Clarksville, TN – Across Tennessee yesterday, the voters went to the polls to elect their representatives to variety of Federal, State, and Local offices. In Montgomery County voters cast ballots for the Tennessee Governor, Two congressional seats, three Tennessee House seats, the Clarksville City Mayor, and half of the city council seats.
In the Federal and Tennessee Governor’s Race, Republicans overwhelmingly won in Montgomery County; and across the state. Tennessee will likely be moving to to a deeper shade of red, as the strong Republican majority will control the upcoming redistricting process.
In the State races, Montgomery County voters showed confidence in their state legislative delegation, by voting to return them for another term.
In the hard fought City Mayor’s race, Kim McMillan defeated Jeff Burkhart receiving 48% of the vote. The City Council races went mostly as expected, with the exception of Ward 11; where Kaye Jones defeated incumbent Bill Forrester. In Ward 1, Nick Steward was selected by the voters to replace outgoing Councilwoman Barbara Johnson.
Additional election coverage will be forthcoming later in the day.
Results
Federal Election Results
U.S. House of Representatives District 07
Marsha Blackburn – R
158,892
Greg Rabidoux – D
54,341
J. W. (Bill) Stone – I
6,319
U.S. House of Representatives District 08
Stephen Lee Fincher – R
98,637
Roy Herron – D
64,849
Donn Janes – I
2,437
Mark J. Rawles – I
1,235
State Election Results
Tennessee Governor
Bill Haslam – R
1,041,576
Mike McWherter – D
529,983
Bayron Binkley – I
4,664
Brandon Dodds – I
4,731
Samuel David Duck – I
1,753
David Gatchell – I
864
June Griffin – I
2,584
Toni K. Hall – I
996
Mike Knois – I
598
Boyce T. McCall – I
828
Donald Ray McFolin – I
583
Linda Kay Perry – I
2,061
James Reesor – I
809
Thomas Smith II – I
1,206
Howard M. Switzer – I
1,886
Carl Twofeathers Whitaker – I
6,538
Tennessee House of Representatives District 67
Neil Revlett – R
4,750
Joe Pitts – D
5,387
Tennessee House of Representatives District 68
Curtis Johnson – R
10,804
Brett Ramsey – D
5,891
Tennessee House of Representatives District 78
Phillip Johnson – R
10,697
Danny R. Twork – D
4,307
Tennessee Constitutional Amendment
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