1]A supporter of Willie Herenton for Congress sports a T-shirt indicating that a congressional race is on for real in the 9th District.See Jackson Baker's take on the ex-mayor's kick-off event in Political Beat ...

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"I am Back," Says Herenton at Kick-Off, Forecasting a Congressional Win

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 8:06 p.m.

JB ... Such uncertainty as still existed concerning the reality of a congressional race by Willie Herenton seemed to go out the window for good Saturday, The former Memphis mayor kicked off his candidacy for the 9th district Democratic nomination before a sizeable — and almost entirely African-American — crowd at the University of Memphis-area Holiday Inn on Central Avenue ... In keeping with the composition of his audience — and with the reality of a contest that requires him to unseat a

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