Incumbent Jim Strickland will get another four years to lead Memphis, Tennessee, after a big victory in the city’s race for mayor.
Strickland led by a wide margin late Thursday, with results still trickling in. Strickland’s two main opponents, Willie Herenton and Tami Sawyer, have conceded the race to Strickland.
The 55-year-old Strickland was a City Council member before he was elected in 2015 as the first white mayor in nearly 25 years in the majority-black city.
During his tenure, he has helped lure economic development and defied the Tennessee legislature to help remove Confederate-era statues from city parks.
Strickland greatly outdistanced his opponents in fundraising, though he did not win the endorsement of the city’s fire and police unions.
