Signal Mountain voters oust council member Jorgensen, keep Vice Mayor Crumbliss

Staff photo by Hannah Campbell / Signal Mountain resident Jackson Fowler, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, votes Tuesday at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. The Israel-Gaza war is the most important issue to him, he said. Staff photo by Hannah G. Campbell / Signal Mountain resident Jackson Fowler, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, votes Tuesday at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. The Israel-Gaza war is the most important issue to him, he said.

By Hannah Campbell November 4, 2026 4 min read

Signal Mountain voters unseated council member J. Miles Jorgensen on Tuesday but voted decisively to keep Vice Mayor Clay Crumbliss.

Crumbliss won 2,603 votes, or almost 18% of votes. P. Andrew Coyle came in second, Austin Scofield third and Jami Wolbers took the fourth and last seat with 1,569 votes.

Rufus Marye finished 57 votes behind Wolbers, with Jorgensen trailing Marye by 163 votes, placing sixth out of 10 candidates.

“Thank you to the supporters, and best of luck to the other candidates,” Jorgensen said Wednesday by phone. “They’ve got Clay and Andrew for continuity … I’m sure they’ll figure it out.”

Outside the polls at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, most voters said they didn’t have an opinion on the council candidates. They said they came with state and federal issues in mind, a trend found across Hamilton County in Tuesday’s election.