Jim CoppingerHamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger defended his title in today's primary elections against challenger Basil Marceaux.
Coppinger walked away with 15,003 votes to defeat Marceaux, who earned 1,442 votes.
Coppinger was appointed county mayor in January 2011 after former Mayor Claude Ramsey left to join the administration of Gov. Bill Haslam, and was later elected mayor in a 2012 special election.
He will face off against independent candidate Richard Ford in the August general election.