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Voter guide · Nov 3, 2026

New Tazewell Board of Mayor and Aldermen Election 2026

4 of 7 council seats are on the ballot, with 6 candidates running. Updated Oct 20, 2026. Every claim links to its source. How we check

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Nov 3Election Day

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Four alderman seats are on the ballot, one contest per seat; every town voter votes in each ward contest.

Absentee ballot request deadline · Oct 24

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Also on your Nov 3 ballot

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  • Governor
    15 candidates on the ballot
    • Marsha Blackburn · Republican
    • Jerri Green · Democratic
    • Misam Abidi · Independent
    • Dean Brewer · Independent
    • Ray Brown · Independent
    • David Hatley · Independent
    • Wendell Jackson · Independent
    • Charles Van Morgan · Independent
    • Eddie Lee Murphy · Independent
    • Lauren Pinkston · Independent
    • Victor L. Scoggin · Independent
    • Dave Seeman · Independent
    • Karl Knox Smithson · Independent
    • L. Webb Taylor · Independent
    • Robert C. Vick · Independent
    Official candidate list, in its order
  • U.S. Senate
    10 candidates on the ballot
    • Bill Hagerty · Republican
    • Marquita Bradshaw · Democratic
    • Tharon Chandler · Independent
    • Andrew Gerena · Independent
    • Jeremy Dean Hearn · Independent
    • Robert Jones · Independent
    • James William Macon III · Independent
    • Yoshi D. Matthews · Independent
    • David Sutman, Jr. · Independent
    • Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson · Independent
    Official candidate list, in its order
  • Statewide measures3 on the ballot: the state's official explanations
Official voter lookupState voter guideVote411 (League of Women Voters)

Districts come from 2020 Census blocks and the district maps for this election. Your address decides your districts.

Already on the council, not on the ballot

Whoever you elect will govern alongside these members.

What the next council decides

01New City Hall3 sourced facts

Where it standsConstruction began in September 2026 on a new City Hall and Police Department at 403 Main Street.

What's on the tableThe next board will oversee completion of the building and its cost.

02Downtown sidewalks and blight3 sourced facts

Where it standsThe town has a $300,000 downtown revitalization grant for Main Street sidewalks and has acquired a closed downtown property.

What's on the tableThe next board will decide how to carry out the sidewalk work and what to do with vacant downtown property.

03City park2 sourced facts

Where it standsThe New Tazewell City Park has a $400,000 grant, mostly for a drainage problem, and a second grant is being sought.

What's on the tableThe next board will choose which park improvements to fund.

04Taxes and town services3 sourced facts

Where it standsThe town levies no city taxes and provides police, fire protection and free garbage pickup.

What's on the tableThe next board will adopt yearly budgets that pay for these services.

2 notes on these statements

Nita Louthan (Ward 2) and Charles (Doc) DeBusk (Ward 3) are the only candidates in their contests. Claiborne County Election Commission

Ward 3 has two contests on this ballot: a full term and an unexpired term, for which Wesley D. Frazier and Wayne Jessie are running. Claiborne County Election Commission

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  1. 1. Was building a new City Hall and police building the right choice for New Tazewell?

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Key dates

The seat math

3 stay (not up this year): Franklin Essary, Stan Leonard, Jeffrey Lewis4 on this ballot

7 council seats. The council decides by a 4-vote majority.

  • The town is divided into three wards; every two years one alderman is elected from each ward by the voters at large for a four-year term. MTAS
  • The mayor is elected for a four-year term. MTAS
  • New Tazewell operates under the General Law Mayor-Aldermanic charter. MTAS (University of Tennessee)
  • Under that charter, the mayor, as a member of the board, may make motions and has a vote on all matters coming before the board. MTAS
  • The board fills a vacancy in the office of alderman, and any part of the unexpired term that remains beyond the next municipal election is filled by the voters at that election. MTAS
  • The Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Town of New Tazewell

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