Welch emerges winner in 4-way county judge race

UPSET IN COUNTY JUDGE RACE
LARRY WELCH was the top vote-getter for Knox County judge in Tuesday’s Republican primary election. | COURTESY PHOTO
LARRY WELCH was the top vote-getter for Knox County judge in Tuesday’s Republican primary election. | COURTESY PHOTO

In Knox County, (unofficial) election returns were compiled Tuesday night by county and district clerk Jeannie Clark, and in the contested Republican primary race for county judge, Larry Welch has taken the nomination with 325 votes over current appointee Don Thompson, with 112. By securing a majority (55.37%) of the 587 votes cast among four candidates, Welch wins the nomination outright, avoidin…