It was a night of change in Tullahoma as Daniel Berry, Donna Bradford and Mike Dent were elected to serve on the Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen, while Coffee County Mayor Dennis Hunt retained his seat in a landslide.

In the race for Coffee County Mayor, incumbent Dennis Hunt outpaced his two challengers in the Aug. 6 general election by netting 5,553 votes, while Mark Messick received 1,369 votes and Khamai Rozier received 1,010 votes.

“I want to say thank you to all the voters in Coffee County that supported me,” Hunt said in a statement to The News. “To the voters that did not vote for me, I appreciate your participation in the process. I wish more people would see the importance of voting. I will continue to listen to my constituents.”

Hunt also shared that Messick reached out to him with a very sincere congratulatory phone call.

“I certainly commend Mark on his campaign methods, but his message, I feel, came up a little short for the voters of Coffee County,” Hunt said. “Once again, thank you.”

Meanwhile, in the race for three Tullahoma alderman seats, it came down to the final precincts to determine who would be the third and final alderman elected. Mike Dent received the most votes among the six candidates with 1,531 votes, with Donna Bradford taking the second seat with 1,322 votes. The third and final seat would be filled by former alderman Daniel Berry, who received 1,072 votes. Just behind Berry was incumbent Bobbie Wilson with 1,035 votes, Brandon Champion with 969 votes and Jackie Harding with 651 votes.

The winners would thank everyone for their support following the election on their respective social media pages.

“Thank you for your overwhelming support,” Dent said. “I will do my best to represent the citizens of Tullahoma.”

Bradford stated she was incredibly grateful for the voters placing their trust in her, and thanked them for their votes, encouragement and support throughout her campaign. She added she was ready to get to work.

“I stepped forward because I believe deeply in this community and in what we can accomplish when we listen to one another and work together,” Bradford said. “It will be an honor to serve you as your Tullahoma Alderman. Tullahoma Together.”

Berry also thanked everyone who not only voted for him, but to take time out of their day to just get out and vote.

“Whether you voted for me or not, it is extremely important that we get out and we use our voices,” Berry said.

He continued and thanked everyone who supported him and for entrusting him to the aldermanic seat once more, as well as congratulating Dent and Bradford for their wins and the other candidates for putting their names on the ballot.

“I’ve done this in the past, and I know the weight that comes with your vote, and I’m looking forward to talking with you and working with you in the community over the next four years to see how we can make Tullahoma a better place than we leave it, because that’s the goal, right? Is to leave our city, to leave our area better than we found it,” Berry said.

As for the other city races, Judge James F. Conley ran unopposed for Tullahoma City Judge and received 2,192 votes. As for the Tullahoma City Schools Board of Education, the four finalists in the May Republican primary received their final votes to serve on the board with four seats up for grabs. The votes were incumbent Andy Whitt getting the most votes with 1,910, Sherrie Cleveland coming in second with 1,831 votes, incumbent Gigi Robison placing third with 1,817 votes and incumbent Teresa Lawson receiving 1,806 votes.

Going back to the Coffee County General Election, all seats on the Coffee County Commission were up for grabs, with two seats for each district. For District 1, Dowe Langford Jones received 405 votes and Amanda LeVieux received 199 votes. For District 2, Roger Chambers and Jeffy Perry were the top two winners, with Chambers receiving 509 votes and Jeff Perry receiving 477 votes. Also in the race was Larry K. Bowen, who received 252 votes. For District 3, Laura Cason Nettles received 646 votes while Rose Ann Carden Smith received 613 votes. For District 4, Mark T. Brothers and Tim Brown were the two winners for the district, with Brothers receiving 584 votes while Brown received 500 votes. The other candidates and their vote count were Marlene Genesio with 109, Dan Johnson with 95 and Sam Myers with 338. For District 5, Missy DeFord and Tim Morris won the two seats for the district, with DeFord netting 789 votes and Morris getting 654 votes. The other candidate, Jenny Davis, received 419 votes. For District 6, Sammy Anderson, III received 621 votes while Terry Hershman received 594 votes. For District 7, Rosemary Crabtree received 237 votes and Jackie A. Duncan received 243 votes. For District 8, Derick Mann received 670 votes and Tim Stubblefield received 821 votes. Finally, for District 9, J. Todd Malone received 440 votes while Frank C.B. Watkins received 474 votes.

For the seat of County Clerk, Donna Lowe Spaulding won the race with 4,381 votes while her opponent Chassity Harris received 3,304 votes.

As for the other county races, John Marchesoni ran unopposed for his seat as County Trustee and received 6,649 votes, while Chad Partin, who also ran unopposed, retained his seat as Sheriff with 6,479 votes. For Circuit Court Clerk, Kelsie Parks Adams, running unopposed, received 6,545 votes, while Benton Bartlett, running unopposed, retained his seat as Road Superintendent with 6,586 votes.

In the road commissioner races, Jeff Bush, running unopposed, secured the Road Commissioner Seat 1 – District 3 with 753 votes. Arlis Markum, running unopposed, netted 820 votes for the Road Commissioner Seat 2 – District 4 race. For Road Commissioner Seat 3 – District 5, Carolyn Beaty Duke won the election with 821 votes. Eugene O’Kelley placed second with 191 votes and James Randy Kennedy placed third with 179 votes. James “Jamie” Weaver, running unopposed, received 767 for Road Commissioner Seat 4 – District 6. As for the constable races, Milton Stanley, running unopposed, received 1,893 votes for Constable Seat 1 – Districts 1, 3, 4. Jason E. Dendy, running unopposed, received 1,750 votes for Constable Seat 2 – Districts 2, 6, 7. For the race of Constable Seat 3 – Districts 5, 8, 9, Kevin Bowles was the top getter with 1,974 votes, while Michael Smith received 1,592 votes.

For the Coffee County School Board, Gary P. Nester and Brent Parsley secured the two seats for School Board Member Seat 1 – Districts 1, 3, 4, with Parsley netting 1,664 and Nester netting 1,381. Freda K. Jones placed third with 890 votes. Charles Lawson, running unopposed, received 1,764 votes for School Board Member Seat 2 – Districts 2, 6, 7. Dana Duke Morris, running unopposed, received 2,452 votes for School Board Member Seat 3 – Districts 5, 8, 9.

State Primary Elections

For the state primaries for Governor, John Rose received the most votes in the Coffee County State Republican Primary with 2,421 votes. Marsha Blackburn received 2,049 votes and Monty Fritts received 2,041 votes. Ultimately, Blackburn would win the state primary by receiving 43.55% of the votes, while Rose received 32.95% and Fritts received 23.50%, according to Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett. Blackburn will meet Democratic primary winner Jerri Green in November, who received 69.05% of the vote statewide. Meanwhile, in Coffee County she was the winner for the county state primary and received 1,058 votes, while runner up Carnita Atwater received 211 votes.

For U.S. Senate, Bill Hagerty, running unopposed, received 5,840 votes locally while winning overall in the state primary. He will meet Democratic candidate Marquita Brown, who received 54.79% of the vote statewide while netting 654 during the county state primary. For the U.S. House of Representatives District 4, Scott DesJarlais received 3,941 in the county state primary, while receiving 65.90% of the vote statewide, and will meet Democratic primary winner Victoria Broderick in November. Broderick received 661 votes in the county state primary while netting 37.88% of the state of the vote statewide.

Onthestatelevel,forTennessee House of Representatives District 47, Rush Bricken ran unopposed and received 5,672 votes in the county state primary. He will face Democratic primary winner Mike Stein in November, who also ran unopposed and received 1,325 votes at the county state primary.

For the Republican primary for State Executive Committeeman District 16, Greg Sandlin received the most votes with 2,073 votes, while David Alexander received 2,001 votes and Jerry Anderson received 1,126 votes. However, statewide, Alexander won the state primary, receiving 53.61% of the vote. As for the Democratic primary for State Executive Committeeman District 16, Andrew Head ran unopposed and received 1,225 votes in the county state primary and won the vote statewide. As for the Republican primary for State Executive Committeewoman District 16, Iva Michelle Smith won the county state primary with 2,549 votes while Cile T. Alexander received 2,146 votes. However, Alexander won the state primary with 53.71% of the votes. For the Democratic primary for State Executive Committeeman District 16, Victoria Broderrick ran unopposed and won the state primary, where she received 1,302 votes in the county state primary.

Check out the full breakdown of the unofficial results here and the early voting results here.