<div>Voters turned out Nov. 3, electing a new mayor for Lawrenceburg and approving liquor sales in St. Joseph.Out of the county’s 28,331 registered voters, 12,474, 44.03 percent, cast votes.EthridgeVoters filled two four-year seats on the Ethridge Board of Commissioners. Both George E. Doyle and Nathan Sheridan sought reelection unopposed. Doyle received 77 votes, collecting 60.83 percent of votes cast, while Sheridan received 46 votes, or 36.22 percent. There were 4 write-in votes accounting for 3.15 percent of the vote.LawrenceburgDarryl Watson was elected mayor, collecting 1,651 votes, 59.52 percent, to Roy Story’s 1,111, 40.05 percent. There were 12 write-in votes accounting for 0.43 percent of the vote.Chad Moore was unopposed in his bid for reelection to Council Seat 1, receiving 2,184 complimentary votes, 98.25 percent. There were 39 write-in votes, 1.75 percent.Council Seat 2 incumbent Robin Williams was unseated by competitor Landon Saunders. Saunders received 867 votes, 34.47 percent; Williams 851 votes,33.84 percent; and Raquel Gobble Fisher 785, 31.21 percent. There were 12 write-in votes, accounting for 0.48 percent of the vote.Shane Hughes was the victor in the race for Council Seat 4, receiving 1,014 votes, 39.48 percent. Contender Greg Kelso received 947 votes, 36.85 percent and Wes Orton 599, 23.31 percent. Five write-in votes accounted for 0.30 percent of the vote.St. JosephIn St. Joseph both Roger “Bubba” Carter and Marty Passarella were unopposed in their bids for reelection. Carter received 1,014 votes, 39.46 percent, while Passarella received 119 votes, 39.67 percent. Five write-in votes accounted for 1.66 percent of the vote.Also on the St. Joseph ballot was a referendum to allow eligible retail businesses to become permitted for liquor sales for off-premises consumption. The referendum passed with a vote of 116 to 102. Business owners interested in liquor sales will be required to become permitted through both the city and state.State RepresentativeIn the Tennessee House race, Republicans Clay Doggett prevailed in District 70 and Kip Capley in District 71. Locally, Doggett received 4,761 votes, 79.03 percent, to Democrat Rayanne Moos’ 1,252, 20.78 percent. Capley received 4,328 votes, 76.94 percent, to Democrat Matt Day’s 1,278, 22.72 percent.CongressionalIn the U.S. Senate race, Bill Hagerty was reelected with 1,138,436 votes, 55.08 percent, while Democrat Marquita Bradshaw had 886,974 votes, 42.91 percent. In Lawrence County, Hagerty received 9,041 votes, 76.46 percent, while Bradshaw earned 2,371 votes, 20.05 percent, and local independent candidate Tharon Chandler received 177 votes, 1.5 percent.In the U.S. House of Representatives District 9 race, Republican Brent Taylor took 49.63 percent of the vote statewide (111,968) to defeat Democrat Justin J. Pearson, who received 109,429 votes (48.5 percent). Independent candidates Dennis Clark and Michelle Davis Head trailed behind with 2,413 and 1,804 votes respectively. In Lawrence County, Taylor took a total of 8,754 votes, 75.56 percent; Pearson 2,444 votes, 21.1 percent; and Clark 216 votes, 1.86 percent. AmendmentsThree Constitutional Amendments appeared on the ballot and were approved by voters statewide. Constitutional Amendment 1 received 4,927 yes votes and 1,090 no votes; passing by 79.76 percent in Lawrence County; 4,662 yes votes were cast for Constitutional Amendment 2, with 1,234 no votes, passing at 76.9 percent; 5,099 yes votes were cast for Constitutional Amendment 3, with 838 no votes, passing by 84.45 percent.</div>

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Voters turned out Nov. 3, electing a new mayor for Lawrenceburg and approving liquor sales in St. Joseph. Out of the county’s 28,331 registered voters, 12,474, 44.03 percent, cast votes. Ethridge. Voters filled two four-year seats on the Ethridge Board of Commissioners. Both George E. Doyle and Nathan Sheridan...

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Voters turned out Nov. 3, electing a new mayor for Lawrenceburg and approving liquor sales in St. Joseph. Out of the county’s 28,331 registered voters, 12,

Voters Elect New Lawrenceburg Mayor

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