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Delvin Lane
Delvin Lane was a 2015 candidate for District 6 of the Memphis City Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on October 8, 2015.
Biography
Lane has worked as the assistant executive director of Streets Ministries, a group that aims to "serve impoverished youth in the Memphis metropolitan area by unconditionally representing the Good News of Jesus Christ in word and deed."[1] Lane's own past as a former gang member has influenced his involvement in the community; in 2012, Mayor A. C. Wharton announced that Lane would lead a five-person contracted violence intervention team as part of the city's Urban Youth Initiative.[2]
According to a local news piece in The Commercial Appeal, Lane had been an honor student who excelled in boxing, track, basketball and football. Though his performance on the football team earned him a scholarship to the University of Wyoming, an unstable and impoverished family life led him down a path of drug dealing and gang involvement. His scholarship was nullified after Lane was charged with aggravated assault, having pulled a gun on a group of young men who had cornered him. He struggled to extract himself from gang involvement and ultimately, after seeking guidance from Pastor Ronnie Tullos of the Inner-city Outreach Center, set out on a healthier path at the age of 21.[2]
Of his past, Lane commented, "We knew how serious the situation was. It blew me away and affirmed how soulful God is."[2]
Lane has worked as an assistant football coach at his alma mater, Booker T. Washington High School.[2] According to The Commercial Appeal,
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[Lane] lets the players, some of whom are gang members, listen on the speaker phone to calls his brother makes from prison. '[My brother] tells them to be humble and respect each other and to put down guns,' Lane said. Many of the teens seem to listen. 'I don't think there's a point of no return with any kid,' Lane says.[3] |
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Elections
2015
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, held elections for mayor and city council on October 8, 2015. A runoff, if necessary, would have taken place on November 19, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[4] In the District 6 race, incumbent Edmund Ford, Jr. defeated Perry L. Bond and Delvin Lane in the general election on October 8, 2015.[5]
| Memphis City Council District 6 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Edmund Ford, Jr. Incumbent |
72% | 10,610 | |
| Perry L. Bond | 18.4% | 2,708 | |
| Delvin Lane | 9.4% | 1,387 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.2% | 24 | |
| Total Votes | 14,729 | ||
| Source: Shelby County Election Commission, "Memphis Election 2015 October," accessed October 8, 2015 | |||
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See also
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Memphis, Tennessee municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City Leadership, "The City Leadership Institute Is Executive Leadership Development for the Nonprofit Leader," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Commercial Appeal, "Former Memphis gang leader uses his past to rescue youths," October 21, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Election Calendar 2015," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Official candidate list," accessed July 27, 2015
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