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It their first meeting as new members of the Washington County Election Commission, the panel’s three Republican designees voted Thursday to name a new administrator of elections. Election Commissioners Phyllis Fox, Gary McAllister and John Abe Teague, who were appointed by the Tennessee Election Commission to serve as GOP representatives on the board last week, voted to make Dana Jones the county’s next administrator of elections. Jones will succeed Maybell Stewart, who retired from the position last month. The Election Commission’s two returning Democratic members, Margaret D...

The three Republican members of the Washington County Election Commission have been replaced. The Tennessee Election Commission voted earlier this week to appoint Phyllis Fox, a former administrator at Milligan University; Gary McAllister, a former Washington County commissioner; and John Abe Teague, who served as 1st District director for former Congressman Phil Roe, as Republicans on the five-member board. They will succeed the Washington County election board’s current Chairwoman Janet W. McKee, and Election Commissioners Patti Jarrett and Jon Ruetz. Democratic members Margaret Davis,...