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Keith O. Williams (Memphis City Council candidate)
Keith O. Williams was a 2015 candidate for District 3 of the Memphis City Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on October 8, 2015. Williams and Patrice Jordan Robinson were competing in a runoff election on November 19, 2015.
Biography
Williams attended Memphis Melrose High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Knoxville College. His professional experience includes teaching in Knoxville and at several high schools in Memphis. He served as the president of the Memphis teachers union, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association, from 2010 to 2015.[1]
Elections
2015
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, held elections for mayor and city council on October 8, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 17, 2015.[2] In the District 3 race, Rhonda Banks, Tanya L. Cooper, Sherman Kilimanjaro, Kevin Mott, Sr., Patrice Jordan Robinson, Coleman Thompson and Keith O. Williams faced off in the general election on October 8, 2015. Incumbent Harold B. Collins did not run for re-election.[3] A runoff between Robinson and Williams took place on November 19, 2015.[4]
| Memphis City Council, District 3, Runoff election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patrice Jordan Robinson |
58.9% | 1,121 |
| Keith O. Williams | 41.1% | 783 |
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 1,904 | |
| Source: WMC Action News 5, "Election Results," accessed November 19, 2015 | ||
| Memphis City Council District 3 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Patrice Jordan Robinson |
48.3% | 5,558 | |
| Keith O. Williams |
20.8% | 2,388 | |
| Tanya L. Cooper | 17.6% | 2,028 | |
| Rhonda Banks | 5.8% | 664 | |
| Coleman Thompson | 3.8% | 440 | |
| Kevin Mott, Sr. | 2.1% | 241 | |
| Sherman Kilimanjaro | 1.4% | 161 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.2% | 22 | |
| Total Votes | 11,078 | ||
| 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
- ↑ Chalkbeat Tennessee, "Keith Williams ends 5-year tenure as Memphis teachers union president," July 2, 2015
- ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Election Calendar 2015," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Official candidate list," accessed July 27, 2015
- ↑ WREG, "City Council elections going to a runoff," October 9, 2015
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