Assuming these numbers are made official, there will be a December 8th runoff for Mayor with Fields and Verplanck and for District A with Walker & Grier
Mayor
Elliott Dorsch — 2002– 18.81%
Gow Fields — 4199 — 39.45%
Jim Verplanck — 4443 — 41.74%
At Large – Seat 1
Rusty Boedicker — 2469 — 24.83%
Howard Wiggs — 7476 — 75.17%
Northwest – District A
Clarence Grier, Sr. — 2946 — 30.17%
Ricky Shirah — 2362 – 24.19%
Phillip Walker — 4457 — 45.64%
Southwest – District C
Michael Dunn — 4709 — 48.68%
Don Selvage — 4965 – 51.32%
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Jason Catterlin
10 months ago
It’s a sad day when we as tax payers have to fork out more tax dollars to have a run-off election just because a candidate did not get more than 50% of the vote. The people have already spoken! Give the win to the one with the most votes!
Chuck Welch
10 months ago
There are theories why you shouldn’t allow that to happen. Two articles from Wikipedia explain it better than I can:
“Spoiler Effect” http://bit.ly/2a3CrY
& “Tactical manipulation of runoff voting” http://bit.ly/1mwERl
Tim Dill-Peterson
9 months ago
Democracy lives or dies with the participation of the voters. It should not be restrained by concerns over tax dollar expenditure. If more people got out and voted in the first place, this run-off might not have been necessary. The sad part about this election would seem to be the low turnout. This reflects poorly on the electorate as well as the electors. Apathy is the death of freedom.