A new wave of leadership has been elected to represent the Hamilton County Republican Party.
Activate Hamilton, a slate of candidates led by Signal Mountain resident Gail Greene, won the most votes at a party gathering Saturday, defeating former Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond and his team to head up the GOP.
“I will work with any and all Republicans to advance Republican principles and fight for the American dream,” Greene said to a cheering crowd, “but I will not work for the establishment. I’m going to work for you.”
The line was out the door at Hixson Middle School on Saturday morning as people arrived for the event, many wearing stickers of their chosen slates.
The turnout was close to three times the attendance the county GOP has ever had at its biennial reorganization, said the incumbent GOP chair Mark Harrison, who did not run for reelection due to a promotion at his civil engineering firm.