TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 9, 2024

The only countywide race on the Shelby County Aug. 1 ballot will one between Lisa Arnold and Tami Sawyer, who are seeking to be the next General Sessions Court clerk. Early voting in the race will begin July 12. Arnold, who is running as a Republican, is making her first bid for public office. She has been a bail bondsman and bounty hunter for Liberty Bail Bonding since retiring as a supervisor in the clerk’s office in 2014. Democratic nominee Tami Sawyer is a former Shelby County Commissioner who, before being elected to the commission in 2018, ran unsuccessfully for the state House. She also finished third in the 2019 Memphis mayor’s race. Read more about their races in the Daily Memphian or their responses to questions from the paper.