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Rep. Mike Carter trounces his Republican primary rival in state House District 29 race

Rep. Mike Carter talks about his plans for the 2015 General Assembly session.
Rep. Mike Carter talks about his plans for the 2015 General Assembly session. Rep. Mike Carter talks about his plans for the 2015 General Assembly session.

By Zack Peterson 4 min read

Vote totals

Mike Carter – 3,627 Ethan White – 667 All vote totals are unofficial until certified by the Election Commission; some vote totals include write-in votes

photo Ethan White

Hamilton County general and Tennessee primary election stories

Former judge, attorney, and two-time incumbent state Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, soundly defeated his first-ever opponent Thursday night for the Tennessee House District 29 seat.

Unofficial tallies show Carter, 62, finished nearly 3,000 votes ahead of his challenger, Ethan White, a 27-year-old Collegedale city commissioner and Realtor. Carter has no Democratic opponent in the district, which represents much of eastern Hamilton County.

“We worked hard and we just had a wonderful team that came together and they did a great job,” said Carter, who followed the race from his headquarters off Lee Highway. “I’m just honored to be the recipient of their hard work.”

Carter jumped to a more than 1,000-vote lead early in the evening and never stopped surging. Around 10 p.m. White said he called Carter to “congratulate him on his race, to concede.”