Andy Duggin wins mayor

Tuesday's historic Presidential contest was accompanied by a tight Woodbury Board of Mayor and Aldermen race marked by the election of a new face in town government.

Political newcomer Andy Duggin defeated Vice Mayor Charlie Harrell in a close mayoral race. Duggin received 361 votes (49.93 percent) to Harrell's 352 votes (48.69 percent).

Duggin, an associate of late banker and businessman Bill Smith, vowed to help Woodbury grow and be a productive community while preserving its "small town USA" atmosphere with a secure future.

In the alderman race, the incumbents were returned to office. Dotty Duggin lead the vote getters, followed by Faye Northcutt Knox, Lois Larimer, Adam Melton and Lu Ann Curlee. Current Woodbury Mayor Harold Patrick won a seat on the board with 422 votes.

If past traditions are continued, Dotty Duggin, the highest vote getter, will assume the title of Vice Mayor.

In the Auburntown City Council race all the candidates were unopposed. Mayor Roger Turney received 86 votes. Council members Janice Fletcher (73 votes), Rita Kay Davis (68) and Denise Crowell (60) were returned to office.

Republican Mark Pody won re-election in the Tennessee House 46th District contest easily outdistancing Democrat Amelia Hipps. Pody received 75 percent of the district vote compared to Hipps' 25 percent. The 46th District contains all of Cannon County and portions of Wilson and DeKalb.

In the Sixth District U.S. Congress race, Diane Black received 71 percent of the vote with Democrat David Kent receiving 22 percent. The Sixth District spreads across the Cumberland Plateau and contains Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, White and Wilson counties, along with small portions of Cheatham and Van Buren counties.