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Chattanooga City Council runoff elections on Tuesday

Voters cast their ballots during early voting at the Hamilton County Election Commission in October. A request to add the South Chattanooga and Glenwood Youth and Family Development centers to local early voting offerings has been denied.
Voters cast their ballots during early voting at the Hamilton County Election Commission in October. A request to add the South Chattanooga and Glenwood Youth and Family Development centers to local early voting offerings has been denied. Voters cast their ballots during early voting at the Hamilton County Election Commission in October. A request to add the South Chattanooga and Glenwood Youth and Family Development centers to local early voting offerings has been denied.

By Paul Leach 6 min read

City council runoff election

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.For more information, contact the Hamilton County Election Office at 423-493-5100 or visit the website at elect.hamiltontn.gov.

Chattanooga voters in districts 7 and 9 have one more chance to decide who will represent them on the city council Tuesday – runoff election day.

Incumbent Yusuf Hakeem faces challenger Demetrus Coonrod in District 9, which includes the precincts of Eastdale, East Chattanooga, Glenwood, Missionary Ridge and Ridgedale.

In District 7, incumbent Chris Anderson is battling Erskine Oglesby. The district 7 encompasses the precincts of Alton Park, Downtown, East Lake and St. Elmo.

Anderson and Hakeem received the most votes in their respective races in the March 7 election, but neither achieved the required majority to win outright, forcing them into runoffs with the runners- up: Oglesby and Coonrod.