End of an era: Hamilton County Commission Chairman Fred Skillern loses re-election bid

COUNTY MAYOR WINS PRIMARYHamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger defended his title in today’s primary elections against challenger Basil Marceaux.Coppinger walked away with 15,003 votes to defeat Marceaux, who earned 1,442 votes.Coppinger was appointed county mayor in January 2011 after former Mayor Claude Ramsey left to join the administration of Gov. Bill Haslam, and was later elected mayor in a 2012 special election.He will face off against independent candidate Richard Ford in the August general election.

HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONDistrict 1Randy Fairbanks (R) — 1,249Fred Skillern (R) — 1,198District 2* *Jim Fields (R) — 1,628District 3* Marty Haynes (R) — 2,091District 4Warren Mackey (D) — 889Pam Ladd (D) — 305Kirkland Robinson (D) — 140District 5Greg Beck (D) — 1,597Isiah Hester (D) — 724District 6* Joe Graham (R) — 1,014* John Brooks (D) — 350District 7Sabrena Turner (R) — 1,966Phil Smartt (R) — 744Perry Perkins (R) — 647Ezra Maize (D) — 238Don Brown (D) — 203District 8Tim Boyd (R) — 883Curtis Adams (R) — 674Brent Lambert (R) — 468* Kenny Smith (D) — 498District 9* Chester Bankston (R) — 1,865* Melinda Bone (D) — 306* UnopposedNote: All results are unofficial until certified by the Election Commission.