County Commissioner switches political parties

Tennessee Republican Party officials, including Chairman Ryan Haynes, were in Coffee County on Tuesday to announce a current Coffee County commissioner serving Manchester was changing parties. The Republican Party announced that Steven Jones was leaving the Democrat Party for the Republican Party. Jones took an official oath of allegiance during a ceremony at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza.
Jones is currently in his second term as District 2 county commissioner and is planning on running for mayor of Manchester in the August 4 election.