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Michelle McKissack
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2022 - Present
2026
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Michelle McKissack is a member of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school board in Tennessee, representing District 1. She assumed office on January 25, 2022. Her current term ends on September 1, 2026.
McKissack ran for election for Mayor of Memphis in Tennessee. She lost in the general election on October 5, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Memphis, Tennessee (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of Memphis
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Memphis on October 5, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul Young (Nonpartisan)  | 27.6 | 24,420 |
| Floyd Bonner (Nonpartisan) | 22.5 | 19,900 | ||
 | Willie Herenton (Nonpartisan) | 21.5 | 18,994 | |
| Van Turner (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 18,784 | ||
| JW Gibson (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 2,176 | ||
| Michelle McKissack (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 1,437 | ||
| Joe Brown (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 1,030 | ||
 | Karen Camper (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 591 | |
| James Harvey (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 325 | ||
 | Brandon Price (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 129 | |
 | Carnita Atwater (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 122 | |
| Tekeva Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 95 | ||
| Jennings Bernard (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 89 | ||
 | Reggie Hall (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 77 | |
| Kendra Calico (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 58 | ||
| Derek Winn (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 57 | ||
| Justina Ragland (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 53 | ||
| Total votes: 88,337 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Colvett Jr. (Nonpartisan)
- George Flinn Jr. (Nonpartisan)
- David Winston (Nonpartisan)
2022
See also: Shelby County Schools, Tennessee, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Memphis-Shelby County Schools school board, District 1
Incumbent Michelle McKissack defeated Rachael Goodwin Spriggs and Chris Caldwell in the general election for Memphis-Shelby County Schools school board, District 1 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle McKissack (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 5,040 | |
 | Rachael Goodwin Spriggs (Nonpartisan) | 27.2 | 2,951 | |
 | Chris Caldwell (Nonpartisan) | 26.1 | 2,836 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 10,850 | |||
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2018
See also: Shelby County Schools, Tennessee elections (2018)
General election
General election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 1
Michelle McKissack defeated incumbent Chris Caldwell, Katherine Ayers, and Michael Scruggs in the general election for Shelby County Schools school board, District 1 on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle McKissack (Nonpartisan) | 38.9 | 4,743 | |
| Chris Caldwell (Nonpartisan) | 29.5 | 3,594 | |
| Katherine Ayers (Nonpartisan) | 19.1 | 2,326 | ||
| Michael Scruggs (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 1,474 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 48 | ||
| Total votes: 12,185 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michelle McKissack did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Michelle McKissack did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
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