Meet the candidates: Read Q&As with the people running in Aug. 1 primary in Shelby County

Election Day is rapidly approaching and if you're still weighing who to vote for on Aug. 1 (or during early voting) The Commercial Appeal is here to help.

The CA sent out questionnaires to all the candidates running in contested U.S. Congress, Tennessee Senate and Tennessee House primaries in Shelby County as well as candidates running for General Sessions Court Clerk and Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board.

You can read the candidates' responses to a range of questions in the stories below, which are broken out into individual races. And you can find additional local, state and federal election coverage here .

This story will be updated as additional questionnaires are published.

U.S. Congress

Two Tennesseee Congressional Districts encompass a portion of Shelby County and both have contested Democratic primaries this year.

Hear from candidates running for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District

Hear from candidates running for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District

Tennessee Senate

There is one contested state Senate race this year which impacts Shelby County.

Hear from candidates running for Tennessee Senate District 30

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Meet the candidates: Read Q&As with the people running in Aug. 1 primary in Shelby County