Rutherford County Election Results for Tuesday - May 3, 2022

May 03, 2022 at 08:21 pm by WGNS


Rutherford County will have a new mayor. Bill Ketron finished third in a four-way race in the Republican primary. Joe Carr was the winner, receiving 6,862 votes or almost 38%. Rhonda Allen finished second, 593 votes behind. Ketron only received 24% of the vote.

The incumbents for Sheriff, Circuit Court Clerk and Register of Deeds held off challengers to retain their positions. Melissa Harrell won by 346 votes over second time challenger Robin Eades Gentry. Heather Dawbarn overcame former Murfreesboro City Councilman Kevin Wax by just under 11-hundred votes. Mike Fitzhugh will remain sheriff, defeating challenger Virgil Gammon by over 15-hundred votes. Tom Sissom came in third, garnering over 43-hundred votes.

Big changes coming for the Rutherford County School Board. Chairwoman Tiffany Johnson was defeated by challenger Katie Darby. Tim Holden, who was appointed after the October resignation of Lisa Moore, fell to Caleb Tidwell.

There were seven of the 21 Rutherford County Commission races contested in the Republican primary. Stephen Piercey held off Justin Taylor in District 2. Jonathan Beverly unseats Veronica Buchanan in District 6 by 87-votes. Joshua James takes out incumbent Joe Gourley in District 9. Phil Wilson holds off Tony Campbell by 35 votes in District 10, the seat Wayne Blair was appointed to fill. Anthony Johnson will be the District 11 commissioner, filling the seat of Rhonda Allen. Carl Boyd will fill the seat in District 12 for Robert Stevens, who is running for state representative and Wayne Irvin will take over the seat in District 14 from Virgil Gammon, who ran for sheriff.

In Smyrna, Kenneth “Coon” Victory told WGNS…



Under 10,000 people cast their vote during the early voting period, according to Rutherford County Election Commissioner Alan Farley...



Now that the race is over, we asked Farley if there is a deadline on when to remove campaign signs…



Farley told WGNS that those who win the election are more likely to head out the following morning to collect their signs, because they aim to preserve the signs they have for the next race.

The next chance to vote will be during the County General Election, which will take place in August.

May 3, 2022 - See all of the election results below:

(R) Circuit Court
Judge Div I Dist 16
 Votes (R) Circuit Court
Judge Div II Dist 16
Votes (R) Circuit Court
Judge Div III Dist 16 
Votes
Write-Ins 305 Jimmy Turner
Write-In
13,069
50
Barry R. Tidwell
Write-In
13,919
55
(R) Circuit Court
Judge Div IV Dist 16
Votes (R) Circuit Court
Judge Div V Dist 16
Votes (R) Chancellor Votes
Jo Atwood
Write-In
13,609
69
Darrell L. Scarlett
Write-In
13,319
40
Howard Wilson
Write-In
13,356
39
District Attorney Votes Public Defender Votes     
Jennings H. Jones
Write-In
13,902
68
Gerald Lynn Melton
Write-In
13,605
26

 

County Mayor (Republican)

(R) Rutherford County Mayor    
Rhonda Allen Joe Carr  Aaron M. Coffey Bill Ketron Write-In
6,239 6,862 593 4,487 64

 

Rutherford County Commission (Republican)

District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4

David Gammon: 180
Write In: 0 

Stephen Pearcy: 1,149 
Justin Taylor: 389
Write-In: 4

Michael A. Wrather 648
Write-In: 14

Michael A. Rodgers: 904
Write-In: 2

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8


Carol Cook: 212
Write-In: 3

Jonathan Beverly: 573
Jonathan James: 56
Patrick Miller: 260
Veronica Buchanan: 486
Write-In: 3

Michael Kusch: 680
Write-In: 15

Pettus L. Read: 1,192 
Write-In: 11

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12


Joe A. Gourley: 419
Joshua James: 501
Write-In: 3

Tony Campbell: 269
Phil Wilson: 304
Write-In: 0

Bradley R. Austin: 165
Anthony Johnson: 278
Write-In: 3

Carol B. Boyd: 408
Jason M. Kemp: 152
Write-In: 1

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16


Paul Johnson: 539
Write-In: 5

Wayne Irvin: 790
Rod Key: 451
Write-In: 0

Craig Harris: 1,094
Write-In: 3

Phil Dodd: 418
Write-In: 3

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20


Jeff Phillips: 312
Write-In: 3

Allen McAdoo: 505
Write-In: 4

Corey B. Sippola: 723
Write-In: 4

Trey Gooch: 463
Write-In: 1

District 21       
Write-In: 16

 

Rutherford County Trustee (Republican)

Teb Batey  15,020
Write-In 17

 

Rutherford Co. General Sessions Judge (Republican)

Part I  Votes  Part II Votes Part III Votes Part IV Votes
Ben Hall (Trey) McFarlin III 14,707 Ben E. Bennett 13,668 Toby Gilley 14,108 Lisa A. Eischeid 13,792
Write-In 28 Write-In 27 Write-In 25 Write-In 42

 

Rutherford Co. Juvenile Court Judge (Republican)

Travis Lampley 13,180
Write-In 56

 

Rutherford Co. Sheriff (Republican)

Michael S. Fitzhugh 7,470
Virgil Gammon 5,968
Tom Sissom 4,351
Write-In 25

 

Circuit Court Clerk (Republican)

Robin Eades Gentry  Melissa Harrell Write-In
8,171 8,517 17

 

County Clerk (Republican)

Lisa Duke Crowell 14,523
Write-In 28

 

Register of Deeds (Republican)

Heather Dawbarn Kevin Wax  Write-In
9,052 7,954 11

 

Rutherford County School Board (Republican)

Zone 1  Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 7
Tammy Sharp: 1,033
Write-In: 15
Tim Holden: 1,454
Caleb Tidwell: 1,639
Write-In: 16
Katie Darby: 1,649
Tiffany R. Johnson: 1,128
Write-In: 4
Frances Rosales: 2,248
Write-In: 25

 

City of Murfreesboro School Board (Republican)

Barbara Long: 6,119  Write-In: 154 Write-In:57 Write-In: 15

Circuit Court Judge (Democrat)

 Div. I Write-In: 236
 Div. II Write-In: 146
 Div. III Write-In: 155
 Div. IV Write-In: 165
 Div. V Write-In: 127

 

Chancellor (Democrat)

 No Candidate Qualified Write-In: 109 

 

 

District Attorney (Democrat)

Write-In  125

 

Public Defender (Democrat)

Write-In  104

 

County Mayor (Democrat)

Write-In  247

 

 

Rutherford County Commission (Democrat)

District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4
Hope Oliver: 111
Write-In: 2

No Candidate
Write-In: 14

Anita L. Herron: 94
Write-In:0

Write-In: 6

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

Write-In: 21

Write-In: 21

Joseph Locher: 144
Write-In: 2

Matthew Burke: 109 
Write-In: 1

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

Mark A. Linville: 112
Write-In:0

Iris Dismukes: 173
Write-In:3

Write-In:8

Celest Davis: 89
Write-In:0

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

Write-In: 18

Write-In: 12

Cedric Alford: 181
Write-In: 0

Kyle Mullicane: 119
Write-In: 0

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

Mariah Phillips: 82
Write-In: 0

Write-In: 10

Write-In: 14

Write-In: 17

District 21       
Chantho Sourinho: 146
Write-In: 0

 

Trustee (Democrat)

Write-In  115

 

General Sessions Judge (Democrat)

 Part 1 Part II Part III Part IV
Write-In: 94 Write-In: 100 Write-In: 89 Write-In: 89

 

 

 

Juvenile Court Judge (Democrat)

Write-In  175

 

Sheriff (Democrat)

No Candidates  Write-In: 174

 

Circuit Court Clerk (Democrat)

Write-In  118

 

County Clerk (Democrat)

Write-In  152

 

Register of Deeds (Democrat)

Write-In  149

 

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