Tamara Sawyer

Tamara Sawyer ran for election for Mayor of Memphis in Tennessee. She lost in the general election on October 3, 2019.

Biography

Sawyer obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Memphis. She went on to work for seven years as a human capital analyst with the U.S. Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems Program Executive Office before joining Teach for America-Memphis as a managing director of diversity and community partnerships. In 2017, Sawyer founded #takeemdown901, a movement advocating for the removal of statues depicting figures associated with the Confederate States of America in Memphis.

Elections

2019

See also: Mayoral election in Memphis, Tennessee (2019)

General election

General election for Mayor of Memphis

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Memphis on October 3, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Strickland (Nonpartisan)	62.1	59,904
		Willie Herenton (Nonpartisan)	28.7	27,702
		Tamara Sawyer (Nonpartisan)	6.9	6,669
	Submit photo	Robert Hodges (Nonpartisan)	0.5	471
	Submit photo	Sharon A. Webb (Nonpartisan)	0.5	445
		Lemichael Wilson (Nonpartisan)	0.3	305
		Steven Bradley (Nonpartisan)	0.2	232
	Submit photo	Terrence Boyce (Nonpartisan)	0.2	228
	Submit photo	David Walker (Nonpartisan)	0.2	224
	Submit photo	Leo AwGoWhat (Nonpartisan)	0.1	77
	Submit photo	DeAngelo Pegues (Nonpartisan)	0.1	64
		Pamela Moses (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Banks (Nonpartisan)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	134

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Campaign themes

2019

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See also

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