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Updates on deadlines regarding the mayor’s race; plus, Lowery and Chumney.
At the invitation of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Circuit Court Judge Carol Chumney addressed a standing-room-only crowd last Thursday in Vasco A. Smith Jr. Shelby County Administration Building. Chumney read from The Arena: One Woman’s Story, her recently published memoir of a life in local politics, including two runs for Memphis Mayor.
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