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Decision 2018: Sheriff races in East Tennessee

Voters in many East Tennessee counties cast their votes for sheriff on Thursday.

Voters in several East Tennessee counties voted for sheriff on Election Day. We will update this story as we get the results from the county election commissions.

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In Anderson County, Russell Barker defeated Democrat Mark Lucas. Current sheriff Paul White is not running for re-election.

In Campbell County, current sheriff Robbie Goins defeated Jimmy Jeffries.

Sheriff David Ray in Claiborne County lost to challenger Bobby Brooks.

There are several people running for sheriff in Fentress County: Dave Beaty, Tony Choate, Michael "Bigfoot" Reagon, Tom Rosecrants, and Chris Winningham.

In Greene County, Sheriff Pat Hankins was defeated by incumbent Republican Wesley Holt.

In Monroe County, current sheriff Tommy Jones II defeated former sheriff Bill Bivens.

In Morgan County, Sheriff Glen Freytag was unseated by challenger Wayne Potter.

Scott County Sheriff Ronnie Phillips is running unopposed on the ballot, but former sheriff Anthony Lay is mounting a write-in campaign against him. We've not got official numbers from Scott County yet, but the sheriff's office posted a thank you to the voters on their Facebook page, indicating a win by Phillips.

The race in Union County is between Billy Breeding and Earl (Junior) Loy. It appears Breeding has a solid lead with 59 percent of the vote and 80 percent of precincts reporting.

Several races were decided in May with no opposition in August. Tom Spangler will be Knox County's new sheriff. Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong retained his job in May, along with Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider, Sheriff Esco R. Jarnagin in Hamblen County, Armando Fontes in Cocke County, Sevier County Sheriff Ronald L. "Hoss" Seals, and Grainger County Sheriff James K. Harville.

Jefferson County elected a new sheriff in May. Jeff Coffey defeated incumbent sheriff G.W. "Bud" McCoig

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