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Morgan to challenge incumbent
Harris for county mayor 

By Terry Hollahan and Graham Sweeney 

The unofficial results of the May 3 Shelby County Primary Election have been tallied and incumbent County Mayor Lee Harris, 44, won the nod from the Democratic Party and will run against Republican nominee Worth Morgan, 35, in the August election. Morgan has served on the City Council since 2016. 

Harris beat out Kenneth Moody in the primaries. 

Steven Mulroy received the majority of the votes as the Democratic nominee for district attorney and will challenge incumbent Amy Weirich for the position.

Current Assessor of Property Melvin Burgess received more than 39,000 votes and will go up against Republican Steve Cross.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

• District Attorney
General District 30

Linda Harris 10,055

Steven Mulroy 22,123

Janika White 15,876

• County Mayor

Lee Harris 33,753

Kenneth Moody 14,369

• County Commissioner District 1

Donna McDonald-Martin 2,052

• County Commissioner District 2

No qualified candidate, 107 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 3

No qualified candidate, 108 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 4

Britney Chauncey 2,079

• County Commissioner District 5

Shante Avant 1,887

Quran Folsom 665

Reginald French 1,053

• County Commissioner District 6

Alexander Boulton 967

Charlie A. Caswell Jr. 2,135

• County Commissioner District 7

Cartavius Black 639

Henri E. Brooks 1,607

Althea E. Greene 1,531

Kathy Temple 517

Orrden Williams 51

• County Commissioner District 8

Mickell M. Lowery 3,294

• County Commissioner District 9

Sam D. Echols IV 554

Edmund Ford Jr. 6,156

Sean Harris 600

• County Commissioner District 10

Teri Dockery 1,005

Kathy Kirk 1,314

Britney Thornton 2,198

• County Commissioner District 11

Miska Clay Bibbs 1,285

Candice Jones 836

Eric Winston 1,267

• County Commissioner District 12

James Q. Bacchus 920

Reginald S. Boyce 2,000

Erika Sugarmon 2,268

David P. Walker 197

• County Commissioner District 13

Michael Whaley 2,717

• Assessor of Property

Rod Blount  7,676

Melvin Burgess 39,273

• County Trustee

Regina M. Newman 43,481

• Sheriff

Floyd Bonner 45,172

• Circuit Court Clerk

Temiika D. Gipson 19,285

Jamita E. Swearengen 26,850

• Criminal Court Clerk

Maerne B. Bernard 11,293

Heidi Kuhn 20,091

Carla Jean Stotts 13,347

• Juvenile Court Clerk

Stephanie W. Gatewood 10,174

Janeen F. Gordon 22,356

Reginald Milton 10,299

Marcus Mitchell 4,236

• Probate Court Clerk

William Chism Jr. 13,282

Eddie Jones 21,032

Bill Morrison 11,380

• County Clerk

Arriell Q. Gipson 5,370

Wanda Halbert 33,818

William Stovall 5,434

Mondell Williams 2,168

• Register of Deeds

Willie Brooks 20,468

Wanda Logan Faulkner 13,119

Shelandra Y. Ford 12,929

REPUBLICAN 

PRIMARY

• District Attorney General District 30

Amy Weirich 14,526

• County Mayor

Worth Morgan 14,259

• County Commissioner District 1

Amber Mills 1,530

• County Commissioner District 2

David C. Bradford Jr. 2,202

• County Commissioner District 3

Mick Wright 1,948

• County Commissioner District 4

Jordan Carpenter 2,585

Brandon Morrison 2,724

• County Commissioner District 5

Todd Payne 818

• County Commissioner District 6

No qualified candidate, 37 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 7

No qualified candidate, 17 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 8

No qualified candidate, 19 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 9

No qualified candidate, 12 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 10

No qualified candidate, 17 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 11

No qualified candidate, 9 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 12

No qualified candidate, 24 write-in votes

• County Commissioner District 13

Ed Apple 1,378

• Assessor of Property

Steve Cross 13,961

• County Trustee

Steve Basar 13,954

• Circuit Court Clerk

Soheila Kail 13,322

• Criminal Court Clerk

Paul Houston 13,790

• Juvenile Court Clerk

Rob White 13,838

• Probate Court Clerk

DeWayne Jackson 13,593

• County Clerk

Jeff Jacobs 13,848

• Register of Deeds

Bryan Edmiston 13,901

Source: Shelby County Election Commission

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