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 |
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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 |
Michael A. Wrather 648 |
Michael A. Rodgers: 904 |
| District 5 |
District 6 |
District 7 |
District 8 |
Carol Cook: 212 Write-In: 3 |
Jonathan Beverly: 573 |
Michael Kusch: 680 |
Pettus L. Read: 1,192 |
| District 9 |
District 10 |
District 11 |
District 12 |
Joe A. Gourley: 419 Joshua James: 501 Write-In: 3 |
Tony Campbell: 269 |
Bradley R. Austin: 165 |
Carol B. Boyd: 408 |
| District 13 |
District 14 |
District 15 |
District 16 |
Paul Johnson: 539 Write-In: 5 |
Wayne Irvin: 790 |
Craig Harris: 1,094 |
Phil Dodd: 418 |
| District 17 |
District 18 |
District 19 |
District 20 |
Jeff Phillips: 312 Write-In: 3 |
Allen McAdoo: 505 |
Corey B. Sippola: 723 |
Trey Gooch: 463 |
| 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 |
Anita L. Herron: 94 |
Write-In: 6 |
| District 5 |
District 6 |
District 7 |
District 8 |
| Write-In: 21 |
Write-In: 21 |
Joseph Locher: 144 |
Matthew Burke: 109 |
| District 9 |
District 10 |
District 11 |
District 12 |
| Mark A. Linville: 112 Write-In:0 |
Iris Dismukes: 173 |
Write-In:8 |
Celest Davis: 89 |
| District 13 |
District 14 |
District 15 |
District 16 |
| Write-In: 18 |
Write-In: 12 |
Cedric Alford: 181 |
Kyle Mullicane: 119 |
| 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 |
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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 |
