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Hamilton, Bradley voters pick Gardenhire over Wilkinson in state Senate race

Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson, right, introduces Todd Gardenhire, second from right, as he enters the ballroom with his wife Sylvia, and son, Andrew, far left, prior to making his acceptance speech at the Double Tree hotel Tuesday night.
Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson, right, introduces Todd Gardenhire, second from right, as he enters the ballroom with his wife Sylvia, and son, Andrew, far left, prior to making his acceptance speech at the Double Tree hotel Tuesday night.

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NASHVILLE – Incumbent state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, won re-election late Tuesday in his contest with Democrat Khristy Wilkinson in Tennessee’s Senate 10 race.

Unofficial voting results showed Gardenhire winning with 39,277 votes to Wilkinson’s 31,019 votes.

“Most of the precincts are in and I’ve got such a large margin in Bradley County it’d be hard to overcome anything,” Gardenhire said earlier in the evening of results for the district that encompasses portions of Hamilton and Bradley counties.

Returns showed Gardenhire narrowly lost Hamilton County but built up a substantial lead from heavily Republican Bradley County.