Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 108,620,making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland. It is named for Colonel Edward Bradley of Shelby County,Tennessee,who was colonel of Hale's Regiment in the American Revolution and the 15th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812. Bradley County is included in the Cleveland,Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton,TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.
Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County,Tennessee,United States. It is located along the Tennessee River,and borders Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020,it is Tennessee's fourth-most populous city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee,along with Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area,Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area,as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee,Northwest Georgia,and Northeast Alabama.
Cleveland is the county seat of,and largest city in,Bradley County,Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area,Tennessee,which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton,TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.
Dewayne Bunch is a Republican politician in Tennessee who formerly served in the Tennessee General Assembly and is now a magistrate judge in the Tenth Judicial District of Tennessee.
Vince Dean is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 30th district,which encompasses part of Hamilton County. He previously served as State House Majority Floor Leader. He resigned from his seat on August 31,2014,as he was elected to be the Hamilton County Criminal Court Clerk. He was replaced by Marc Gravitt.
Charles Joseph Fleischmann is an American attorney and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district since 2011. The district is based in Chattanooga and includes a large part of East Tennessee,including Oak Ridge. He is a member of the Republican Party.
William Allan Jones Jr. is an American businessman from Cleveland,Tennessee. He is the founder,chairman and CEO of Check Into Cash,Creditcorp,Jones Management Services and the Community Financial Services Association,and several other local lending agencies. He has been called the "father of the payday loan industry" for founding and building the first major payday loan chain.
Thomas Eric Watson is an American politician and police officer from Cleveland,Tennessee. From 2006 to 2014,he was a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 22nd district,encompassing Cleveland,Meigs County,Polk County,and parts of Bradley County. Watson served one term as sheriff of Bradley County from September 2014 to September 2018.
Kevin Brooks is an American politician who is the mayor of Cleveland,Tennessee. Between 2006 and the beginning of his term as mayor he served as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 24th district,encompassing Cleveland and parts of Bradley County.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Tennessee since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. Governor Bill Haslam quickly announced that the state would abide by the court's decision,and same-sex couples began to marry in Tennessee. Previously,Tennessee had banned same-sex marriage both by statute and its State Constitution.
Chris Anderson is an American politician and Democratic Party political activist. He was a member of the Chattanooga,Tennessee City Council for District 7,but was defeated in a run-off election on April 11,2017. He was the first openly LGBT individual to be elected to Chattanooga's City Council. He also serves as a member of the Tennessee Democratic Party State Executive Committee.
On February 9,1893,Alfred Blount,an African American and a Chattanooga native,was taken from his jail cell in the county jail and brutally beaten,stabbed,and hanged from the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga,Tennessee. Blount was charged with assault of a woman by the name of Mrs. M. A. Moore. Moore,51 and widowed,claimed she was cleaning her house when a man entered through her back door requesting food. Moore,assuming it was a neighbor of hers,invited the man in and called out to her African-American house boy Sam to bring the man some food. Upon realizing Sam's absence,Moore herself went into the kitchen to prepare food before reporting being grabbed by the arm and attacked by the man. After hitting the man with her hand,Moore fainted and laid unconscious in her house before recalling the incident to her neighbor,Mrs. DeRochement.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 8,2016,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including President of the United States. The primaries were held on August 4.
The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Tennessee,alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bill Haslam was term-limited,and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote,defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
Mark Hall is an American politician from Cleveland,Tennessee. From 2006 to 2018,he served as a seventh district commissioner on the Bradley County commission. He is served as the representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives district 24 from 2019 to 2023.
Patsy Hazlewood is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 27 from January 8,2014 to 2024.
Robin Smith is an American politician who served as the Representative for Tennessee's 26th state house district,beginning in 2018. She is a member of the Republican Party. In March 2022,she resigned and pleaded guilty to honest services wire fraud.
J. Adam Lowe is an American Republican politician who serves as the senator for Tennessee's 1st Senate district. The district currently includes most of Bradley,McMinn,Meigs,and Rhea Counties,and was previously numbered as District 9 prior to the 2020 United States redistricting cycle.
Mayoral elections in Chattanooga are held every four years to elect the mayor of Chattanooga,Tennessee.
