Republican Todd Gardenhire of Chattanooga was leading opponent Greg Vital by a slim 15 votes in their race for the Republican nomination for the state Senate District 10, unofficial election returns show.
Provisional ballots have not been counted which could affect the race outcome.
Combined tallies from Hamilton and Bradley counties show Gardenhire with 7,995 votes to Vital’s 7,980 votes. Gardenhire won the portion of Hamilton County in the district while Vital took the Bradley portion.
Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press. A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications. Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, ...
