2021 Franklin, TN Municipal Election Results

[100% pro-life no matter what]

My hometown of Franklin had municipal elections today.  It's the county seat of Williamson County and has had the following estimated (due to precinct lines not matching city lines) results according to DRA:

2016: 60-33 Trump
2020: 58-41 Trump
2020-SEN: 62-36 Hagerty

While longtime Mayor Ken Moore (R) is not up for reelection until 2023, today saw the ward-based aldermen elected to four year terms, as well as a special election in one at-large seat due to the death of Pearl Bransford (D).  While elections are all technically non-partisan, I'll include party labels when known.

Overall, these seem like really good results for Republicans, who swept all offices, winning over 70% of votes in each ward and 68% in the at-large election (which seems to be what the local Democrats focused most on).  The at-large seat isn't technically a flip (since there was an appointed Republican alderman who did not seek election), but does represent a flip from the 2019 election results.

Ward 1:
Bev Burger (R): 100% (unopposed incumbent)

Ward 2:
Matt Brown (R): 46%
Tina Pierret (R): 21%
Angela Hubbard (D): 18%
Mike Vaughn (R): 15%

Ward 3:
Jason Potts (R): 49%
Michelle Sutton (R): 48%
Samantha Degrasse (D): 3%*

*Degrasse was on the ballot but did not campaign.  Also, don't say your vote doesn't matter.  Potts beat Sutton by 25 votes out of 2,219 cast.

Ward 4:
Patrick Baggett (R): 72%
Elizabeth Downing Wanczak (D): 28%

At-Large:
Gabrielle Hanson (R): 39% (ran well to the right of Simms, who focused mostly on fiscal issues)
Alan Simms (R): 29%
John Haynes (D): 24%
Bhavani Muvvala: 8%

[100% pro-life no matter what]

There were some irregularities that possibly led to some ballots being missed, so the Williamson County Board of Elections is doing a hand recount today.  Obviously, the only race remotely in doubt is the Ward 3 race.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2021/10/27/franklin-municipal-election-2021-results-recount-dominion-voting-machine-tabulators-issues/8564889002/