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WKNO Daily Newscast | Thursday, November 5, 2026

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— Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn shared the stage Wednesday morning with outgoing Governor Bill Lee.

— Rep. Justin J. Pearson has acknowledged his loss to State Sen. Brent Taylor for the District 9 house seat by about 2,500 votes.

— Write-in candidate John Bradley, an aide to former Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, won the Tennessee House seat held by the late G.A. Hardaway.

— Three Memphis charter referendums were all approved by voters on Election Day.

— In Germantown, alderman Tony Salvaggio was elected mayor with 79% of the vote;
Bartlett Mayor David Parsons was reelected; and in Lakeland, Josh Roman, was elected mayor.


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Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.