Frank, Iwanski, Hope win election in Anderson County, Oak Ridge

Terry Frank

Business owner Terry Frank, a Clinton Republican, has defeated attorney Warren Gooch, an Oak Ridge Democrat, in the race for Anderson County mayor.

Frank received 7,074 votes, or 58 percent, while Gooch collected 5,032, or 42 percent, according to unofficial results Thursday night.

She will serve a two-year term, completing the unexpired term of former mayor Rex Lynch, who resigned in January 2011.

It was one of three special elections on Thursday’s ballot in Anderson County. The other two were for Anderson County Commission District 8 and Oak Ridge City Council.

Myron Iwanski

Anderson County Interim Mayor Myron Iwanski won back his old seat in District 8, easily defeating the current commissioner, business executive Buzz Patrick, who was appointed to the seat in March 2011 after Iwanski was appointed interim mayor. Iwanski, who has said he wanted to complete his term on commission, won 1,354 votes, or 72 percent, compared to Patrick’s 521 votes, or 28 percent.

The district includes Woodland, Emory Valley, and Hendrix Creek.

Oak Ridge City Council member Chuck Hope held on to his seat for now, beating challenger Trina Baughn by a 58 percent to 42 percent margin. A business owner, Hope had 2,402 votes, and Baughn, a communications professional, had 1,725.

Chuck Hope

Hope and Baughn ran for a special three-month term on City Council. Hope was appointed to the seat after former City Council member Tom Hayes resigned in June 2011. The two could face off again in November. The winner of that election will serve a regular four-year term.

In the race for Anderson County property assessor, Republican John K. Alley Jr. beat Democrat Rick W. Marlowe by 60 percent to 40 percent.

In the federal Republican primary, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann received 49 percent of the vote in Anderson County, compared to 27 percent for Scottie Mayfield and 23 percent for Weston Wamp.

Mary M. Headrick beat Bill Taylor 74 percent to 26 percent in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker received 82 percent of the votes cast in the Senate race in the Republican primary, trouncing his opponents, and Park Overall collected 27 percent in the Democratic primary, compared to 22 percent for her closest competitor, Mark E. Clayton.

The election results, which include votes from all 27 precincts and early and absentee ballots, are posted on the Anderson County Election Commission website.

In Roane County, Tennessee Rep. Julia Hurley was defeated in the state Republican primary by former Roane County commissioner Kent Calfee; engineer David Morgan beat Teresa Kirkham, the incumbent county property assessor; and former Tennessee Rep. Dennis Ferguson was elected county road superintendent.

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Pat Fain

John, how do we find out the results in the democratic third congressional race? Pat
http://johnhuotari.com John Huotari

They’re posted at http://www.acelect.com/results/

Here are the results for that race: Mary M. Headrick had 2,105 votes (73.76 percent), and Bill Taylor had 749 (26.24 percent).
AaronWells

The people have spoken, It’s great to be an Anderson County Republican!!!
John Q Publius

Congrats to Mrs. Frank and Anderson County. Finally the taxpayers will have a seat at the bargaining table.

Looks like the final tally shows that out of the 65% who pulled Republican tickets in the early voting, 56.5% voted for Mrs. Frank. There is no way to tell how much of that was Democrats crossing over to vote in the GOP primary and how much was the large indefinite number of Mr. Gooch’s Republican supporters. We might get a better look after the final results for the election are released. It appears that on election day the spread widened to 60/40, but we don’t know if the spread from those pulling GOP tickets rose or fell. I’m curious to see how it all washed out in the end. Additionally, I’ll be curious to see how Mr. Gooch’s numbers compare to Obama’s numbers in Anderson County come November. I don’t think there is much doubt that Mr. Gooch did better than the President will. In 2008, Anderson County went 62/38 in a time where Hope & Change had legs. I don’t think that will be the case this year. We may see Romney win AC by a nearly 2-1 margin in AC this year. So, a 8% or so change from Obama is a pretty substantial gain.

I’ll say it again, Mr. Gooch took on a truly Herculean task. Losing is tough, but he should be proud of what he managed to claw back. Our system only works when people get a choice. Thank you Mr. Gooch for your contribution.
- BFD12
  
  Well, I was certainly looking forward to that top to bottom review that Mr. Gooch promised to give the county. I hope Mrs. Frank is able to clean up the court house and put all of our taxes to good use. No sense in them being so high and going to waste on people/areas we don’t need. Will certainly be interesting watching it all unfold.
Pat Fain

We now have another great opportunity to elect a congressperson to represent the third congressional district who actually supports the national defense mission of Oak Ridge and actually worked at ORNL for several years; who supports keeping social security and preserving the natural environment; who supports job creation, a fair wage and keeping big money out of politics and who as a retired physician understands and supports the need for medicare and good medical care for everyone. Are the Republicans really going to hold their collective noses and vote for a seriously unpopular candidate put into office two years ago by the radical fringe of their party or are they going to stand up for government by the people and for the people and vote for Mary Headrick for Congress. The Democrats did their part by nominating their best candidate. I challenge the real Republicans to help elect her in November.
- TJ
  
  I dont think Fleishman is an unpopular candidate for the Pubbies. He will get all their votes. I will never vote for another lawyer for any public office.
  The original 13th Amendment was probably ratified for a good reason.
  Esquire is a Title of Nobility, as the American Bar is a subsisiary of the British Bar.