With the primaries now over, State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver and her Democratic opponent Sarah Marie Smith will be looking toward the November General Election.
Weaver was unopposed in the Tennessee Republican Primary Thursday and received 5,492 votes district-wide while Smith defeated Wesley Duane Hodges for the Democratic nomination district-wide 2,036 to 491.
Weaver is seeking her third, two year term. Smith is making her second run for this office. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination in 2008.
The 40th district now includes all of Smith and Trousdale County and a portion of DeKalb and Sumner Counties.
The following are the results of the election Thursday in each of those counties:
Democratic Primary:
DeKalb County:
Sarah Marie Smith- 399
Wesley Duane Hodges-125
Tennessee Republican Primary
DeKalb County:
Terri Lynn Weaver-802
Smith County:
Sarah Marie Smith- 1,014
Wesley Duane Hodges-133
Terri Lynn Weaver- 1,375
Trousdale County:
Sarah Marie Smith-357
Wesley Duane Hodges-94
Terri Lynn Weaver-536
Sumner County:
Sarah Marie Smith- 266
Wesley Duane Hodges-139
Terri Lynn Weaver-2,780
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