November Race Concludes with New Huntingdon Mayor, Council

CARROLL COUNTY (November 5) — Huntingdon has a new mayor. Chad Edwards is a political newcomer, who sought and won the Town of Huntingdon’s highest office.

Edwards garnered 71.69 percent compared to Nina Smothers, the incumbent, who as vice-mayor ascended to the office of mayor upon the death of Mayor Dale Kelley.

Edwards is a 2006 graduate of Huntingdon High School and co-owner of CN Underground, a utility contractor operated by Edwards and Nathan Rich. Edwards said he will work to provide transparency between the city and the citizens.

Another political newcomer, Lori Dillahunty, garnered the top vote for the council races. Voters selected four councilpersons from a field of seven candidates. Dillahunty received 1,097, Daniel Eubanks received 1,076, Will Atkins (incumbent) received 1,101, and Chad Barnhart received 1,020.

Three candidates were unsuccessful in their bid. They were Rachel Carter, 569, Adam Crews, 517, and Barbara Knuutila, 572.

In McKenzie, five candidates sought three council seats.

Drew Beeler (appointed) received 967, Tim McBride received 831, and Jessie Townes (incumbent) received 730. Beeler was appointed earlier this year to fill the unexpired term of Charles Pruneau.

Unsuccessful in their bids for councilman were Jill Holland with 665 and Karen T. Fowler with 658 votes.

Those are the results from Carroll County in the municipal election for McKenzie, a tri-county city. In Weakley County, Beeler received 12, Fowler received 17, Holland 12, McBride 19, and Townes 28.

In Bruceton, three of five candidates for aldermen were elected.

Chris Cole received 236, Renee Ford-Ward received 269, and Cliff Sturdivant received 308.

Unsuccessful candidates were Doug Fischer with 181, and Robert Scotty Higdon with 221.

Three aldermen were elected in Hollow Rock.

Andy Baker received 171, Vivian Grooms received 136, and Ronnie Webb received 190.

T. Richard Goodwin was unopposed for the unexpired term. He received 202 votes.

Unsuccessful in their bid for office were Ashley Tyler Cook with 82 votes and Jeremy King with 108.

In uncontested municipal elections, Atwood voters elected aldermen Ricky Long (254 votes) and Gerald Mauldin (184 votes).

In Trezevant, Mayor Bobby Blaylock received 236 complimentary votes in his re-election bid. For Trezevant Aldermen, Robert Argo received 199 and Leon Lyell received 195 in their uncontested races.

Other results in federal and state offices are as follows:

U.S. Presidential Candidates:

Donald J. Trump (R) 9535

Kamala D. Harris (D) 2232

Jay Bowman (I) 11

Claudia De La Cruz (I) 7

Rachele Fruit (I) 1

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 75

Jill Stein (I) 7

U.S. Senate Candidates

Marsha Blackburn (R) 9434

Gloria Johnson (D) 2016

Tharon Chandler 91

Pamela Moses (I) 73

Hastina Robinson (I) 27

U.S. House of Representatives District 8:

David Kustoff (R) 9414

Sarah Freeman (D) 1872

James Hart (I) 282

Tennessee State Senate District 24:

John D. Stevens (R) 9798

No candidate for the Democrats

Tennessee House of Representatives District 76:

Tandy Darby (R) 4112

James Hart (I). 747

Tennessee House of Representatives District 79:

Brock Martin (R) 5645