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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 19, 2021

A vacancy in the state House created by the death of Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, ultimately will be filled by a special election, but the Hamilton County Commission is empowered to make an interim appointment, the Times Free Press reports. Carter, a former Hamilton County General Sessions judge, attorney and businessman, died last Friday. Two Republicans whose names are being mentioned for the District 29 seat are Greg Vital, president and co-founder of Morning Pointe Assisted Living, and Collegedale commissioner Ethan White, a realtor who challenged Carter in the 2016 primary. The district includes the Ooltewah, Collegedale and Harrison areas of the county.