CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Voters again made the Bradley County Commission a Republican-only body and tossed out a Bradley County Board of Education member.
In state primaries, outgoing Bradley County Commissioner Mark Hall won the Republican nomination for the open Tennessee House District 24 seat, defeating Israel David Farless, Alan Ledford and Garry D. Moore. He faces Democrat Mallory Pickert in the Nov. 6 election. Kevin Brooks, who currently serves as the District 24 representative, decided not to seek reelection to the state House; instead, he chose to run for Cleveland city mayor.
Republican Kevin Raper defeated Democrat Tammy Davis for District 7, Seat A on the Bradley County Commission, receiving 1,699 votes to Davis’ 653 votes. Republican voters decided the body’s other 13 seats in the May primary.
“I feel very blessed,” Raper said. “I can’t tell you how proud I am to be trusted by the citizens of District 7 and how much I want to make them proud of me.”
If Davis had won, she would be the first Democrat to serve on the county commission since Jeff Morelock lost his re-election bid in 2014.