GrovePAC Captures All Three Council Seats
GrovePAC's candidates easily captured all three City Council seats in Tuesday's Grove election.
Here are the unofficial talleys as provided by the County Election Board:
Ward 3
David Adzigian 671 (47.25%)
Larry Parham 749 (52.75%)
At Large
Carolyn Nuckolls 475 (33.4%)
Mike Davenport 753 (52.9%)
Harry Worley 193 (13.5%)
Ward 4
Gary Trippensee 842 (59.4%)
Dustin Phillips 575 (40.5%)
These include absentee ballots but do not include provisional ballots--challenged due to whether or not the voter actually lives in Grove. There are 20-25 of these, not enough to effect the outcome of the election.
GrovePAC and its three candidates, Davenport, Parham and Trippensee, raised more than three times the donations as the other four candidates put together, according to the initial campaign expenditures reports filed.
This ends Mayor Carolyn Nuckolls' 18 years on the Council and leaves Councilman Terry Ryan pretty much out on a limb, as Parham and Bishop have nearly always voted together, and now joined by Trippensee and Davenport.
GrovePAC, headed by businessman Troy Kyman, and its candidates, made campaign issues of high utility rates and council seats on the various trust authority boards.
Heavy voting was reported early in the day Tuesday with more than 100 voting at the First Methodist Church in Precinct #7 by 9 a.m. Workers there termed the turnout "heavy." More votes were cast this year than in 2005 for council seats.
Radio advertising for GrovePAC and its three candidates continued unabated throughout the day, with Larry Parham accusing his opponent of favoring increased utility rates while at the same time saying it is time to end the feuding in the city. Even current Councilman Gary Bishop got into the radio act, denouncing a six page anonymous letter sent to voters last week as "an Act against God."
The next council election will be in two years when Bishop and Terry Ryan's terms come up.
This council will face the all important task of hiring a new city manager and dealing with a dozen or more important city work projects such as the Downtown Revitalization Project, widening Highway 59 to Sailboat Bridge, and water distribution and treatment expansion.
In Jay, Wayne Dunham defeated Bill Stuart 227 to 140 for Mayor; for City Clerk, Teresa Smith defeated Kim Richie 258 to 109; and for Jay Council member Dwaine Ellis defeated Moe Van Court 208 to 154.
Here are the unofficial talleys as provided by the County Election Board:
Ward 3
David Adzigian 671 (47.25%)
Larry Parham 749 (52.75%)
At Large
Carolyn Nuckolls 475 (33.4%)
Mike Davenport 753 (52.9%)
Harry Worley 193 (13.5%)
Ward 4
Gary Trippensee 842 (59.4%)
Dustin Phillips 575 (40.5%)
These include absentee ballots but do not include provisional ballots--challenged due to whether or not the voter actually lives in Grove. There are 20-25 of these, not enough to effect the outcome of the election.
GrovePAC and its three candidates, Davenport, Parham and Trippensee, raised more than three times the donations as the other four candidates put together, according to the initial campaign expenditures reports filed.
This ends Mayor Carolyn Nuckolls' 18 years on the Council and leaves Councilman Terry Ryan pretty much out on a limb, as Parham and Bishop have nearly always voted together, and now joined by Trippensee and Davenport.
GrovePAC, headed by businessman Troy Kyman, and its candidates, made campaign issues of high utility rates and council seats on the various trust authority boards.
Heavy voting was reported early in the day Tuesday with more than 100 voting at the First Methodist Church in Precinct #7 by 9 a.m. Workers there termed the turnout "heavy." More votes were cast this year than in 2005 for council seats.
Radio advertising for GrovePAC and its three candidates continued unabated throughout the day, with Larry Parham accusing his opponent of favoring increased utility rates while at the same time saying it is time to end the feuding in the city. Even current Councilman Gary Bishop got into the radio act, denouncing a six page anonymous letter sent to voters last week as "an Act against God."
The next council election will be in two years when Bishop and Terry Ryan's terms come up.
This council will face the all important task of hiring a new city manager and dealing with a dozen or more important city work projects such as the Downtown Revitalization Project, widening Highway 59 to Sailboat Bridge, and water distribution and treatment expansion.
In Jay, Wayne Dunham defeated Bill Stuart 227 to 140 for Mayor; for City Clerk, Teresa Smith defeated Kim Richie 258 to 109; and for Jay Council member Dwaine Ellis defeated Moe Van Court 208 to 154.
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