• BLOUNTVILLE — Kingsport Republican Pat Shull defeated Democrat Carl Hale in a race to fill an unexpired term in Sullivan County’s 11th commission district Tuesday.
Shull took 3,867 votes to 1,942 for Hale, according to unofficial results from the Sullivan County Election Commission.
Shull, a former Kingsport alderman, had been appointed to the seat when it was vacated by Joe Herron’s July resignation.
