2018 Election: Parks, Gammons & Blackwell Win!
By Jessie Williams
Macon Countians have spoken and re-elected Mark Gammons as sheriff and Connie Blackwell as County Clerk. Kim Bohanan Parks also beat out her two opponents for County Trustee.
Just over half of all registered voters in Macon County, or 6,437 citizens, participated in the 2018 State Primary and County General Election. A total of 4,885 voters took advantage of the early voting period or sent in an absentee ballot, and 1,552 Macon County residents took to the polls on Election Day, August 2, 2018.
Results from the Macon County General Election are as follows:
County Mayor
Steve Jones (R, Incumbent) – 5,387
County Trustee
Kim Bohanan Parks (R) – 3,069
Jordan Andrews (I) – 1,648
Rhonda Cook (I) – 1,486
Macon County Sheriff
Mark Gammons (I, Incumbent) – 3,337
William “Butch” Avera (R) – 2,998
Macon County Clerk
Connie Blackwell (I, Incumbent) – 3,592
Dakota Tucker Dyer (R) – 2,534
Circuit Court Clerk
Rick Gann (R, Incumbent) – 5,312
Register of Deeds
Cynthia Jones (R, Incumbent) – 5,132
County Commissioner District 1 (Two elected)
Phillip Snow (R, Incumbent) – 350
Todd Gentry (I, Incumbent) – 199
Kristina Rossi (I) – 111
County Commissioner District 2 (Two elected)
Scott Gammons (R, Incumbent) – 330
Mike Jenkins (R. Incumbent) – 436
Adam Swindle (I) – 272
County Commissioner District 3 (Two elected)
Benton Bartley (I, Incumbent) – 382
Charles Porter (I, Incumbent) – 359
County Commissioner District 4 (Two elected)
Justin Dyer (R, Incumbent) – 429
Mchelle Phillips (R, Incumbent) – 372
County Commissioner District 5 (Two elected)
Scott D. Cothron (I) – 228
Kenneth Witte (I, Incumbent) – 156
Kimmy Warf (I, Incumbent) – 59
County Commissioner District 6 (Two elected)
Tony W. Wix (I, Incumbent) – 196
Michael D. Slayton (R) – 187
Stephanie Lamb (R) – 119
County Commissioner District 7 (Two elected)
Barry King (I, Incumbent) – 363
Jeffery Hughes (I, Incumbent) – 291
James Lamb (R) – 205
Floyd Overstreet (I) – 76
County Commissioner District 8 (Two elected)
Kyle Petty (I) – 345
Chad West (I) – 284
Michael Evetts (I) – 202
Duane Knoblett (R) – 131
County Commissioner District 9 (Two elected)
Wendell T. Jones (R, Incumbent) – 442
Jarhea Wilmore (I, Incumbent) – 317
County Commissioner District 10 (Two elected)
Helen Hesson (R. Incumbent) – 390
School Board Districts 1 & 2
William “Jed” Goad – 519
Jason Bohanan – 273
William Dycus – 217
Jeff Roark – 134
Tony Brooks – 115
School Board Districts 3 & 4
Wayne Marsh (Incumbent) – 590
Andy Shrum – 439
Bret Gentry – 363
Constable Districts 1 & 2
Sammy Morgan (Incumbent) – 1,021
Constable Districts 3 & 4
Charles Thomas Dallas (Incumbent) – 1,040
Constable Districts 5 & 6
John David – 585
Constable Districts 7 & 8
Tony W. Law – 1,022
Constable Districts 9 & 10
Corey Lawrence – 805
In the State Primary Election, Macon County voters chose republican candidate Bill Lee and democratic candidate Karl Dean for Governor, republican candidate Marsha Blackburn and democratic candidate Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate, republican candidate John Rose and democratic candidate Dawn Barlow for U.S. House of Reps. District 6, republican candidate Mark Pody and democratic candidate Mary Alice Carfi for Tennessee Senate District 17 and republican candidate Kelly Keisling and democratic candidate Carol Venea’ Abney for TN House of Reps District 38.
These candidates also won the popular vote state/district wide.
District 17 State Executive Committeemen and Committeewomen elected in Macon County the state primary are as follows: Jerry Beavers (R), Aubrey Givens (D), Terri Nicholson (R), Carol Brown Andrews (D)
