Editing Bradley County, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|38,836|9,852|785|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|35,204|9,851|810|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|29,768|7,070|1,828|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|27,422|8,037|637|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|28,333|9,357|501|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|25,951|9,431|255|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|20,167|8,768|508|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|15,478|9,095|2,055|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|16,528|9,889|3,279|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|15,829|6,122|80|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|16,322|6,085|95|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|11,869|7,638|398|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|9,136|8,776|139|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,440|2,804|269|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,924|2,762|4,159|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|6,717|5,693|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,865|3,307|113|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,247|3,225|139|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,606|2,646|17|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,942|2,036|174|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,616|1,312|23|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,617|1,976|22|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,561|2,806|9|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|1,570|1,295|37|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,854|913|3|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,779|999|40|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,255|1,058|36|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,482|784|24|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|485|645|558|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,063|620|31|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,242|701|33|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,579|909|72|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,725|1,057|50|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,522|871|122|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|1,518|991|33|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|1,304|892|16|Tennessee}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|932|665|141|Tennessee}}

Bradley County has a 14-member [[county commission]] form of government, with two commissioners from each of seven districts.<ref name=comm>[https://bradleycountytn.gov/county_commission.html#cc County Commission - County Commissioners] bradleycountytn.gov</ref> The commission is headed by a chairman and vice chairman, who are chosen by fellow commissioners. The current chairman is Tom Crye from District 2 and the current vice chairman is Bill Winters from District 7.<ref name=comm/> Each district is also assigned a [[constable]], also elected.<ref>[https://bradleycountytn.gov/constables.html Constables by District] bradleycountytn.gov</ref> The county executive (or "county mayor") separately elected, is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] D. Gary Davis.<ref>[https://bradleycountytn.gov/mayors_office.html County Mayor, Gary Davis] bradleycountytn.gov</ref> Other elected officials include [[county clerk]], circuit and criminal court clerk, [[register of deeds]], assessor of property, [[trustee]], and road superintendent. Elections take place every even year, with primaries in the first week of May and general elections in the first week of August, along with the state primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradleyelections.com/ElectionSchedulePDFs/KeyDatesForVoters.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.bradleyelections.com/ElectionSchedulePDFs/KeyDatesForVoters.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Key Dates for Voters|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=2018|website=bradleyelections.com|publisher=Bradley County Election Commission|access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District<ref name=comm/> !! Seat A<ref name=comm/> !! Seat B<ref name=comm/>
|-
| District 1 || Daniel Beaty || Mike Hughes 
|-
| District 2 || Louie Alford || Tom Crye
|-
| District 3 || Milan Blake || Denny Collins
|-
| District 4 || Scott Gilbert|| Howard Thompson
|-
| District 5 || Bobby Goins || Cindy Slater
|-
| District 6 || Tim Mason || Tommy Ledford
|-
| District 7 || Josh Rogers || Bill Winters
|}

Bradley County is located in Tennessee's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican [[Chuck Fleischmann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fleischmann.house.gov/|title=Congressman Chuck Fleischmann|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> For the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], Bradley County is part of both District 22, represented by Republican [[Dan Howell (politician)|Dan Howell]],<ref>{{cite map |author=Tennessee General Assembly |author-link=Tennessee General Assembly |title=State House District 22|url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist22.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist22.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher=[[Tennessee General Assembly]]|year=2017|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> and District 24, represented by Republican [[Kevin Raper]].<ref>{{cite map |author= Tennessee General Assembly |author-link= Tennessee General Assembly |title=State House District 24|url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist24.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.capitol.tn.gov/districtmaps/HouseDist24.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|format=PDF |location= Nashville|publisher= [[Tennessee General Assembly]] |year=2017|access-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref> Bradley County is represented in the [[Tennessee Senate]], by Republican [[J. Adam Lowe]]

Cleveland and Bradley County have always been majority-Republican, as has most of [[East Tennessee]], even when Tennessee was part of the [[Solid South]]. Since the Republican Party's founding, only two Democratic Presidential Candidates have won Bradley County; [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[1912 United States Presidential Election|1912]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] in [[1936 United States Presidential Election|1936]].<ref name=bc>{{cite book|last=Lilliard|first=Roy G.|date=1980|title=Bradley County|url=https://archive.org/details/tennesseecountyh06lill|publisher=Memphis State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/tennesseecountyh06lill/page/24 24]|isbn=0-87870-099-4}}</ref>
In both the [[2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2000]] and [[2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2004]] Presidential elections, the Republican candidate received the highest percentage of the popular vote in Bradley County out of all of Tennessee's counties.<ref name=leip />
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