CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Early voting turnout finished 1.8% above the 2020 totals in Montgomery County. Adding in nursing home and mailed-in ballots, 50,393 Montgomery County voters cast their ballots in 10 days of early voting, compared to 49,509 in 2020, when Joe Biden beat Donald Trump.
Turnout locally was much higher than in 2016 (when Trump beat Hillary Clinton), at 39.3% higher this year.
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Statewide, turnout was slightly lower than 2020: 2.9% below, but 32.2% above 2016, according to Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office records.
Here are the daily early voting totals so far in Montgomery County, with about 4,500 people a day casting ballots in the final week, when voting opened at the Outlaw Field and Richellen Park locations:
- Wednesday, Oct. 16: 2,958
- Thursday, Oct. 17: 2,896
- Friday, Oct. 18: 2,925
- Saturday, Oct. 19: 2,362
- Monday, Oct. 21: 2,678
- Tuesday, Oct. 22: 2,777
- Wednesday, Oct. 23: 2,838
- Thursday, Oct. 24: 3,497
- Friday, Oct. 25: 3,467
- Saturday, Oct. 26: 3,259
- Monday, Oct. 28: 4,577
- Tuesday, Oct. 29: 4,600
- Wednesday, Oct. 30: 4,712
- Thursday, Oct. 31: 4,371
Election Day will be Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
On the ballot
On the ballot are City Council races, state House and state Senate races, Congressional races and the presidential election. Here is the list of candidates, with links to their campaign announcements and issues forums:
National and state elections
President
- Donald Trump, R
- Kamala Harris, D
U.S. Senate
- Marsha Blackburn, R, incumbent
- Gloria Johnson, D
U.S. House, Dist. 7
- Mark Green, R, incumbent
- Megan Barry, D
State Senate, Dist. 22
- Bill Powers, R, incumbent
- Karen Reynolds, D
State House, Dist. 67
- Jamie Dean Peltz, R
- Ronnie Glynn, D, incumbent
State House, District 68
- Aron Maberry, R
- Garfield Scott, D
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Tennessee House, Dist. 75
- Jeff Burkhart, R, incumbent
- Allie Phillips, D
City elections
City Judge
- Charles W. Smith, incumbent, will be unopposed
City Council
Ward 3, to replace DaJuan Little (not running).
Ward 4, to replace Wallace Redd (not running).
- Timothy Lee Chandler, will be unopposed
Ward 5
- Ambar Marquis, incumbent
- Randall McDonald
Ward 8, to replace Wanda Allen (not running).
Ward 9, to replace Karen Reynolds (running for state Senate).
Ward 12
- Dave Bilan
- Keri Lovato, incumbent
- Zoyie Jackson
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