Tennessee held general elections for county office on August 6.  In Moore County, incumbent sheriff Justin Tyler Hatfield, an independent candidate, defeated his only opponent, the Republican nominee William Raline.  The vote was 1,570 to 417.

The ballot listed Hatfield on the top line.  The Republican Party had complained that Raline should have been listed first, but the complaint was filed so close to the election, nothing was done about it.  Tennessee law says independent candidates should be listed underneath the nominees of political parties.

Back in February 2026, Hatfield had been disqualified because he had submitted his declaration of candidacy late, but he sued and won on the basis that the elections office had given him the wrong information about the deadline.  That lawsuit was Hatfield v Sanders, Chancery Court, Moore County, case 3322.