Frank Walkup is the new Board member of the Cannon County Board of Education following the November Federal and State General Election Tuesday night. In one of three local flavored issues and races on the ballot, 337 voters voted for Frank Walkup to represent District 2 on the School Board while 259 registered voters voted for Walkup’s opponent Tim Powers. 3 voters wrote in votes. Cannon County narrowly voted to allow legal sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in Cannon County as 1493 voted for while 1431 voted against. Cannon County voters also chose the Southern Route around the Town of Woodbury by a 1090 to 952 vote of the Center Route. Only 604 voters chose the northern route. The issue was for advisory purposes only as no legal effect shall result from the adoption or rejection of any route. Most of the Cannon County vote in the State and Federal Elections mirrored the results of the rest of the State. Republican Bill Haslam defeated Democrat candidate Charles V. “Charlie” Brown 1975-546. Cannon County said yes to all of the state’s constitutional amendments. In the abortion amendment the Yes votes got the majority of 1831-1085, while the Judges amendment saw a close vote of 1475 yes to 1423 no. Constitutional amendment 3 which was the taxes amendment 1970 voted yes while 834 Cannon County voters voted no. the Lottery amendment was 1867 yes votes to 860 no votes. United States Senate, Cannon County voted Lamar Alexander with 1770 while the Democratic Candidate Gordon Ball only got 826 votes. The Republican winning election continued with 6th Congressional District Diane Black with 2004 votes over Democrat Amos Scott Powers who received 648 votes. No competition for Tennessee 17th Senate District member Mae Beavers 2108 voters voted for her while 44 voted for write in candidates. The only other contested race was for House of Representatives 46th District where Cannon County voted Mark Pody with 1944 votes while Candace Reed received 969 votes. You can view not only the entire Cannon County vote but how the entire state of Tennessee voted by looking at the state’s voting website http://www.elections.tn.gov/
