George Summers

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George Summers

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Democratic Party

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Last election

March 5, 2024

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George Summers (Democratic Party) (also known as Dempsy) ran for election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk in Tennessee. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2024)

General election

General election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

Tami Sawyer defeated Lisa Arnold in the general election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tami Sawyer (D)	53.9	40,393
	Submit photo	Lisa Arnold (R)	46.1	34,571

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,964
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rod Ford (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

Tami Sawyer defeated incumbent Joe Brown, Shelandra Ford, and Rheunte Benson in the Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tami Sawyer	42.7	12,183
		Joe Brown	35.6	10,158
		Shelandra Ford	12.1	3,454
	Submit photo	Rheunte Benson	9.4	2,684
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	63

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,542
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• George Summers (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

Lisa Arnold advanced from the Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Arnold	100.0	19,398

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,398
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Houston (R)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)

General election

General election for Shelby County Register of Deeds

Willie Brooks defeated Bryan Edmiston and George Summers in the general election for Shelby County Register of Deeds on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Willie Brooks (D)	58.2	76,858
	Submit photo	Bryan Edmiston (R)	38.0	50,203
	Submit photo	George Summers (Independent)	3.7	4,899
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	41

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 132,001
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County Register of Deeds

Willie Brooks defeated Wanda Faulkner and incumbent Shelandra Ford in the Democratic primary for Shelby County Register of Deeds on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Willie Brooks	44.0	20,471
	Submit photo	Wanda Faulkner	28.2	13,122
		Shelandra Ford	27.8	12,931
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	45

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,569
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Shelby County Register of Deeds

Bryan Edmiston advanced from the Republican primary for Shelby County Register of Deeds on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Bryan Edmiston	99.6	13,902
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	54

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,956
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2020)

General election

General election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

Joe Brown defeated Paul Boyd in the general election for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Brown (D)	61.5	75,857
	Submit photo	Paul Boyd (R)	38.3	47,290
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	215

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,362
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Brown	22.7	20,607
		Reginald Milton	14.5	13,130
	Submit photo	Thomas Long	12.6	11,458
	Submit photo	Eddie Jones	11.7	10,629
	Submit photo	Wanda Faulkner	9.4	8,570
	Submit photo	Gortria Banks	8.4	7,584
	Submit photo	Tanya L. Cooper	6.8	6,141
	Submit photo	Roderic Ford	4.2	3,853
	Submit photo	Adrienne Dailey-Evans	2.9	2,625
	Submit photo	Deirdre Fisher	2.3	2,116
	Submit photo	Tavia Tate	1.6	1,467
	Submit photo	Rheunte Benson	1.4	1,239
	Submit photo	Del Gill	1.0	940
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	457

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,816
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Ford (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk

Paul Boyd defeated Lisa Wimberly, Michael Finney, and George Summers in the Republican primary for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paul Boyd	49.3	9,514
	Submit photo	Lisa Wimberly	25.1	4,845
	Submit photo	Michael Finney	15.3	2,949
	Submit photo	George Summers	10.0	1,926
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	80

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,314
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2019

See also: City elections in Memphis, Tennessee (2019)

General election

General election for Memphis City Court Clerk

The following candidates ran in the general election for Memphis City Court Clerk on October 3, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Myron Lowery (Nonpartisan)	43.2	34,554
		Joe Brown (Nonpartisan)	31.9	25,468
		Delicia DeGraffreed (Nonpartisan)	8.1	6,451
	Submit photo	Lea Redmond (Nonpartisan)	4.7	3,775
		David W. Vinciarelli (Nonpartisan)	4.1	3,311
	Submit photo	George Summers (Nonpartisan)	3.5	2,803
		Carl Irons (Nonpartisan)	2.4	1,926
	Submit photo	De Givens (Nonpartisan)	1.9	1,491
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	171

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,950
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2018

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General election

General election for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk

Bill Morrison defeated Chris Thomas and Jennings Bernard in the general election for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk on August 2, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Morrison (D)	54.3	81,083
	Submit photo	Chris Thomas (R)	41.4	61,871
	Submit photo	Jennings Bernard (Independent)	4.2	6,336
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	43

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,333
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk

Bill Morrison advanced from the Democratic primary for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk on May 1, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Morrison	100.0	38,263

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,263
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk

Chris Thomas defeated incumbent Paul Boyd and George Summers in the Republican primary for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk on May 1, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Chris Thomas	53.1	14,307
	Submit photo	Paul Boyd	36.9	9,936
	Submit photo	George Summers	10.0	2,679

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,922
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Campaign themes

2024

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George Summers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

George Summers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

George Summers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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George Summers did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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