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Knox County Election Results

By R. Neal
Created Feb 5 2008 - 19:19

9:35 UPDATE: Precincts are rolling in. EV numbers appear to be holding in most races. See individual races for latest updates and what they include. Will update key races for a while and note any significant changes. Big losers: Cate, Tramel, Moore. And Owings. Sometimes the voters actually pay attention.

11:00 UPDATE: Later, y'all. Read more for the details....

02/06 UPDATE: Full results with all precincts reporting at the Knox County Election Commission [1].

Democratic Presidential Primary:

(91 of 94 plus EV, Obama slipping, Clinton widens slight lead.)

Hillary Clinton 49.16%
John Edwards 5.42%
Barack Obama 43.96%

Republican Presidential Primary:

(88 of 94 plus EV, slight gains for Huckabee and Romney, but McCain is holding.)

Mike Huckabee 29.88%
John McCain 34.06%
Ron Paul 6.72%
Mitt Romney 21.92%
Fred Thompson 4.05%

County Commission 1-A Democrats:

(60 of 94 plus EV, uptick for Cox, Drew, but McKenzie is holding and looks like the winner.)

Therea A. Cox 15.84%
Pete Drew 22.93%
Evelyn C. Gill 8.45%
Samuel P. McKenzie 41.58%
Cynthia Stancil 11.20%

County Commission 2-B Democrats:

(37 of 94 plus EV, Broyles is holding and it looks like a clear win for her)

Amy Broyles 57.86%
Cortney Piper 37.13%
Chuck Williams 5.01%

County Commission 4-A Democrats:

(60 of 94 plus EV. Uptick for Davis, but Saunders looks like the clear winner.)

Elaine Davis 38.78%
Finbarr Saunders 61.22%

County Commission 4-A Republicans:

(60 of 94 plus EV. Kuhlman looks like the winner.)

Richard Cate 21.85%
William Daniels 24.54%
Ruthie Stone Kuhlman 44.67%
Walt Wojnar 8.94%

County Commission 4-B Republicans:

(60 of 94 plus EV. Shouse hammers Tramel, will face off with unopposed Democrat Drevik)

Logan Brummitt 10.50%
Ed Shouse 53.64%
Jim Smelcher 18.46%
Lee Tramel 17.40%

County Commission 6-A Democrats:

(79 of 94 plus EV, big win for Bryant.)

Kathy Bryant 77.13%
Charles R. Connatser 22.87%

County Commission 6-A Republicans:

(79 of 94 plus EV, looks like a win for Anders.)

Brad Anders 48.14%
Matthew Jones 22.82%
Walter (Sandy) McDaniel 17.90%
Jimmie E. Shelton 11.14%

County Commission 8-B Republicans:

(60 of 94 plus EV, Wright slips a few more points but holds on for the apparent win.)

Jim Eubanks 10.01%
Kay Frazier 24.75%
Maurice David Freed 2.48%
Gailen Porter 21.95%
Dave C. Wright 40.81%

County Commission 9-A Republicans:

(60 of 94 plus EV, uptick for Greene but Brown is holding and looks like the winner.)

Mike Brown 57.49%
Tim Greene 42.51%

County Clerk Democrats

(91 of 94 plus EV.)

George Stooksbury 39.80%
Amy Henley Vandergriff 60.20%

County Clerk Republicans:

(91 of 94 plus EV, Scooby is still toast)

Foster D. Arnett, Jr. 60.93%
Bryan J. Bates 10.02%
Mike McMillan 12.66%
Scott Moore 16.39%

School Board District 5:

[Ed. Note: data access problem for this race, but Carson appears to be leading by a substantial margin in early voting. UPDATE: Looks like a win for Carson.]

Trustee Republicans:

(79 of 94 plus EV, too close to call between Hill and Sisk.)

Steve Hill 30.62%
Roger C. Kane, Jr. 10.83%
Hobart Lumpkin 3.76%
Steve M. Rogers, Sr. 5.08%
Fred Sisk 31.35%
L. B. Steele 18.36%

Law Director Republicans

(79 of 94 plus EV, shaping up as a surprise for Owings who appears to be out of a job.)

Bill Lockett 59.99%
John Owings 40.01%

Property Assessor Republicans

(91 of 94 plus EV)

Phil Ballard 51.44%
Mike Lowe 48.56%


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