{"biography":"[https://www.vanformemphis.com/](https://www.vanformemphis.com/)\n\nVan Turner is a product of the best of Memphis. He is a native of Whitehaven, Memphis and now raises his three children with his junior high sweetheart, Tammie, in the Binghampton neighborhood. Van is a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of Morehouse College and a graduate of the University of Tennessee Law school where he served as the president of the Black Law Students Association. Van clerked for the Hon. Samuel Hardy Mays, Jr. in United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Currently, he is a Partner at Turner Feild, PLLC where he practices civil litigation, constitutional law, and business litigation. He also heads the non-profit that removed the Confederate statues of Nathan B. Forrest and Jefferson Davis from Health Sciences and Memphis Parks.\n\nHe was elected as a Shelby County Commissioner in 2014 and re-elected without opposition in 2018. Van currently serves as President of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP. Van has served on the board of several legal organizations, including the Tennessee Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar Association, and the Memphis Bar Association. Additionally, he has been an active member of the Economic Club of Memphis, the Rotary Club of Memphis, and the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inns of Court.\n\nFAMILY  \n\nTAMMIE TURNER (Wife)\n\nMALIK, MASAI & MALIA (Children)\n\n EDUCATION   \n\nWHITEHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL\n\nMOREHOUSE COLLEGE\n\nUNIVERSITY OF TN COLLEGE Of LAW","campaigns":[{"contest":"memphis_mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Memphis Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Turner, Van","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"06/13/25","documentid":"4BADB2DC-9803-4E93-B8F6-B8B9565443BB","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD Year-End 2024.pdf","documentnameid":["4BADB2DC-9803-4E93-B8F6-B8B9565443BB","Turner, Van - CFD Year-End 2024.pdf"],"documenttype":"2024 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"06/13/25","documentid":"7FE9E70E-8CB3-49D7-9A7E-7F31E958C2EC","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD Mid-Year 2024.pdf","documentnameid":["7FE9E70E-8CB3-49D7-9A7E-7F31E958C2EC","Turner, Van - CFD Mid-Year 2024.pdf"],"documenttype":"2024 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"06/13/25","documentid":"9D2CC8E6-D7E7-4F33-AE13-56D25113EC45","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD 4th Quarter 2023.pdf","documentnameid":["9D2CC8E6-D7E7-4F33-AE13-56D25113EC45","Turner, Van - CFD 4th Quarter 2023.pdf"],"documenttype":"2023 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"10/10/23","documentid":"C9772377-6FFD-4436-873A-A74AB7E63A88","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD 3rd Quarter 2023","documentnameid":["C9772377-6FFD-4436-873A-A74AB7E63A88","Turner, Van - CFD 3rd Quarter 2023"],"documenttype":"2023 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"09/28/23","documentid":"3064117F-9ED9-47C7-836B-2BF01A007422","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD Pre-General 2023","documentnameid":["3064117F-9ED9-47C7-836B-2BF01A007422","Turner, Van - CFD Pre-General 2023"],"documenttype":"2023 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"07/10/23","documentid":"65FD5EB5-044A-44D8-89CC-FD1CB90DED5F","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD 2nd Quarter 2023","documentnameid":["65FD5EB5-044A-44D8-89CC-FD1CB90DED5F","Turner, Van - CFD 2nd Quarter 2023"],"documenttype":"2023 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"04/10/23","documentid":"D9953846-195B-446E-AE2E-02E67C67576E","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD 1st Quarter 2023.pdf","documentnameid":["D9953846-195B-446E-AE2E-02E67C67576E","Turner, Van - CFD 1st Quarter 2023.pdf"],"documenttype":"2022 CFD Documents","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"01/31/23","documentid":"DE4576FC-32E6-4CBE-A63B-42DC8D0761CC","documentname":"Turner, Van - CFD Year-End 2022","documentnameid":["DE4576FC-32E6-4CBE-A63B-42DC8D0761CC","Turner, Van - CFD Year-End 2022"],"documenttype":"Campaign Financial Disclosure","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"09/06/22","documentid":"7ADCF928-59AF-4CBA-945E-34200F6E1DE5","documentname":"Turner, Van - Appointment of Treasurer 2023.pdf","documentnameid":["7ADCF928-59AF-4CBA-945E-34200F6E1DE5","Turner, Van - Appointment of Treasurer 2023.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"Memphis Mayor","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"EBBF15B1-B58D-4E44-9450-C8CE4716BEE2","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Inactive"}],"firstname":"Van","fullname":"Van Turner","lastname":"Turner","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"memphis_mayor","contest_title":"Memphis Mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2023-10-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"123","office_title":null,"party":"","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"memphis_mayor","contest_title":"Memphis Mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2023-10-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"123","office_title":null,"party":"","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2023}],"office_key":"123","office_title":"Memphis Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Van Turner is a native of Whitehaven, Memphis, and a partner at Turner Feild, PLLC, where he practices civil litigation, constitutional law, and business litigation. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Morehouse College and also holds a law degree from the University of Tennessee Law School. Van has served as a Shelby County Commissioner since 2014 and is currently the President of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP. He has been involved in various legal organizations and community groups, including the Tennessee Bar Association and the Economic Club of Memphis. Van is also known for leading a non-profit organization that removed Confederate statues from Health Sciences and Memphis Parks. He is currently running for the position of Memphis Mayor in the upcoming election.","terms":[],"token":"p7FkMxEjNv"}