Election results: Final votes in Montgomery County primary for President, Property Assessor, School Board

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Presidential Preference and Montgomery County Primary was held today, and polls closed at 7 p.m.

Here are the Montgomery County results in the contested presidential primary and contested local races, with early and absentee votes, plus 38 of 38 precincts reporting.

Presidential Republican Primary

• Donald J. Trump, 75.74% (7,677 votes); statewide, 77.39%
• Nikki Haley, 20.39% (2,067 votes); statewide, 19.48%

(All other GOP presidential candidates had less than 2%)

Assessor of Property, Republican Primary

• Erinne J. Hester, 55.01% (5,053 votes)
• Caitlin Castle-Swaffer, 44.83% (4,118 votes)

MORE: Hester wins re-election as Property Assessor: ‘I’ve had such a peace about this race the last couple of weeks’

School Board, Dist. 2, Republican Primary

• Kacie Bryant, 54.75% (812 votes)
• David L. Johnson, 45.18% (670 votes)

MORE: Lanier beats incumbent Patterson in School Board race: ‘I’m glad all this part is over; it has been a fight’

School Board, Dist. 6, Republican Primary

• Chris Lanier, 49.44% (1,053 votes)
• Charlie Patterson, 29.86% (636 votes)
• Maribeth Knight, 20.56% (438 votes)

About the election

Winners of the local party primaries will face one another in the County General Election and State Primary on Aug. 1.

Next up after that will be the presidential election, with state and City of Clarksville elections, on Nov. 5.

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