Some months ago, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga, was looking ahead to the possibility of a 2016 primary opponent and what all would be on the ballot in the August election.
“It’s looks like the assessor’s race and us,” he said, unsure at the time if he would have a Republican primary opponent.
As of Election Day today, the assessor’s race is the only competitive race on the August Hamilton County general election ballot. Further, Fleischmann has no primary opponent, Hamilton County’s five state House members face no opposition, and none of the four Hamilton County Board of Education members up for re-election have opponents.
It could be a lonely voting day, although Collegedale, East Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Red Bank, Signal Mountain, Soddy Daisy and Walden also have municipal elections. But things can change.
The qualifying deadline for the August and November elections is April 7.