County Elects New Sheriff

HUNTINGDON (August 6) — Eric W. Sawyers won a three-candidate race for Carroll County sheriff Thursday, while Ronnie Wade defeated a write-in challenger to retain the office of road supervisor.

Sawyers, the Republican nominee, received 2,291 votes. Independent Ryan White finished second with 1,156 votes, followed by independent Michael A. Smith with 1,093.

In the road supervisor’s race, Wade received 2,727 votes. Write-in candidate Tommy Davis received 1,256.

Several contested County Commission and school board races were also decided in the August 6 county general election.

The Carroll County Election Commission revised its final report adding 142 ballots to the countywide total late Thursday night after resolving an issue involving one Huntingdon precinct.

The revision increased the number of ballots cast to 4,705.

Carroll County had 14,180 active registered voters as of June 1, according to Tennessee’s six month summary report on voter registration. Based on the revised total, approximately 33.2 percent of the county’s active registered voters participated in the election. The report also listed 3,504 inactive voter registrations, making the combined total of registered voters in Carroll County 17,684 and the turnout for the August election 26.6 percent.

Mayor, County Commission

Carroll County Mayor Joseph G. Butler was unopposed in his re-election bid and received 3,861 complimentary votes.

In County Commission District 1, Darrell Ridgely, Jimmy Halford and Randy Long won the three available seats. Ridgely led with 420 votes, followed by Halford with 332 and Long with 305.

Daniel Lee Willman and Lana Y. Suite won the two District 2 seats. Willman received 256 votes, and Suite received 234.

Brandy Boyd led the District 3 race with 302 votes. Will McMackin won the second seat with 219. Amon Miller received 96 votes, and Dwayne Tordsen received 64.

Incumbent Morris L. Rogers won one of the two District 4 seats with 410 votes. Write-in candidate Jerry Wayne Burcham won the second seat with 17 votes. Write-in candidate Otis N. Nesbitt received one vote.

Seven candidates competed for three seats in District 5. Jimmy Crossett led with 507 votes, followed by incumbent Barry Mac Murphy with 417 and Curt Taylor with 312. Rakaya Humphreys received 220 votes, incumbent Cyril Ostiguy received 160, Anna Wheet received 149 and Paul D. Hugueley received 108.

Madison Boyd Endres and incumbent Philip E Moore won the two District 6 seats. Endres received 445 votes, and Moore received 272. Kurt Hunley received 199, and incumbent Jimmy D. McClure received 165.

Incumbents Lori Dillahunty and Walter Smothers held on to their seats in District 7. Dillahunty received 348 votes, and Smothers received 198. Lynn Grice received 119, and Jimmie Sue Staten received 83.

Incumbents Jay Phipps and Willie Huffman won the two District 8 seats. Phipps received 161 votes, and Huffman received 150.

Incumbent Spiridon L. Roditis, Ricky Price and Incumbent Jason R. Martin won the three District 9 seats. Roditis led with 439 votes, followed by Price with 422 and Martin with 370.

County Offices

In the Assessor of Property race, John Austin ran unopposed receiving 3,502 complimentary votes. Incumbent County Trustee Paula Bolen ran unopposed receiving 3,894 complimentary votes. Incumbent Circuit Court Clerk Sarah Bradberry ran unopposed receiving 3,636 complimentary votes. Incumbent County Clerk Darlene Kirk ran unopposed receiving 4,007 complimentary votes. Incumbent Register of Deeds Natalie McCullough Porter ran unopposed receiving 3,392 complimentary votes.

School Board Races

April Hampton won the contested race for the Hollow Rock-Bruceton Special School Board’s 16th District at-large seat. Hampton received 365 votes, while Eric Daniel Gonzalez received 130.

Morgan Butler and Shawna Smith won the two Huntingdon Special School Board at-large seats. Butler received 942 votes, and Smith received 919.

Five candidates competed for four seats on the McKenzie Special School Board.

Brian Winston led the field with 692 votes. Brian Keith Stafford received 625, Spiridon L. Roditis received 602 and Matthew Lane received 528 to win the remaining seats. Renee Hobson received 457 votes.

Brian Crum and Keith E. Hollowell won the two South Carroll Special School Board at-large seats. Crum received 407 votes, Hollowell received 388 and Sam Melton received 110.

Other school board candidates elected without opposition included Mike Foster in Carroll County District 1, Deborah Broadbent in District 2, Charlotte Tucker in District 3, Michael Graves in the Hollow Rock-Bruceton 15th District, Brandy Boyd in the Town of Bruceton, Johnathan Tedford in the Town of Hollow Rock, Linda Black in West Carroll’s Old County District, Kelly M Weaver in the Old Trezevant District and Paul Mueller for an unexpired Old Trezevant District term.

No candidate qualified for the West Carroll Special School Board’s Old Atwood District seat.

Clarksburg Election

Current Mayor Howell Wayne Todd won the contested race for mayor of Clarksburg with 74 votes. Jeff Reed received 48.

Judy Grant Smith and Barbara A. McClure won the city’s two alderman seats. Smith received 89 votes, and McClure received 88.

State Primaries

Marsha Blackburn carried Carroll County in the Republican primary for governor with 1,775 votes. Monty Fritts received 1,006, and John Rose received 926.

Jerri Green led the county’s Democratic gubernatorial primary with 377 votes. Carnita Atwater received 118, Kevin Lee McCants received 55, Adam “Ditch” Kurtz received 51 and Tim Cyr received 30.

Marquita Bradshaw led Carroll County in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate with 304 votes. Maria Brewer received 116, Kevin Lee McCants received 83, Diana Onyejiaka received 49 and Civil Miller-Watkins received 42.

The closest reported primary contest was the Democratic race for the 8th Congressional District. Heidi Kuhn received 217 votes in Carroll County, two more than Dewey Gordon Bryan’s 215. Leonard Perkins received 82 votes, and Jordan D. Hinders received 64.

Tammy Floyd-Wade received 495 votes for Democratic State Executive Committeewoman in District 24.

Bill Hagerty received 3,251 votes in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, while David Kustoff received 3,314 in the Republican primary for the 8th Congressional District.

Tandy Darby received 1,372 votes in the Republican primary for the District 76 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Brock Martin received 1,934 votes in District 79.

Ryan Anthony Ellegood received 2,754 votes for Republican State Executive Committeeman in District 24, and Tess Robbins received 2,695 votes for State Executive Committeewoman.

Judicial Retention

Carroll County voters favored retaining all seven judges appearing on the ballot.

Supreme Court Justice Kyle A. Hixson and Supreme Court Justice Mary L. Wagner were retained. Voters also favored retaining Court of Appeals Judges William E. Phillips II, Steve Maroney and Valerie L. Smith, along with Court of Criminal Appeals Judges Stacy L. Street and Steven W. Sword.