County Keeps Pulse, Gresham and Shaw

With one exception, incumbents enjoyed election night in Hardeman County as voters chose to keep their leaders for another term.
Incumbent Josh Pulse defeated  challenger John Vickers for Assessor of Property, with Pulse gaining 69% of the vote by winning 12 of 13 precincts. The only precinct Pulse did not win was Lacy, which went 75-58 in favor of Vickers.
The Hardeman County Commission will have a new face as Johnny Weems won the District 2, Position 2 race, beating Gary Barber and Winfred Ray.
Weems will assume the unexpired term of Donald McTizic, who resigned in January.
The other county commission spot up for grabs was already in the hands of incumbent Connie Young, who ran unopposed for the District 4, Position 1 slot.
Voters in five precincts selected Matt Knight as the District 3 Road Supervisor. Knight won four of the five precincts, losing only in Whiteville by a 109-107 margin.
The Hardeman County School Board re-elected three incumbents, as Beverly A. Bodiford, District 2, Position 2) Jerry Crisp, District 3, Position 1, and Terry King, District 3, Position 3, ran unopposed.
The only incumbent to lose was Whiteville Mayor James Bellar, who fell to Aubry Phillips. (see below right).
Meanwhile, the Town of Whiteville sent three incumbents back to city hall as William Charles Phillips (127 votes), Emily Moore Rosson (124 votes) and Tommy L. Turner (193 votes) all reclaimed their spots over challengers Dorinda Keeling (51 votes) and Susan G. Melton-Piper (62 votes).  
For Tennessee Congress, both Senator Dolores Gresham and Representative Johnny Shaw won primary challenges, while the 94th District in the Tennessee House of Representatives will have a race in November to determine the winner after contested primaries.
State Senator Dolores Gresham won a close race with Bob Shutt, winning 53% of the vote in Republican Primary in the 26th District.
State Representative Johnny Shaw easily defeated Ernest Brooks II in the Democratic Primary in the 80th District with 72% of the vote, including winning Hardeman County with a staggering 88% of the vote.  
There are no candidates that will oppose either Shaw or Gresham in November.
The open seat in the 94th District will have Ron M. Gant facing Daniel M. Harris in November. Gant received 68% of 7,888 votes cast in the Republican Primary while Harris got 54% of the 1,787 votes cast in the Democratic Primary.
The results are unofficial unitl certified by the Hardeman County Election Commission. They plan to certify the election results on August 15, at 5:00 p.m. at the Hardeman County Election Commission office located at 106 S. Porter Street in Bolivar.