Vote 2018: Bill Ketron is the next Rutherford County Mayor

May 01, 2018 at 09:31 pm by Michelle Willard


The results are in and Bill Ketron is the next county mayor. Register of Deeds Heather Dawbarn, Circuit Court Clerk Melissa Harrell, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh and Judge Barry Tidwell retain their seats.

That is unless something crazy happens with an independent candidate in August.

There weren't many contested races and most of those were on the Republican side.

Republican Primary

Circuit Court Judge 16th Div III

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

NATHAN S. NICHOLS

     

3754

BARRY R. TIDWELL

     

10164

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34

(R) County Mayor

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

RANDY ALLEN

     

4655

TINA JONES

     

3279

BILL KETRON

     

6885

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30

County Commission

(R) Co Legislative Body Dist 09

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

JOE A. GOURLEY

     

352

JOSHUA JAMES

     

268

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3

(R) Co Legislative Body Dist 14

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

VIRGIL M. GAMMON

     

899

JERRY D. SARTAIN

     

626

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3

(R) Co Legislative Body Dist 15

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

CRAIG HARRIS

     

540

DAVID NIPPER

     

381

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2

(R) Sheriff

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

MIKE FITZHUGH

     

11217

JIM TRAMEL II

     

2962

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91

(R) Circuit Court Clerk

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

ROBIN EADES GENTRY

     

6545

MELISSA HARRELL

     

7534

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13

(R) Register of Deeds

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

HEATHER DAWBARN

     

7866

MIMI C. GENET

     

6065

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13

Democratic Primary

The Democrats only had one contested race and nearly no candidates to speak of in the other races.

(D) Co Legislative Body Dist 18

Candidate

     

TotalVotes

TONY L. BENNETT

     

58

MELINDA K. BROWN

     

120

WRITE-IN

     

2

Uncontested elections in August

Here are the candidates who won their seats because they are uncontested in the August General Election.

County Mayor: Bill Ketron, R

General Sessions Judge, part II: Ben Bennett, R

County Clerk: Lisa Duke Crowell, R

Register of Deeds: Heather Dawbarn, R

Circuit Court Clerk: Melissa Harrell, R

Sheriff: Mike Fitzhugh, R

Circuit Court Judge, Division III: Barry Tidwell, R

County Commission

Dist. 1: David Gammon, R

Dist. 2: Steve Pearcy, R

Dist. 3: Michael A. Wrather, R

Dist. 4: Jon Jaques, R

Dist. 5: Carol Cook, R

Dist. 6: Joe Frank Jernigan, R

Dist. 8: Edward M. Phillips Jr., R

Dist. 10: Brad Turner, R

Dist. 11: Rhonda Allen, R

Dist. 12: Robert Stevens, R

Dist. 16: Phillip Dodd, R

Dist. 17: Jeffery W. Phillips, R

Contested races in the August General Election

County Commission Dist. 7
Jennifer Edwards, D
Michael Kusch, R

County Commission Dist. 13
Paul Johnson, R
Brian Rogers, D

County Commission Dist. 18
Melinda Brown, D
Allen McAdoo, R

County Commission Dist. 19
Steve Ervin, R
Stacy Nunnally, D

County Commission Dist. 20
Lakshmi Giroti, D
Trey Gooch, R

County Commission Dist. 21
Patsy Briley, R
Chanto Sourinho, D

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