The Main Street Journal’s 2006 Meet the Press/Meet the Voter Mixer for all Shelby County Candidates was held Tuesday night at the Butcher Shop in Cordova. Dozens of County Candidates were on hand to take questions from voters and news reporters. Below are a few photos of the event.

Commercial Appeal reporter Michael Erskine and Shelby County Mayor A.C. Wharton

Sheriff’s Capt. Bennie Cobb, candidate for Shelby County Sheriff

Paul Boyd and Evan Nahmias, General Sessions Civil Court Div. 5 candidate

County Commission District 1 Position 1 candidate Charles Fineberg

Fineberg and Bartlett Express reporter Drew Harris

Kevin Gallagher, Criminal Court Clerk candidate

District Attorney General Bill Gibbons and blogger Mike Hollihan

Shelby County Trustee Bob Patterson, Commissioner John Willingham (candidate for Shelby County Mayor), Shelby County Mayor candidate Jeffery Woodard and County Commission District 5 candidate Sherman Kilimanjaro

Jim Lammey, Criminal Court Judge Div. 5 candidate

County Commission Dist. 1 Pos. 1 candidate Mike Rude and County Commission Dist. 4 Pos. 2 candidate Jim Bomprezzi

County Commission Dist. 5 candidate Steve Mulroy

Shelby County Republican Party First Vice-Chairman Paula Sedgwick, Willingham and Woodard

Tyrone Paylor, General Sessions Criminal Judge Div. 7 candidate

County Clerk candidate Debbie Stamson, [unknown] and Shelby County Mayor candidate Brent Todd

Tonya Saafir, Criminal Court Judge Div. 1 candidate

County Commission Dist. 1 Pos. 3 candidate Karla Willingham Templeton and her husband Clay Templeton

County Commission Dist. 5 candidate Joe Townsend

Criminal Court Judge Div. 9 candidate Mark Ward and Criminal Court Judge Div. 6 candidate W. Fred Axley

U.S. House Dist. 9 candidate Mark White and Tony Gunn

Willingham and Main Street Journal editor Jonathan Lindberg