MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Harold Collins, currently the chief administrative officer for Shelby County, knows that running for mayor of Shelby County isn’t a decision to take lightly.
“You don’t wake up one morning and go, ‘I want to run for county mayor,'” Collins said when he sat down with ABC24 in May 2025.
Collins, one of several candidates who have tossed their name into the hat for the race, says his decision to run for mayor “evolved” after Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris asked him to become chief administrative officer in June 2022…