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Yager wins special election for Anderson County Commission, District 8

Posted at 9:38 pm August 4, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Phil Yager

Phil Yager

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:05 a.m.

Phil Yager beat two other candidates to win a seat on Anderson County Commission in District 8 in Oak Ridge on Thursday.

The special election for the District 8 seat was held along with the county general election and state and federal primaries on Thursday, August 4. District 8 includes the Emory Valley, Hendrix Creek, and Woodland voting precincts in Oak Ridge.

Yager finished with 542 votes, compared to 239 for Angeleque McNutt and 227 for Myra Mansfield, according to unofficial results posted on the Anderson County Election Commission website.

The final results from all 27 precincts, plus early, absentee, and write-in ballots, were posted at 10:41 p.m. Thursday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Front Page News, Government Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Election Commission, Anderson County School Board, Andy McKamey, Angeleque McNutt, county general election, Dail Cantrell, District 8, early voting, election day, Emory Valley, Glenda J. Langenberg, Hendrix Creek, Herman Collins, John K. Alley Jr., John S. Burrell, Michael McKamey, Myra Mansfield, Phil Yager, Rickey Rose, Robin Biloski, Scott Daugherty, Shain Vowell, special election, Tennessee House of Representatives, voting, Woodland, Zach Bates

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