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Sep 1, 2022 · Van Turner, a former county commissioner, president of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP and an instrumental figure in bringing down Confederate statues in the city, will run for Memphis mayor in...
Aug 27, 2023 · Former Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner and his wife Tamara Turner pray before he announces his 2023 bid for Memphis mayor on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2922, at Health Sciences Park in Memphis.
Aug 28, 2023 · Now, the couple have been married for 21 years. When he’s told the story — whether at a forum or at his mayoral announcement — Turner, an attorney, brings it back to the mayoral race. On Oct...
Van Turner ( Democratic Party) was a member of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Tennessee, representing District 12. Turner assumed office in 2014. Turner left office on September 1, 2022. Turner ran for election for Mayor of Memphis in Tennessee.
Van Turner has had plenty of stops on path to mayor’s race. What changed for Turner and other Generation X politicos was term limits, which began for the Shelby County Commission and county mayor in 1998 and for the Memphis mayor and city council in 2011.
- The Daily Memphian Staff
The 2023 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 5, 2023, to elect the next mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Incumbent Jim Strickland was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.
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Aug 12, 2022 · MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Van Turner confirms he is running for Memphis mayor. Van Turner served two terms as county commissioner and president of the local NAACP chapter. Turner says he wants to address Memphis, Tennessee’s public safety, jobs, and education issues.
