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The City Council's chambers are in Memphis City Hall. The Memphis City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Memphis, Tennessee. It is made up of 13 members: 7 single-district members and 6 "super district" members. Council members are elected to four-year terms with a two-term limit.
The city of Memphis is split between two congressional districts. The western three-fourths of the city, including downtown, forms the core of the 9th District, which has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007. Cohen was the first white Democrat to represent a significant portion of Memphis in more than 40 years.
4 East Memphis. 5 North Memphis. 6 Northeast. 7 South Memphis. ... Central Business District; Edge District; Harbor Town; Linden; ... Smokey City; University Street ...
The three single-district races went to a runoff after last month's election. Two ended up decided by less than 1 point on Thursday. Green, Walker and Easter-Thomas win runoff races for Memphis ...
Beginning in 1963, Memphis adopted a mayor-council form of government, with 13 City Council members, six elected at-large from throughout the city and seven elected from geographic districts.
Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren speaks Monday, March 23, 2020, during a press conference at City Hall in downtown Memphis.
A Memphis City Council meeting can be seen through the City of Memphis seal in the meeting room door at city hall in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
After a seven-year court challenge to the right of Memphis to annex, small portions of Eads were annexed into the Memphis City Council Second District in the 1990s. [citation needed] Most of Eads is now designated as being in the Memphis reserve, meaning that Memphis can annex it at some point. [citation needed]