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Wanda Halbert
2018 - Present
2026
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Wanda Halbert (Democratic Party) is the Shelby County Clerk in Tennessee. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on September 1, 2026.
Halbert (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Shelby County Clerk in Tennessee. She won in the general election on August 4, 2022.
Halbert is a former District 4 representative on the Memphis City Council in Tennessee from 2008 to 2016. Halbert previously served on the Memphis Board of Education from 2000 to 2007.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for Shelby County Clerk
Incumbent Wanda Halbert defeated Jeff Jacobs and Harold Smith in the general election for Shelby County Clerk on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wanda Halbert (D) | 49.0 | 65,570 |
| Jeff Jacobs (R) | 40.7 | 54,531 | ||
| Harold Smith (Independent) | 10.2 | 13,706 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 53 | ||
| Total votes: 133,860 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Shelby County Clerk
Incumbent Wanda Halbert defeated William Stovall, Arriell Q. Gipson, and Mondell Williams in the Democratic primary for Shelby County Clerk on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda Halbert | 72.2 | 33,823 |
| William Stovall | 11.6 | 5,434 | ||
| Arriell Q. Gipson | 11.5 | 5,371 | ||
| Mondell Williams | 4.6 | 2,170 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 46,856 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Shelby County Clerk
Jeff Jacobs advanced from the Republican primary for Shelby County Clerk on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Jacobs | 99.7 | 13,848 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 13,890 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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2018
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2018)
General election
General election for Shelby County Clerk
Wanda Halbert defeated Donna Creson in the general election for Shelby County Clerk on August 2, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda Halbert (D) | 57.8 | 86,359 |
| Donna Creson (R) | 42.2 | 63,025 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 130 | ||
| Total votes: 149,514 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Shelby County Clerk
Wanda Halbert defeated Jamal Whitlow and Mondell Williams in the Democratic primary for Shelby County Clerk on May 1, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda Halbert | 75.0 | 32,551 |
| Jamal Whitlow | 17.5 | 7,610 | ||
| Mondell Williams | 7.5 | 3,266 | ||
| Total votes: 43,427 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Shelby County Clerk
Donna Creson defeated Arnold Weiner and Soheila Kail in the Republican primary for Shelby County Clerk on May 1, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Donna Creson | 49.6 | 12,681 | |
| Arnold Weiner | 29.3 | 7,485 | ||
 | Soheila Kail | 21.1 | 5,389 | |
| Total votes: 25,555 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Maurice Denbow (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wanda Halbert did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Wayne Mashburn (R) |
Shelby County Clerk 2018-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Memphis City Council District 4 2008-2016 |
Succeeded by Jamita E. Swearengen |
| Preceded by - |
Memphis Board of Education 2007-2010 |
Succeeded by - |
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