Williamson County elections: Live results from all precincts

Cole Villena and Anika Exum, Nashville Tennessean

May 4, 2022 at 12:12 AM·5 min read

Williamson County residents will vote in partisan primary elections for County Commission, school board and other offices Tuesday. The winners of each race will advance to the general election on Aug. 4.

This page will be updated with live results as votes are counted by the Williamson County Election Commission.

To find your polling place, visit williamsoncounty-tn.gov. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Acting county clerk Jeff Whidby more than tripled former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Glen Casada's vote total in the Republican county clerk primary. Deborah Campbell Sparks defeated Andrew Becker on the Democratic side, which was the only contested Democratic race.

Williamson County Clerk Republican primary winner Jeff Whidby, accompanied by his grandmother and former County Clerk Elaine Anderson, hugs his son Braxton at the election commission office on May 3, 2022, in Franklin, Tenn.

"I just want to thank everyone who worked so tirelessly for me during the campaign," Whidby told The Tennessean. "I couldn't have done it without everyone's help."

Incumbent juvenile court judge Sharon Guffee defeated Connie Reguli, a Brentwood attorney who was convicted of two felonies in April.

Deana C. Hood won the nomination to replace Jim Martin, who is retiring from his position as 21st Judicial District judge for Division II.

Primary results listed are for Republican races unless otherwise noted.

Over 20,000 people voted, an 11.18% turnout. Over 18,000 of those ballots were Republican.

The results, with 25 out of 25 precincts reporting, are as follows:

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County Commission

District 1:

Ricky D. Jones (incumbent) 736
Lisa H. Lenox 644
Scott Lucas 512

District 2:

Allen (Drell) Floyd 690
Judy Lynch Herbert (incumbent) 823
Elizabeth "Betsy" Hester (incumbent) 820
Andy Moriarty 730

District 5:

Robin Baldree 554
Tommy Little (incumbent) 366
Greg Sanford 754
Mary Smith 766
Rob Verell 505

District 7:

Bert Chalfant (incumbent) 685
Christopher S Richards 674
Tom Tunnicliffe (incumbent) 845

District 8:

Jerry W. Rainey (incumbent) 783
Barb Sturgeon (incumbent) 1,408
Drew Torres 1,365

District 10:

Bradley Diaz 535
Meghan Guffee (incumbent) 930
David Landrum (incumbent) 880

District 11:

Sean R Aiello (incumbent) 808
Brian Beathard (incumbent) 959
Charles Wayne Garrett 630

District 12:

Brian Clifford 1,254
John Dillon 394
Steve Smith (incumbent) 1,171
Jennifer Swaim 310

Williamson County Commission District 2 incumbents and 2022 Republican primary winners Judy Herbert and Betsy Hester view the last set of tallies received by the election commission office on May 3, 2022, in Franklin, Tenn.

County School Board

District 4:

Josh Brown (incumbent) 820
Elliott L Franklin 606

District 8:

Donna O. Clements 1,150
Shauna Graham 858

District 10:

Ali Wallace Adair 661
Eric Welch (incumbent) 699

District 12:

Jamie Lima 764
Drason Beasley 1,039

County Clerk

Democratic candidates:

Andrew Becker 687
Deborah Campbell Sparks 1,520

Republican candidates:

Jeff Whidby (incumbent) 12,860
Glen Casada 4,218

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Judicial races

Circuit Court Judge, 21st Judicial District, Division II:

Deana C. Hood 11,136
Shane K. McNeill 4,086

Juvenile Court Judge

Sharon Guffee (incumbent) 11,909
Connie L Reguli 3,959

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Uncontested races

Several races, including most Democratic races, were uncontested.

Uncontested Republic races:

Circuit Court Clerk: Debbie McMillan Barrett (incumbent)
Circuit Court Judge, Division I, Joseph "Woody" Woodruff (incumbent)
Circuit Court Judge, Division II: Michael W. Binkley (incumbent)
Circuit Court Judge, Division IV: Deanna Bell Johnson (incumbent)
County Commission, District 3: Jeff Graves, Jennifer Moore Mason (incumbent)
County Commission, District 4: Gregg B Lawrence (incumbent), Pete Stresser
County Commission, District 6: Erin Nations (incumbent), Paul L Webb (incumbent)
County Commission, District 9: Chas Morton (incumbent), Matt Williams (incumbent)
County Mayor: Rogers C. Anderson (incumbent)
County School Board, District 2: Dan Cash (incumbent)
County School Board, District 6: Jay Galbreath (incumbent)
District Attorney General, 21st Judicial District: Kim R. Helper (incumbent)
General Sessions Judge, Part I: Denise Andre (incumbent)
General Sessions Judge, Part II: Tom Taylor (incumbent)
Juvenile Court Clerk: Margaret Gurley Mahew
Public Defender, 21st Judicial District: Greg Burlison (incumbent)
Register of Deeds: Sherry Anderson (incumbent)
Sheriff: Dusty Rhoades (incumbent)
Trustee: Karen Paris (incumbent)

Uncontested Democratic races:

County Commission, District 1: LaRhonda J. Williams
County Commission, District 3: Matthew Harakas
County Commission, District 10: Courtenay D Rogers, Kenneth Townsend
County Commission, District 11: Johnna D. Carter-Haynes
County Commission, District 12: Erin Crawford
County School Board, District 4: Robert A. Britton
County School Board, District 10: Jennifer Haile
Franklin Special School District Board of Education: Laura A. Stendel

Since County Commission districts have two candidates, a race with two candidates is considered uncontested.

Hand recount

Under a new state law, Williamson County is required to hand recount the top contested race in randomly selected precincts. A selection of absentee, early voting and election day ballots will be counted.

The law will be expanded to the rest of Tennessee's 95 counties in 2024.

The recount will take place 10 a.m. May 12. The races that will be recounted are circuit court judge (Division II) on the Republican ballot and county clerk on the Democratic ballot.

Williamson County School board 2022 District 10 Republican primary winner Eric Welch speaks with Williamson Herald publisher Derby Jones as primary election totals roll into the election commission office on May 3, 2022, in Franklin, Tenn.

Williamson County used new voting machines this election cycle following vote tabulation discrepancies found during the October election. The discrepancies did not affect the final vote tally of those elections, which were verified through a hand count.

Jonathan Duda, chairman of the Election Commission, said voters provided positive feedback about the new voting machines. All the tallies matched and the commission was happy with the support provided by the vendor Electronic Systems & Software.

The election results will remain unofficial until certified by the Election Commission in the next few weeks.

Cole Villena covers Williamson County at The Tennessean, part of the USA Today Network — Tennessee. Reach Cole at cvillena@tennessean.com or 615-925-0493. Follow Cole on Twitter at @ColeVillena and on Instagram at @CVinTennessee.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Williamson County elections 2022: Live results from all precincts

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