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District 9, Position 1 City Council
incumbent Kemp Conrad, who combines business with pleasure when it comes to electioneering, threw one of his patented Gatsby-like parties at his East Memphis home last week.
Doubling as a fundraiser and drawing a large and eclectic turnout, the affair drew money into coffers that were already pretty full as the heavily favored Conrad prepared for his 2015 reelection race against a field of challengers.
The affair ended with a karaoke session.
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On Monday of this week, two District 2 contenders—
Rachel Knox (l) and
Jim Tomasik — exchanged notes as they bumped into each other at the Flyer Saucer on Germantown Parkway. (The occasion was a "Patio Pints" fundraiser for City Council candidates
Robin Spielberger (Super District 9, Position 1) and
Lynn Moss (Super District 9, Position 2), who are very informally running a group campaign in tandem with Tomasik. Knox just happened by.
Each of the two pictured here has aspirations of beating the favored, GOP-supported
Frank Colvett Jr.— Knox on the strength of significant support from Shelby County Democrats, Tomasik from, among other sources, discontented suburbanites recently annexed into Memphis.
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Well, now, who can be opposed to this, huh? A little kumbaya on the campaign trail between Knox and
Robin Spielberger (l), a challenger to Conrad in Super District 9, Position 1 race and co-beneficiary of the "Pinto Pints" affair..
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On Sunday District 5 candidate
Charles "Chooch" Pickard (left) was feted at a fundraiser on East Chickasaw Parkway. Well-wishers for the architect/candidate included graphic designer Monte Shane (center) and Mark Bieber of Memphis Heritage.