Few surprises in Aug. 2 elections

Aug 02, 2018 at 09:51 pm by Michelle Willard


After early voting numbers were released, there were only a handful of tight races in Rutherford County and when the votes were all counted, there were very few surprises.

The tightest race was in Tennessee House District 49 with Tim Morrell leading Mike Sparks with fewer than 10 votes for the Republican nomination after early voting. The two men went back and forth as results came in but in the end, the incumbent Sparks squeaked out the back-and-forth race with less than 100 votes.

A few of the County Commission races were close as were the at-large races for Murfreesboro City Council and School Board, as well as County School Board Zone 4, but that was mostly because of a four-way race.

Early results had Madelyn Scales Harris, Rick LaLance and Ronnie Martin leading in the council race and Becky Goff, Amanda Moore and Roseann Barton leading in the school board race. David LaRoche had a comfortable lead in the School Board special election.

In Zone 4 of the County School Board, fewer than 100 votes separated Tiffany Johnson, Marvin Whitworth and Katie Darby after half of the voting center had reported in.

Early voting numbers ended up predicting the winners, except in the Morrell-Sparks race. The rest is Republican domination at the local level.

Multi-county Races

Rutherford County teacher Mariah Phillips won the United States House of Representatives Democratic Primary for the 4th District.

Phillips garnered 45.71 percent of the vote to best Christopher J. Hale (36.73%) and Steven Reynolds (17.57%).

Phillips will face off against U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, in November.

The Republican Primary for District 13 of the Tennessee Senate had Dawn White facing off against Ernest G. Burgess for the seat vacated by new Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron. White came out on top with 57.87 percent of the vote across the district.

White will compete against Democrat Kelly Northcutt in November.

Early Voting

More than 22,000 Rutherford County voters cast early or absentee ballots in this election. That's an increase of 30 percent over 2014 (or 5,289 ballots).

Republican primary ballots outnumbered Democrats nearly two to one (14,531 to 8,079).

As compared to 2014, there was a 9 percent (1,198) in Republican ballots pulled and a whopping 122 percent increase (4,445) in Democratic ballots in Rutherford County.

Across the state, Democrats saw a 27.77 percent increase in primary ballots cast and Republicans saw a 12.39 percent increase over the last midterm primary in 2014.

 

Election Summary Report for Rutherford County

State and Federal Primaries

Republican

(R) Governor

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Diane Black

     

5481

Randy Boyd

     

4632

Beth Harwell

     

4952

Bill Lee

     

12624

Basil Marceaux Sr.

     

43

Kay White

     

108

Write-In

     

18

(R) United States Senate

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Marsha Blackburn

     

22418

Aaron L. Pettigrew

     

4015

Write-In

     

81

(R) US House District 4

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Scott DesJarlais

     

17344

Jack Maddux

     

8641

Write-In

     

67

(R) Tennessee Senate District 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Ernest G. Burgess

     

7632

Dawn White

     

10637

Write-In

     

20

(R) Tennessee House District 34

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Tim Rudd

     

6894

Write-In

     

56

(R) Tennessee House District 37

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Charlie Baum

     

5829

Write-In

     

37

(R) Tennessee House District 48

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Bryan Terry

     

6415

Write-In

     

31

(R) Tennessee House District 49

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Tim Morrell

     

2335

Mike Sparks

     

2430

Write-In

     

7

(R) State Exec Cmmttmn D 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Adam Coggin

     

14836

Write-In

     

76

(R) State Exec Cmmttwmn D 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Kelsey Ketron

     

14968

Write-In

     

87

(R) State Exec Cmmttmn D 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Jim Sandman

     

6926

Write-In

     

27

(R) State Exec Cmmttwmn D 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Lynne Davis

     

7012

Write-In

     

23

(D) Governor

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Karl Dean

     

11799

Craig Fitzhugh

     

1754

Mezianne Vale Payne

     

587

Write-In

     

46

Democrat

(D) United States Senate

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Phil Bredesen

     

13253

Gary Davis

     

575

John Wolfe

     

366

Write-In

     

16

(D) US House District 4

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Christopher J. Hale

     

4645

Mariah Phillips

     

6958

Steven Reynolds

     

1692

Write-In

     

40

(D) Tennessee Senate District 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Kelly Northcutt

     

8216

Write-In

     

52

(D) Tennessee House District 34

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Jennifer Vannoy

     

3381

Write-In

     

17

(D) Tennessee House District 37

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Deanna D. Osborne

     

2996

Write-In

     

8

(D) Tennessee House District 48

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Matt Ferry

     

2912

Write-In

     

16

(D) Tennessee House District 49

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Chris Mayor

     

1823

Richard C Petty

     

830

Write-In

     

6

(D) State Exec Cmmttmn D 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Andy Dickey

     

2716

Brandon Thomas

     

5385

Write-In

     

27

(D) State Exec Cmmttwmn D 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Caroline Ford-McGee

     

8125

Write-In

     

31

(D) State Exec Cmmttmn D 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Mark Farrar

     

3517

Write-In

     

11

(D) State Exec Cmmttwmn D 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Tanea McClean

     

3567

Write-In

     

9

Rutherford County General

Circuit Court Judge Div III Dist 16

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Barry R. Tidwell

     

30039

Write-In

     

662

County Mayor

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Bill Ketron

     

24013

(I) Heather Ann Brown

     

14575

Write-In

     

143

County Commission District 01

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) David Gammon

     

626

Write-In

     

24

County Commission District 02

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Steve Pearcy

     

1687

(I) Jack Black

     

812

Write-In

     

7

County Commission District 03

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Michael A. Wrather

     

1369

Write-In

     

21

County Commission District 04

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Jon Jaques

     

913

(I) Robert Peay Jr.

     

1131

Write-In

     

4

County Commission District 05

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Carol Cook

     

722

Write-In

     

24

County Commission District 06

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Joe Frank Jernigan

     

1577

Write-In

     

247

County Commission District 07

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Michael Kusch

     

1395

(D) Jennifer Edwards

     

982

Write-In

     

1

County Commission District 08

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Edward M. Phillips Jr.

     

1224

(I) Pettus L. Read

     

1428

Write-In

     

2

County Commission District 09

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Joe A. Gourley

     

1713

Write-In

     

50

County Commission District 10

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Brad Turner

     

1261

Write-In

     

34

County Commission District 11

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Rhonda Allen

     

1052

Write-In

     

21

County Commission District 12

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Robert Stevens

     

798

Write-In

     

11

County Commission District 13

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Paul Johnson

     

1019

(D) Brian Rogers

     

727

Write-In

     

1

County Commission District 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Virgil M. Gammon

     

2672

Write-In

     

32

County Commission District 15

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Craig Harris

     

1350

(D) David Settles

     

913

Write-In

     

0

County Commission District 16

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Phil Dodd

     

1180

Write-In

     

54

County Commission District 17

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Jeffrey W. Phillips

     

509

Write-In

     

19

County Commission District 18

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Allen McAdoo

     

917

(D) Melinda K. Brown

     

677

Write-In

     

6

County Commission District 19

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Steve Ervin

     

995

(D) Stacy Nunnally

     

618

Write-In

     

0

County Commission District 20

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Trey Gooch

     

1650

(D) Lakshmi Giroti

     

829

Write-In

     

4

County Commission District 21

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Patsy Briley

     

692

(D) Chantho Sourinho

     

1018

Write-In

     

3

County Trustee

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Teb Batey

     

30366

Write-In

     

578

General Sessions Judge Part II

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Ben E. Bennett

     

29133

Write-In

     

579

Sheriff

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Mike Fitzhugh

     

24137

(I) Deric Haynes

     

9504

(I) Bill West

     

6046

Write-In

     

62

Circuit Court Clerk

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Melissa Harrell

     

30187

Write-In

     

579

County Clerk

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Lisa Duke Crowell

     

30281

Write-In

     

469

Register of Deeds

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

(R) Heather Dawbarn

     

29658

Write-In

     

442

Road Board Zone 1

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

David Rabbit Victory

     

2753

Write-In

     

13

Road Board Zone 4

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Dick Steagall

     

5129

Write-In

     

27

Road Board Zone 7

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Mark P. Lee

     

3759

Wendi Overcast McCluskey

     

2419

Write-In

     

12

School Board Zone 1

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Tammy Sharp

     

1896

Dow Smith

     

1328

Write-In

     

13

School Board Zone 4

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Mike Belden

     

1078

Katie Darby

     

1548

Tiffany Johnson

     

1575

Marvin L Whitworth

     

1334

Write-In

     

26

School Board Zone 7

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Jim C. Estes

     

6072

Write-In

     

39

Murfreesboro Municipal Election

Mayor

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Shane McFarland

     

15671

Write-In

     

198

City Council

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Byron Glenn

     

2584

Madelyn Scales Harris

     

9014

Rick Lalance

     

7476

Ronnie Martin

     

7267

Nancy Rainier

     

5735

Terry Schneider

     

3472

Shawn Wright

     

4521

Write-In

     

123

Write-In

     

31

Write-In

     

27

School Board

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Roseann H. Barton

     

8677

Kevin N. Fisher

     

4852

Becky Goff

     

9255

Phil King

     

5515

Amanda Moore

     

8901

Write-In

     

94

Write-In

     

23

Write-In

     

19

School Board-Unexpired Term

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

David LaRoche

     

5356

Kari Neely

     

4690

Write-In

     

64

Geoffrey R.B. Herring

     

2395

Jimmy L. Richardson

     

1958

Smyrna

Town Court Clerk

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

Brittany Stevens

     

4646

Write-In

     

19



 

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