State Primary Winners Now Begin Preparing for November General Election

August 2, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

In the Tennessee Republican Primary on Thursday, August 1 Incumbent U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn defeated Tres Wittum 367,711 to 43,228 statewide. Blackburn carried DeKalb County in her primary race 880 to 86 for Wittum.

In the Tennessee Democratic Primary Gloria Johnson defeated three other candidates for the U.S. Senate nomination. Statewide, Johnson received 143, 904 votes while Marquita Bradshaw had 44,635, Lola Denise Brown 10,025, and Civil Miller-Watkins 6,420. Johnson carried DeKalb County in her primary race with 212 votes over Bradshaw with 29, Brown 10, and Watkins with 3.

Blackburn and Johnson will advance to the November Tennessee General Election. The term is for six years.

For the U.S. House of Representatives District 6, Incumbent Congressman John Rose was unopposed in the Tennessee GOP Primary and received 38,598 votes. In DeKalb County Rose had 890.

Meanwhile in the Tennessee Democratic Primary, Lore Bergman won with 8,678, defeating Clay Faircloth who had 7,468, and Cyril Focht with 4,418. Faircloth carried DeKalb County in the primary for the U.S. House District 6 with 102 votes followed by Bergman with 97, and Focht with 27.

Rose and Bergman advance to the November Tennessee General Election. The term is for two years.

Incumbent State Senator Janice Bowling in District 16 was unopposed in the Tennessee Republican Primary and received 14,896 votes. In DeKalb County Senator Bowling received 778 votes.

In the Tennessee Democratic Primary for State Senate District 16, Wayne Steele was unopposed for the nomination and received 3,051 votes. He garnered 202 votes in DeKalb County.

Scott Bean, as an independent candidate, will join Bowling and Steele on the November 5th state general election ballot for the office. The term is for four years.

For the Tennessee House of Representatives District 40, Incumbent State Representative Michael Hale was unopposed in the state GOP primary and received 4,036 votes district wide. In DeKalb County, Hale had 936 votes.

In the Tennessee Democratic Primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 40, Daniel T. Hawthorne was unopposed and had 819 district wide. In DeKalb County, Hawthorne had 214 votes.

Hale and Hawthorne now advance to the November Tennessee General Election. The term is for two years.

For Democratic State Executive Committeewoman in District 16, Rupa Blackwell received 3,173 votes district wide to fill an unexpired term. In DeKalb County, Blackwell had 211 votes.

Results of the state judicial questions are as follows:

Should Dwight Tarwater be replaced or retained on the Tennessee Supreme Court At Large? Statewide the results were 72.86% to retain and 27.14% to replace. In DeKalb County the vote was 668 to retain and 262 to replace,

Should Matthew J. Wilson be retained or replaced in the State Court of Criminal Appeals-Western Division? Statewide results were 74.06% to retain and 25.94% to replace. In DeKalb County the vote was 672 to retain and 256 to replace.

August 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell was re-elected unopposed in Thursday’s DeKalb County General Election.

Cantrell will begin his third-four-year term September 1. He received a total of 1,046 complimentary votes in the election.

A total of 1,404 voted in DeKalb County including 700 on election day, 100 paper absentees, and 604 walk-in early voting.   DeKalb County has 13,607 registered voters.

The Board of Education will get a new member next month. Megan Moore was unopposed in her bid for the fifth district position, currently held by Jamie Cripps who did not seek re-election. The term is for four years. Moore received 131 complimentary votes.

Meanwhile Incumbent sixth district school board member Jason Miller was re-elected unopposed to his second-four year term. Miller had 127 votes.

Constable candidates winning unopposed to four-year terms and their vote totals are as follows:

First District: Tyler Cripps- 243 votes

Second District: Danny Adamson-131 votes

Third District: Travis Bryant-133 votes

Fourth District: Lane Ball-160 votes

Fifth District: Mark Milam-153 votes

Sixth District: No candidate on the ballot but Keith Elkins won as a write-in candidate with 6 votes

Seventh District: Jeremy Neal-90 votes

Two county commission candidates won elections unopposed to fill unexpired terms including Andy Pack in the sixth district with 114 votes and Mathias Anderson with 82 votes in district seven. These unexpired terms will end in August 2026.

Shawn C. Fry, Criminal Court Judge, Part III in the 13th Judicial District won unopposed and in DeKalb County he received 919 votes.

In the Smithville Municipal Election, three incumbent aldermen were re-elected unopposed to four-year terms including Shawn Jacobs with 203 votes, Jessica L. Higgins 191 votes, and Danny Washer 186 votes.

A mayor and two aldermen were to have been elected in the Dowelltown Municipal Election but there were no qualified candidates, either on the ballot or write-ins

August 1, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Alexandria has a new mayor

Beth Tripp was elected to fill an unexpired term during Thursday’s Alexandria Municipal Election. She received a total of 88 votes to win the seat. Tripp’s name was the only one on the ballot for mayor, but an active write-in campaign was staged by two others, Rodney Allen Lawson, who received 64 votes and Russell “Rusty” Allen Bradshaw who had 18 write-in votes.

Meanwhile Jonathon Tripp was elected to a full four-year term as aldermen with 92 votes. Tripp’s name was the only one on the ballot for the position. Two others, Lucas “Luke” Dylan Prichard and Robert “Bobby” Alex Simpson were elected to a full four-year aldermen term through a write-in effort. Prichard received 74 write-in votes and Simpson garnered 73. Two other write-in candidates were unsuccessful in their quest for a full four-year term as alderman including Bobbie Jo Ford who received 24 votes and Curtis James Rutter who had 32 write-in votes.

Jeff Ford was elected to fill an unexpired alderman term with 79 votes. His was the only name on the ballot to fill the vacancy. There were no write-in candidates for the unexpired term.

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