2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · WINNER
SPORTING GOODS STORE
Outdoor gear, footwear, apparel, firearms, fishing, archery and more across 2½ levels.
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE✓
2026 · CONFIRMED STATUS
SIX FINAL BALLOT
CATEGORIES.
RESULTS PENDING.
Mahoney's was named a 2026 finalist and advanced to the final ballot in six Johnson City Press Readers' Choice categories. That is the confirmed status today. Official 2026 winners and final placements have not yet been announced.
Voting closed September 13. The categories below show where Mahoney's appeared on the 2026 final ballot. They do not represent the still-pending 2026 results.
2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · WINNER
GUN DEALER
A Johnson City destination for firearms, ammunition and knowledgeable service.
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE✓
2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · FINALIST
SHOE STORE
Performance, outdoor and everyday footwear from brands customers know and trust.
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE✓
04 · 2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · FINALIST
MEN'S CLOTHING
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE ✓
05 · 2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · FINALIST
HAT STORE
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE ✓
06 · 2026 FINAL BALLOT2025 RESULT · FINALIST
DEALER-WATERCRAFT
FINAL VOTING COMPLETE ✓
WHERE THINGS STAND
BALLOTS CLOSED.
RESULTS PENDING.
Both voting rounds are complete. The final ballot is closed, but the 2026 results are still pending. Until Johnson City Press makes them official, we are celebrating one thing only: the community that got Mahoney's to the final round.
01COMPLETE
ROUND 1
JUL 25 – AUG 9
Round 1 closed with Mahoney's moving forward to the final ballot.
02COMPLETE
TOP 5
FINALISTS SET
Mahoney's advanced in six categories for the 2026 final round.
03COMPLETE
FINAL VOTING
AUG 28 – SEP 13
Final voting is closed. Thank you to everyone who returned, shared and voted.
04PENDING
OFFICIAL RESULTS
NOT YET ANNOUNCED
When Johnson City Press publishes the official 2026 results, this page will be updated to reflect them.
MAHONEY'S READERS' CHOICE HISTORY
HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW
DID MAHONEY'S EARN A
READERS' CHOICE WIN?
EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW.
2018 → 2025
Mahoney's earned Readers' Choice wins every year from 2018 through 2025 — eight straight years of local support.
And the story reaches back farther. Mahoney's Readers' Choice history includes a 2010 Johnson City Press award for Area's Best Sports & Outdoor Store.
20182019202020212022202320242025
PAST RESULTS · 2025 READERS' CHOICE
TWO WINS.
FOUR FINALIST FINISHES.
6TOP FINISHES
IN 2025
IN 2025
GUN DEALER
Mahoney's Outfitters
SPORTING GOODS STORE
Mahoney's Outfitters
DEALER-WATERCRAFT
Mahoney's Outfitters
HAT STORE
Mahoney's Outfitters
MEN'S CLOTHING
Mahoney's Outfitters
SHOE STORE
Mahoney's Outfitters
FROM THE ARCHIVE · 2010
BUILT HERE. BACKED HERE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CHOOSING MAHONEY'S FOR YEARS.
Mahoney's earned Readers' Choice wins every year from 2018 through 2025, and our history with the awards reaches back even farther. This 2010 Johnson City Press banner is one more chapter in a long-running local tradition.
1960FOUNDED IN JOHNSON CITY
65+YEARS SERVING THE REGION
2½LEVELS TO EXPLORE
THE BALLOTS ARE CLOSED. OUR DOORS ARE OPEN.
COME SEE
WHY EAST TENNESSEE
SHOWED UP.
Hunting. Fishing. Fly fishing. Footwear. Apparel. Kayaks. Outdoor gear. And the kind of local service that has kept Mahoney's part of East Tennessee since 1960. No matter what the final results say, that is the standard we keep showing up for.