Jim Dodson
Note: This story was updated at 9:15 p.m.
Jim Dodson, Chuck Hope, and Hans Vogel lead in early voting in Anderson County for Oak Ridge City Council, according to unofficial results posted on the Anderson County Election Commission website on Tuesday evening.
Dodson, running for City Council for the first time, had 4,088 early votes. Hope, the only incumbent, had 3,398. Vogel, who is also making his first run, received 2,544.
There are three open seats on the seven-member City Council. Two incumbents, Trina Baughn and Charlie Hensley, did not seek re-election.
Dodson, Hope, and Vogel also have a lead in early voting in Roane County, according to unofficial results posted at 8:33 p.m. Tuesday. Hope led with 853 early votes, Dodson had 786, and Vogel had 762.
Running behind in early voting in Anderson County were Anne Garcia Garland, a former City Council member with 2,454 votes; Joe Lee with 2,007; Mark LeNoir, an Oak Ridge High School student with 1,889; and Wende Doolittle, with 1,091.
Election Day and absentee ballots have not yet been counted.
See the final results here.
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