1188 Cannon County Voters turned up at the polls today.The School Board will be changing after the results of last night’s election. The County Commission and Assessor of Property Will Not. After the final votes were tallied up in the School Board race in district one, challenger Nathan Sanders received 62 percent of the Cannon County vote as 250 District 1 voters punched in his name to make him the new school board member, defeating incumbent Shannon Davenport who ended up with 148 votes on the evening. Bruce Daniel ran unopposed in District 3 and collected 217 votes which was 99 percent of the total votes with the other 2 votes going to write ins. Daniel will take the place of Cathy Hyatt who did not seek re-election. Randy Gannon also ran unopposed and received 100 percent of the vote with 318 votes for School Board in District 4. In other election races, Donald Preston remains Property Assessor defeating Keith Morris with 971 votes to Morris’s 564 votes. John U Basinger finished third in the race with 192 votes. Tony Neal keeps his seat on the County Commission in District 4 as 277 voters chose him over Rebekah Hindman Parton who finished with 156 votes. Cannon County chose Diane Black for US House 6th Congressional District with 671 votes to Lou Ann Zelenik’s 434 votes. Bob Corker easily won Cannon County’s vote for the United States Senate collecting 857 votes. Mark Pody received 934 votes running unopposed in the TN House of Representatives 46th District. On the democratic side Mark E. Clayton ended up with 151 votes to place first in Cannon County voting for United States Senate. Back on the local election front Jerry Pelham Doyle Duke and James E. Hancock all ran unopposed in their respective races for Road Commissioner. Overall 1789 voters turned out to vote in this election.
