Warner wins state seat; Hagerty wins senate nomination

by Scott Pearson, Asst. Editor
Posted 8/12/20

Last Thursday’s primary and county general election served up some new faces representing county residents. Marshall County will have a new representative in the General Assembly next term, as Todd Warner defeated two-term incumbent Rick Tillis and challenger Vincent Cuevas in the 92nd District Republican primary...

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Warner wins state seat; Hagerty wins senate nomination

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Last Thursday’s primary and county general election served up some new faces representing county residents.

Marshall County will have a new representative in the General Assembly next term, as Todd Warner defeated two-term incumbent Rick Tillis and challenger Vincent Cuevas in the 92nd District Republican primary.

Warner garnered 2,176 votes in Marshall County to Tillis’ 1,673 and Cuevas’ 896.

Across the district, which includes parts of Lincoln, Marion, and Franklin Counties, Warner won 47 percent of the votes.

With no Democratic challenger in November, the winner of the Republican primary takes the seat.

In contested School Board races, William Bell defeated Charles Sellars 510 votes to 349, to retain the District 1 seat, to which he was appointed.

Erin Jones defeated Katie Warf Viazcan 331 to 178 for the District 8 seat being vacated by Robert Warf.

School Board incumbents Harvey Jones in Dist. 2, Andy Woodard in Dist. 4, and Susan Hunter in Dist. 7 were all unopposed for reelection.

Two seats on the Lewisburg City Council were on the ballot, with incumbents seemingly vulnerable after the city’s financial troubles.

Bam Haislip retained the Lewisburg Ward 1 seat, receiving 182 votes to challenger Sharrin Lusco’s 112.

The three-way race for Ward 5 was won by new-comer Joe Bradford with 101 votes, just under 41 percent. Incumbent Nicholas Tipper trailed with 88 votes, and Toby Adams received 57 votes.

In a crowded Chapel Hill alderman race with seven candidates running for three seats, incumbents Marion Joyce and Dottie Morton retained seats on the board with 191 and 136 votes, first and third respectively.

Joe Sedlak finished second in the voting with 154 votes for a seat on the board.

Incumbent Horace Hill, Jr. finished fourth with 114 votes. The board indicated in the past that they were open to appointing the fourth place finisher to the unfinished term of the late Tommy Lawrence.

Assessor of Property Michelle Clark was unopposed for reelection.

Cornersville mayor and aldermen offices will appear on the November ballot.

Thirty one percent of the county’s registered voters went to the polls.

In the race to replace Lamar Alexander in the U.S. Senate, Bill Hagerty carried the county with 2,392 votes, just under 51 percent.

Dr. Manny Sethi, who mounted a strong challenge in a testy campaign, finished with 1,918 votes locally.

Hagerty won the nomination with 51% of the vote statewide against a crowded field.

The Democratic Senate primary represented one of the largest shocks of the evening, with Marquita Bradshaw claiming the nomination overall against favorite James Mackler.

Bradshaw finished with 262 votes in Marshall County, second to Gary Davis’ 267. Robin Kimbrough received 200 votes, Mackler 186, and Mark Pickerell 75.

Bradshaw, from Memphis, spent roughly $10,000 on her campaign.

Scott DesJarlais defeated two challengers in the Republican primary with 70% percent of the vote. He will face Democratic nominee Christopher Hale in November.

Election Day will be Tuesday, November 3. New registrations must be completed by Monday, Oct. 5. Early voting begins Oct. 14.