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Election results: Final results for all Clarksville races, plus governor and Congress

Election results: Final results for all Clarksville races, plus governor and Congress

Clarksville constituents celebrate Joe Pitts' mayoral victory during election night at the Best Western Plus in Clarksville on Nov. 8, 2022. (Jim Key) Photo: Shutterstock


CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The 2022 Tennessee General and City of Clarksville Election was held today, and polls closed at 7 p.m.

Election results were delayed as voters remained in a long line at Woodlawn Elementary for over an hour past 7 p.m.

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Here are the Clarksville, Montgomery County and statewide results in contested races, with early and absentee votes, plus 38 of 38 precincts reporting.

Governor

  • Bill Lee, R, 60.18% (24,811 votes), statewide: 65.04%
  • Jason Brantley Martin, D, 36.35% (14,987 votes), statewide: 32.82%
  • Constance M. Every, I, 1.3% (535 votes)
  • John Gentry, I, 1.02% (421 votes)
  • Deborah Rouse, I, 0.44% (183 votes)
  • Rick Tyler, I, 0.16% (67 votes)
  • Charles Van Morgan, I, 0.15% (62 votes)
  • Alfred O’Neil, I, 0.12% (49 votes)
  • Basil Marceaux, I, 0.11% (44 votes)
  • Michael E. Scantland, I, 0.06% (25 votes)

US House, Dist. 7

  • Mark Green, R, 60.51% (24,484 votes), districtwide: 59.96%
  • Odessa Kelly, D, 37.23% (15,063 votes), districtwide: 38.15%
  • Steven Hooper, I, 2.2% (890 votes), districtwide: 1.89%

TN House, Dist. 67 

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TN House, Dist. 68

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County Liquor Referendum

  • For legal sale of alcoholic beverages, 75.05% (10,307 votes)
  • Against legal sale of alcoholic beverages, 24.95% (3,427 votes)

Note: This was on the ballot only for residents outside the city limits.

City Mayor

MORE: Mayor Joe Pitts returns to office: ‘We’re proud of our record, and that’s what we’ve run on’

City Council, Ward 2

Ward 2 was a write-in-only race.

City Council, Ward 6

City Council, Ward 7

  • Travis A. Holleman, 58.28% (1,643 votes)
  • Garrett Rye, 41.22% (1,162 votes)

City Council, Ward 10

Amendment 1, Right to work

  • Yes, 75.68% (statewide: 69.81%)
  • No, 24.32% (statewide: 30.19%)

Amendment 2, Governor’s line of succession

  • Yes, 73.25% (statewide: 74.64%)
  • No, 26.75% (statewide: 25.36%)

Amendment 3, Remove slavery from constitution

  • Yes, 81.47% (statewide: 79.52%)
  • No, 18.53% (statewide: 20.48%)

Amendment 4, Allow faith leaders in state offices

  • Yes, 58.93% (statewide: 63.27%)
  • No, 41.07% (statewide: 36.73%)

MORE: 4 candidates sail through uncontested races for City Council, state House seats

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