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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 2, 2023

Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett has announced he will run for mayor of Memphis, making him the 10th person to join the race, the Daily Memphian reports. Additional candidates include: Daniel Abston; Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr.; retired Criminal Court Judge Joe Brown; state Rep. Karen Camper, D-Memphis; J.W. Gibson; Michelle McKissack; Hastina Robinson; attorney and Memphis Branch NAACP president Van Turner Jr.; and Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young. Candidates in the city elections can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions to get on the nonpartisan ballot in May. Early voting begins in mid-September. Election Day is Oct. 5.