KEY VOTER DATES
The polling location for the Pikeville city election is the Election Commission office at the Bledsoe County Courthouse on Main Street. For more information, stop by the office or contact the Bledsoe County Election Commission at 423-447-2776.Nov. 5: Last day to register to vote in Dec. 5 city electionNov. 16: First day of early votingNov. 26, 27: Election Commission office closed for Thanksgiving holidayNov. 30: Last day of early votingDec. 5: Election daySource: Bledsoe County Election Commission
The Pikeville, Tenn., ballot in December city elections will feature a nine-way battle for four board of alderman seats, and two candidates are seeking the mayor’s post.
“That’s quite a bit of candidates – nine candidates for four seats – I’d say it’ll be a big election,” Bledsoe County Administrator of Elections Lisa Wheeler said Friday. “Last time we had right at 500 voting for the city election, and this time that’ll be split nine ways.”
Incumbents Senia Anderson, now vice mayor, and aldermen William A. “Bill” Swearengen and Walter Reed Sells seek to retain their seats, along with current Mayor Phillip W. Cagle, who was appointed to fulfill more than three years of former Mayor Greg Johnson’s term, according to qualifying petitions filed at the Election Commission.
Johnson resigned in 2012 after he was arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on charges of theft exceeding $60,000 and four counts of official misconduct.