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Kirstin L. Cheers

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Kirstin L. Cheers
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Nonpartisan

Education

Bachelor's

University of Memphis

Personal
Profession
Community organizer
Contact

Personal website

Kirstin L. Cheers was a 2015 candidate for District 4 of the Memphis City Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on October 8, 2015.

Biography

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Cheers is from Memphis, Tennessee. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a minor in political science, from the University of Memphis. Her professional experience includes working as a community organizer with the Tennessee Charter School Center and writing for The New Tri­State Defender.[1]

Campaign themes

2015

Cheers' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

Youth

  • Excerpt:
“
  • Making Education a priority in the city of Memphis again
  • Providing collective impact and buy-in from churches, non-profits, and small businesses to facilitate wrap-around services and resources to youth and parents
  • Recreating recreational and educational spaces for youth, and providing jobs that will attract college students to work in these communities.[3]
 ”

Poverty

  • Excerpt:
“
  • Implementing financial empowerment resources in low-income communities.
  • Establishing and improving access to health care and services
  • Empowering the community and utilizing existing resources to attack blight and showcase pride in our neighborhoods[3]
 ”

Upward mobility

  • Excerpt:
“
  • Re-directing the transfer of wealth back into areas such as Hickory Hill, Whitehaven and Orange Mound.
  • Providing and improving public transportation in the areas of waiting time, reliability, and accessibility to jobs
  • Increasing the minimum wage[3]
 ”

Elections

2015

See also: Memphis, Tennessee municipal 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.[4] In the District 4 race, Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw, Kirstin L. Cheers, Donnell Cobbins, John Cornes, Adrian Jones, Louis Matthew Morganfield, III, Jamita E. Swearengen, George Walker faced off in the general election on October 8, 2015. Incumbent Wanda Halbert did not run for re-election.[5] A runoff between DeBerry-Bradshaw and Swearengen took place on November 19, 2015.[6]

Memphis City Council, District 4, Runoff election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jamita E. Swearengen 77.2% 1,154
Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw 22.8% 340
Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) 1,494
Source: WMC Action News 5, "Election Results," accessed November 19, 2015


Memphis City Council District 4 General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJamita E. Swearengen 33.1% 3,688
Green check mark transparent.pngDoris DeBerry-Bradshaw 24.4% 2,726
Donnell Cobbins 12.4% 1,388
Kirstin L. Cheers 9.2% 1,023
John Cornes 7.9% 884
Adrian Jones 4.8% 533
George Walker 4.6% 508
Louis Matthew Morganfield, III 3.2% 361
Write-in votes 0.4% 43
Total Votes 9,709
Source: Shelby County Election Commission, "Memphis Election 2015 October," accessed October 8, 2015

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kirstin Cheers campaign website, "About Kristin," accessed August 11, 2015
  2. ↑ Kirstin Cheers campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 11, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Election Calendar 2015," accessed December 18, 2014
  5. ↑ Shelby County Election Commission, "Official candidate list," accessed July 27, 2015
  6. ↑ WREG, "City Council elections going to a runoff," October 9, 2015
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