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Contest for County Mayor

general - Non-partisan - County Mayor

About this office

The County Mayor's Office is the governing branch of Shelby County's administration. It is responsible for overseeing the following divisions: Administration and Finance Community Services Corrections Disproportionate Minority Contact Health Services Information Technology Services Planning and Development Public Defender Public Works It is also responsible for overseeing the Mayor's Action Center and the county's Public Affairs Office. The Mayor's office is term-limited to two consecutive terms. The Mayor is paid $210,000 per year.

Term length: 4 years.

This role calls for

Executive management of a metropolitan county government of roughly 910,000 residents and a billion-dollar-plus consolidated budget across health, public works, corrections, the Sheriff's Office (administrative side), and many smaller departments.
Ability to negotiate and defend an annual budget before a 13-member County Commission.
Intergovernmental capacity: coordinating with the City of Memphis, six suburban municipalities, the State of Tennessee, and federal agencies, especially on shared services like MATA, MLGW, EDGE, and the Health Department.
Working familiarity with Tennessee county-government law, the Shelby County Charter, open-meetings, and procurement rules.
Public-facing communication and crisis-management skills for a large, diverse, news-attentive county.

Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.

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Lee Harris

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