WEAKLEY COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS NOV. 3, 2026
Another election year is done and dusted with almost half of all registered Weakley County voters casting their vote Tuesday.
The closest race of the day was for mayor of Greenfield with Cindy McAdams hanging on by one vote (292) over Brad Hardin (291).
The City of Martin will have several new faces in city government. David R. Bell (1,239) was elected to serve as mayor over Kent Kelso (1,163). Lori Miles received 461 votes to Tony Prince’s 406 to win the Ward 1 alderman seat. Ward 2 will be represented by Kenny King (479) and Blake McCullom (397) replacing Lynette Wagster (204). Chad Brewer (400) will be representing Ward 3 after defeating Terry Hankins (183).
In Dresden Mark Maddox retained his position as Mayor after 609 votes in his favor and 25 write-ins.
The aldermen at large (3 seats) will be Curtis Doran (570), Jennifer Schlicht (547) and Gwin Anderson (473). Jeff Washburn came in fourth with 337 votes.
The City of Greenfield aldermen at large (4 seats) will be Tyler Dunning (450), Cody Ricketts (444), Logan Rowlett (422) and Leanna Stephenson (398). Mark Galey took fifth with 309 votes.
The Town of Sharon did not have a qualified candidate to run for mayor. Joe Jones was appointed as Sharon Mayor during the Oct. 13 meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Jones will be sworn in at the Nov. 9 meeting. Citizens of Sharon will be represented by aldermen Dillon Edwards (205) and James Gary Roberts (194).
STATE ELECTIONS
Marsha Blackburn (R) will become the first woman to be elected Governor of Tennessee. Blackburn received 955,259 votes to Jerri Green’s (D) 902,546. Independent candidate David Hatley brought in just 195,288 votes.
The race for the newly formed 5th Congressional District was also a tight race with Charlie Hatcher (R) receiving 110,408 votes to Chaz Molder’s (D) 99,841.
Republican Bill Hagerty (1,138,407) defeated Democratic candidate Marquita Bradshaw (886,911) to retain his seat at the US Senate.
Tandy Darby ran unopposed for the Tennessee House of Representatives District 76.
All three constitutional amendments were passed by Tennessee voters.
