Write-In's
| For the first time anyone can remember, Loudon
County, had not just one but two qualified write in candidates, on the
ballot. Write- in campaigns are extremely hard to win. Winning a
campaign is tuff even when a candidate's name is on the ballot, but it's
really hard to win when the name isn't even on the ballot. A write-in candidate must convince voters to actually write in their name in the appropriate spot. Amy Langley was challenging Riley Wampler for the court clerk's position. Ultimately, Ms. Langley fell well short of winning the election gathering 1,281 write-in votes. Wampler received 5,045 votes. The second write-in was John Cook of Tellico Village. Cook had qualified to run against Loudon County mayor Buddy Bradshaw. Cook faired far worse than Ms. Langley. Cook only received 380 votes to Bradshaw's 6,004. in fact, Cook actually came in third in a two-man race. The under vote in this race was 1,161. Under vote is the number of people who chose not to vote in a particular race. As I said before, write in campaigns are hard to win. |
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