In a race with 13 names on the ballot and several hundred votes cast for write-ins, former Memphis City Councilman Joe Brown emerged as the winner of the Democratic Party nomination for General Sessions Court Clerk.
Brown, who was term-limited and not eligible for reelection to the council, drew 20,602 votes, putting him 7,000-plus votes in front of his nearest competitor, Shelby County Board of Commissioners member Reginald Milton.
A North Memphis fixture, Brown now faces Republican Party nominee Paul C. Boyd, who easily outdistanced three other candidates, in the Aug. 6 County General Election. Boyd served eight years as Probate Court Clerk.
With 166 of 166 precincts reporting, the unofficial vote totals in the Democratic Party Primary showed these results:
Gortria Banks………………….7,581
Rheunte E. Benson…………1,239
Joe Brown……………………..20,602
Tanya L. Cooper ………………6,139
Dailey-Evans…………………..2,623
Deirdre V. Fisher…………….2,116
S. Ford Sr. …………………….3,852
Del Gill……………………………….940
Eddie Jones…………………..10,627
Wanda Logan-Faulkner…..8,568
Thomas Long………………..11,457
Reginald Milton……………13,127
Tavia Tate…………………….1,466
Write-In…………………………..457
In the Republican Party Primary, the unofficial results showed:
Paul C. Boyd…………..9,514
Michael Finney……….2,949
George Summers……1,924
Lisa W. Wimberly……4,841
Write-In……………………80
