Daniel Forrester wins race for Anderson County chancellor
Local attorney Daniel Forrester won the race for Anderson County chancellor on Tuesday, beating out James W. "Jamie" Brooks Jr., who was appointed as judge of the chancery court by Gov. Bill Lee after Nikki Cantrell resigned.
By 10 p.m. Tuesday, all but the write-in votes had been counted and Forrester had received 3,663 votes compared to 2,488 votes for Brooks. The unofficial vote totals listed in this story are from the Anderson County Election Commission website at www.acelection.com. The election commission will meet at a later date to certify the results.
Fellow Republican candidates Evan Hauser received 1,242 votes and Roger Miller, 512 in the race for chancellor, which was the only contested race within one primary. It is also one of the two local races that was decided on Tuesday - the other being the uncontested property assessor race. Republican John K. Alley Jr. was seeking re-election and faced no challengers in the Republican or Democratic party primaries. He received 6,929 votes.
Brooks will continue to serve until Aug. 31.
All of the other local races had one candidate in the Republican party, and sometimes a candidate in the Democratic party. The winners of those primaries will compete in the Anderson County General Election on Aug. 1. They'll also face any candidates who are listed as independents, according to Mark Stephens, election commission administrator. The deadline for candidates to qualify in the Aug. 1 election is noon April 4. Residents who are not registered to vote have until July 2 to register with the election commission if they wish to vote in that election.
The other local races:
Anderson County Commission, District 6. Republican primary, candidate Aaron Wells, 526 votes; Democratic primary, Ebony Capshaw, 239 votes. Wells was appointed to the commission seat when Commissioner Catherine Denenberg of Oak Ridge moved to Florida.
Anderson County Board of Education, Districts 3, 4, 5, and 8 - District 3, Republican primary, Dail Cantrell, the incumbent, 1,388 votes; Democratic primary, no candidate. District 4, Republican party, Darren Carden, 709 votes; Democratic primary, no candidate. District 5, Republican primary, Sherri Jarnigan-Beaty, 780 votes; Democratic primary, Theresa Evans Venable, 82 votes; District 8, Republican primary, incumbent Glenda Langenberg, 840 votes; Democratic primary, David Miller, 255 votes.
The race for the White House
In the Presidential Preference Primary for the Republicans, former president Donald Trump received 6,372 votes, followed by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley with 1,784 votes.
In the Democratic Party's Presidential Preference Primary, President Joe Biden received 1,249 votes. Voters - 92 of them - voted "uncommitted."
The Oak Ridger's News Editor Donna Smith covers Oak Ridge area news. Email her at dsmith@oakridger.com and follow her on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, @ridgernewsed. Support The Oak Ridger by subscribing. Offers available at https://subscribe.
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