By Heather Mullinix
Assistant editor
CROSSVILLE —
Jesse Luke Kerley and Pete Souza were elected to serve four-year terms on the Crossville City Council.
Kerley and Souza will join councilmen Danny Wyatt and George Marlow and Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III. They will be sworn in Nov. 19 at 5:15 p.m. in the new Crossville City Hall, 392 N. Main St. Refreshments will be offered prior to the swearing in beginning at 4:30 p.m.
In national races, President Barack Obama lost Tennessee to challenger Mitt Romney but garnered the needed electoral college votes for a second term. Obama also took 50 percent of the popular vote to Romney's 48 percent.
Sen. Bob Corker returns to the U.S. Senate for another term, and Congressman Diane Black, 6th Congressional District, was also elected. Cumberland County is now part of the 6th District following congressional redistricting last year.
State Rep. Cameron Sexton will serve another term in the General Assembly House of Representatives.
Below are the unofficial election returns for Cumberland County. Votes are unofficial until certified by the Cumberland County Election Commission.
President of the United States
Romney/Ryan (R) 18,651
Obama/Biden (D) 6,260
Goode/Clymer (C) 65
Stein/Honkala (G) 86
Anderson/Rodriguez (I) 26
Johnson/Gray (I) 141
Miller/Abernethy (I) 15
Write-In 51
United States Senate
Bob Corker (R) 17,899
Mark E. Clayton (D) 4,483
Kermit Steck (C) 202
Martin Pleasant (G) 492
Shaun E. Crowell (I) 185
David Gatchell (I) 69
James Higdon (I) 94
Michel Joseph Long (I) 67
Troy Stephen Scoggin (I) 78
Write-In 48
US House of Representatives
6th Congressional District
Diane Black (R) 16,148
Pat Riley (G) 1,660
Scott Beasley (I) 2,926
Write-In 208
Tennessee House of Representatives
25th Representative District
Cameron Sexton (R) 17,405
Flo Matheson (D) 5,485
Write-In 31
Town of Pleasant Hill
Councilman (2)
Lisa Patrick 249
Wayne R. Shelley 227
Write-In 0
Write-In 0
Crab Orchard
Mayor
Patrick Lee Barnes 74
Emmett H. Sherrill 149
Willard Sherrill 49
Write-In 0
Crossville
Councilmember (2)
Jesse Luke Kerley 1,535
Halstead (Ted) Meadows Jr. 894
James C. Perry 1,034
P.E. Souza 1,340
Boyd Wyatt Sr. 1,020
Write-In 9
Write-In 0
There were 27,159 votes cast in Cumberland County, including five provisional ballots. Those voters had until 4 p.m. Thursday to present a photo ID and have their vote included in the tally. There were 1,095 absentee ballots, 16,381 early votes and 9,678 votes on election day, representing 67.06 percent of the registered voters.
