Primary winners head to General Election
Some candidates had opposition and others ran unopposed during the Sequatchie County Primary Election May 5. All winners will next run in the General Election in August.
Two candidates represent each district on the Sequatchie County Commission and District 1 had four Republican Primary candidates. Winning were incumbents Chester Shell, 222 votes; and Linda M. Lewandowski, 185 votes. Michael L. Grant had 124 votes and Chris Cordell, 60.
In District 7, moving on from the Republican Primary were incumbent Susie Christian Bostic, 73 votes; and Kevin Snyder, 66 votes. Incumbent Frank Silver had 59 votes.
District 8 also had three candidates for County Commission in the Repubican Primary. Winning were incumbents Tommy Johnson, 162 votes; and Wayne Clemons, 104 votes. Lou Rodela had 66 votes.
Several commission districts had either one or two candidates in the Republican Primary, so all will advance to the General Election. They and their vote totals include Blaine Layne (53) and Brian Ruehling (46), District 2; Jimbo Breland (56) and Bryan Walker (63), District 3; Wallace Cunningham (44), District 4; Shaun Hughes (68), District 5; Paul Thomas Mahoney II (37), District 6; and Jeffery Mackey (113) and Ed McDonald (105), District 9.
In the Democratic Primary, Edgar Deyoe and Bill Lusk ran unopposed in District 8. Jane Wheeler Mauldin had no opposition in District 9 for the Sequatchie County Commission.
There was one Sequatchie County Constable position contested in the Republican Primary. James “JD” Hixson had 36 votes and David E. Smith gained 26.
Sequatchie County Executive Keith Cartwright (931 votes), Sequatchie County Sheriff Bill Phillips (911 votes), and Sequatchie County Clerk Lana Waters (873 votes) had no opposition in the Republican Primary. No candidates ran for these offices in the Democratic Primary.
The Sequatchie County Board of Education had no candidates in the Republican or Democratic Primary. Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 are to be decided in August.
For more on the Primary Election see the May 14 issue of The Dunlap Tribune.
