Property Assessor Mike Campbell held on
to his position in Loudon County government Tuesday,
beating out Larry Brown by 2,529 votes in the only
locally contested race on election day.
Campbell tallied 5,257 votes, while Brown earned 2,728 votes.
“(I'm) very appreciative and humbled
with the voters enduring the long lines,” Campbell
said about the election results. “I’m very
appreciative of my family supporting me and being
behind me. I’m very thankful for all of the voters
supporting me in the sign campaign, giving words of
encouragement. Just a very humbling experience.”
Campbell’s term will run through
2020.
Brown could not be reached for
comment Tuesday night.
Residents also weighed in on the
national Republican and Democratic primaries, as
businessman Donald Trump garnered 40.24 percent of
the vote among GOP candidates in the county, while
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton carried
60.53 percent of the local vote. Trump and Clinton
were declared the primary winners in Tennessee.
Loudon County General Sessions Court
Judge Hank Sledge ran unopposed in the election.
Initially, hired to work as a judicial magistrate in
July 2014, Sledge became the county's second General
Sessions judge in September 2015. Sledge’s term of
office will expire in 2022.
“I’ve been serving the county now
since I was appointed as a magistrate for — and then
subsequently as a judge — I’ve been serving the
county now for a little over a year and a half,”
Sledge said. “I look forward to continuing to serve
the county. (I) enjoy working for the people and
engaging the people that I deal with each day in
court and plan to continue to serve the county by
working hard and just being fair and impartial on
the bench and not leaving my common sense at the
door of the courtroom when I walk in and serve with
humility.”
For more information on the election,
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edition of the News-Herald.