Sawyer Leads in Clerk Voting

Shelby County is destined to have a new General Sessions Court clerk.


Tami Sawyer (Photo: Courtesy Tami Sawyer)

To no one’s surprise, the favored presidential candidates of both political parties dominated in local Super Tuesday voting, while Shelby County is destined to have a new General Sessions Court clerk.

County Democrats nominated longtime activist Tami Sawyer for clerk. Sawyer finished with a 2,000-vote edge over incumbent Joe Brown (12,182 to 10,157) and easily out-pointed Shelandra Ford (3,454) and Rheunte E. Benson (2,683)

The Republican nominee for clerk is Lisa Arnold, who was unopposed with 19,397 votes.

Sawyer, who will be heavily favored, and Arnold will vie in the county general election on August 1st, the date also of primaries for state and federal positions.

It was no contest for Donald Trump in local GOP presidential-preference voting. The former president out-polled his only active opponent, Nikki Haley (12,204 to 4,961), in Congressional District 8, and 9,020 to 3,095 in District 9.

President Joe Biden won 27,286 votes to 1,491 for uncommitted in the two districts.

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