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Unofficially, Ray Gun reports that incumbent Edie Brooks nipped challenger James Purtee by 7 votes in the hotly contested Zone 1 trustee election and incumbent Bill Hemenway defeated challenger Terri Seymour by 40 votes in Zone 3. OpenCdA.com reports the totals as 323 to 316 in the Brooks-Purtee race, which featured a controversy re: missing yard signs in the closing days, and 233-191 (slightly different than Ray Gun) in the Hemenway/Seymour contest here. Concludes Mary, Dan, Bill & Co.: “Let’s hope there is a recount and a challenge to make sure every voter was indeed from Zone 1.” Sounds like their candidates didn’t win. Again.
Question: What role did the flap over the yard signs in the closing days of the election play in the incumbents’ abilities to squeak out victories (if, indeed, the results hold)?
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Bent on May 20 at 8:59 a.m.
I think it might have drawn attention to the races, but I doubt it changed anyone’s mind. An incubent is hard to beat in a small turnout election. Unless the incumbent has done something very wrong and very public, most of the fence sitters will stick with the proven leadership rather than take a chance with new blood…