The Lakeland Board of Commissioners will also have two new faces as Jeremy Burnett and Lindsey Reap won their first terms.

Hatcher largely eschewed campaigning in Shelby County.

The Germantown incumbent defeated Democratic challenger and former Shelby County Criminal Court clerk Heidi Kuhn for Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District seat, which covers much of Memphis and its northeastern suburbs. 

Republican Brent Taylor flipped Tennessee’s new 9th Congressional District Tuesday, Nov. 3, delivering the party the win it sought through a swift redistricting effort that diluted the state’s lone Democratic stronghold by carving majority-Black Memphis into thirds.

It was a big night for incumbents in Bartlett as several will return to office following victories in the city elections Tuesday, Nov. 3.

District 83 incumbent Mark White narrowly survived a Democrat’s challenge, and Republican Tom Leatherwood defeated an independent opponent to keep his District 99 seat. 

Alderman Tony Salvaggio takes the mayor seat, requiring the board to appoint someone to his position at a later date.

Millington voters selected five alderman candidates and three school board members in Tuesday’s municipal elections with several incumbents holding their positions.

“I am so humbled and honored and grateful to be elected the next governor of the great state of Tennessee,” Blackburn said, declaring herself the victor.

A December runoff is needed to determine a pair of aldermen seats. Alderwoman Missy Marshall won reelection and a Republican took the open school board seat.

The referendums could lead to large changes in the world of city politics.

Jesse Huseth won a rematch of the state House 97th District race on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty has won a second six-year term, according to unofficial results.

The bluest county in the state came through for Democrats in the early and absentee vote count — the first votes of Election Day to come out of Shelby County.

The Shelby County Election Commission reported a tentative number of ballots cast since the polls opened at 7 a.m., but the final number is “going to be just a surprise.”

Here’s a little about the mechanics of vote counting.

Heavy rain, some wind expected to hit Memphis and Shelby County over the last two hours of voting on Election Day, National Weather Service says.

Voters rolled into the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Davis Community Center in the Messick-Buntyn neighborhood.

Some readers expressed optimism about recent development activity while others argued that positive announcements and development commitments do not always translate into lasting improvements. 

See the winners and results.

Approximately 5,000 voters had cast Election Day ballots in Shelby County during the first three hours of the polls being open Tuesday, Nov. 3.

It’s Election Day! Plus, the Memphis City Council chair faces a lawsuit, and the DA’s office releases Guard shooting videos.

It’s election day in America and, by tomorrow morning, we should have a new Tennessee governor — and it might mean the state’s first female governor in its 230-year history. 

The vote totals Tuesday, Nov. 3, will tell who won and who lost. They will also reveal some larger political trends and truths. Here are a few of them.

Among other races, Tennessee voters will choose who holds the three newly redrawn U.S. House districts that split Memphis and who will be the next governor.