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As Hamilton County voters head to the polls today, at least two candidates will make their final rounds in a heated local Republican primary for the County Commission District 3 seat.
Interim County Commissioner Mitch McClure, pastor at Middle Valley Church of God, faces Republican Marty Haynes, a lifelong Hixson resident who works in sales for Porter Warner.
The candidates have raised about $15,000 apiece — enough to rent billboards and post dueling signs along one of the district’s main arteries, Hixson Pike.
While the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries are on the ballot, “District 3 is really all that matters,” McClure said.