Weston Wamp, who grew up the son of a U.S. congressman and has wrangled in office with the county attorney, the County Commission and those supporting Chattanooga’s new minor league baseball stadium over the past three years, said Saturday he will seek a second-four year term as Hamilton County mayor in 2026.
Wamp, 38, a Republican, mentioned his plans in an email to supporters. He said in the email he will make those plans official at a Wamp family Labor Day picnic, set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Chester Frost Park.
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a fellow Republican who has announced plans to run for Tennessee governor next year, will be a special guest, along with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, also a member of the GOP.
“Over the last three years, it has been an incredible honor to serve our county and cast a vision for the community we all love,” Wamp said in the email. “We’ve brought back vocational education, invested in roads, schools and families, and we’ve protected taxpayers in the process. But, there’s a lot of work left for us to tackle together.”
Wamp, the son of former Congressman Zach Wamp and brother of Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp — who, like her sibling, took office after being elected in 2022 — was defeated by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District in 2012 and 2014.