Knox County Primary Election Results

Here is the PDF from the Election Commission of the final results: http://knoxcounty.org/election/results/cumulative.pdf

Burchett crushes Hutchison in primary

State Sen. Tim Burchett walked away Tuesday night with the Republican nomination for Knox County mayor and an avalanche victory margin of more than 85 percent, according to unofficial results.

“I’m just overwhelmed,” he said. “I never take victory for granted, and I never take the voters for granted. But at this margin, it’s hard for me to comprehend.”

His opponent, former Sheriff Tim Hutchison, won just under 15 percent of the primary vote. Tuesday night marked his first defeat at the polls in at least 20 years.

via Burchett blowout in Knox Co. primary.

Lambert says Hutchison part of ‘Black Wednesday’

On Friday, however, a traditional Hutchison ally dropped a bombshell by calling the former sheriff a liar who was in fact deeply involved in the controversial meeting.

6th District Commissioner Greg “Lumpy” Lambert, who has always admitted to his role in the back-room politicking over who would replace commissioners removed by a state Supreme Court decision on term limits, contacted the News Sentinel on Friday and said that Hutchison orchestrated some of the deals that ultimately led a jury to find that commissioners had violated the state Open Meetings Act.

via Lambert: Hutchison part of ‘Black Wednesday’.

Weaver: county workers can serve on commission

Knox County employees will be able to serve on Knox County Commission in the future after a Knox County chancellor invalidated a charter provision barring such service.

via Commission open to Knox County workers.

Testing the truth of TV ads in the mayoral race

Gene Patterson over at WATE has some analysis on the truthfulness of both mayoral candidates current TV ads:

TV ads for two candidates in the Knox County’s mayor’s race began airing last week, so 6 News put them to the truth test.

Republican state Sen. Tim Burchett and former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison unveiled new 30 second spots. The two ads are very different in their approaches for appealing to voters.

via WATE Ads by Burchett, Hutchison in Knox mayor’s race put to truth test.