2022 Clarksville mayoral election
November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
Officially non-partisan
 
Candidate Joe Pitts David Allen A.C. "Big Sarge" Lopez
Party Democratic Independent Republican
Popular vote 14,095 8,715 2,846
Percentage 54.54% 33.72% 11.01%
Mayor before election

Joe Pitts
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Joe Pitts
Democratic

The 2022 Clarksville mayoral election took place on November 8, 2022. All Clarksville municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but most candidates were affiliated with political parties. Incumbent Democratic mayor Joe Pitts ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a 3-way race.[1][2] Pitts vastly improved on his margin of victory from 2018. The election used the plurality vote system, with no possibility of a Runoff. The mayoral election coincided with other elections, including races for Clarksville City Council.[3]

A.C. "Big Sarge" Lopez was the Republican candidate in this elelection.[4][5]

Clarksville has been competitive for both major political parties, in the 2020 presidential election, Clarksville voted for Donald Trump by 0.4%, voted for Bill Hagerty by 5.2% in the 2020 senate election, and overwhelmingly voted for Bill Lee in the 2022 gubernatorial election.[6]

Candidates

Declared

  • A.C. "Big Sarge" Lopez, 100% Combat disabled USMC/Army veteran.[7]
  • David Allen, Former Ward 8 Clarksville City Councilman, veteran and local pastor.[8]
  • Joe Pitts, Incumbent mayor.[9]

Results

Clarksville Mayor Election, 2022[10]
Candidate Votes  %
Joe Pitts (I) 14,095 54.54%
David Allen 8,715 33.72%
A.C. "Big Sarge" Lopez 2,846 11.01%
Write-ins 189 0.73%
Total 25,845 100%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Chris. "Election results: Final results for all Clarksville races, plus governor and Congress". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Joe Pitts re-elected as Clarksville mayor". The Leaf-Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. ↑ Smith, Chris. "Election results: Final results for all Clarksville races, plus governor and Congress". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  4. ↑ "Lopez for mayor, a Conservative voice". Retrieved 2023-12-23 – via Facebook.
  5. ↑ "The Beaver FM". The Beaver FM. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ↑ "DRA Tennessee". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  7. ↑ "A.C. 'Big Sarge' Lopez announces candidacy for mayor of Clarksville". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  8. ↑ Smith, Chris (June 15, 2022). "Former City Council member David Allen announces he's running for Clarksville mayor". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  9. ↑ "Mayor Joe Pitts announces he's running for re-election on 'Clarksville First' platform". ClarksvilleNow.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  10. ↑ "MoCo Election Results". election.mcgtn.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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