;-)
Congrats all the same Councilman Paulissen!
Joanna Sharp - Dawson wins election to the place 7 seat currently held by Jim Nelson (who is retiring).
Despite the crowded four-way contest with no incumbent, Joanna took it outright with no need for a runoff. (To be fair, it was really a three way race with Chris Stevens having withdrawn to endorse Joanna, but due to timing issues his name was officially still on the ballot.)
Congrats Councilwoman Sharp - Dawson!
The final numbers are:
Joanna Sharp - Dawson: 55.9%
Tommy Garland: 30.4%
Tim Hollway: 10.3%
Chris Stevens: 3.3%
The total turnout was 2,892 votes in the place 7 race.
With such a complex field of candidates, it is noteworthy that the winner took this race almost two to one (1.84 : 1) over the second place finisher. A remarkably strong victory.
As usual in recent history, precinct 5 (the east end) had by far the largest turnout. There is something surprising in the details though.
Looking at the vote totals, early voting continues to gain popularity with slightly more than half of the votes coming before election day. This trend held across precincts 1, 2, 3, & 4 which all did more than half of their voting early. The noteworthy exception is precinct 5, which actually saw more votes on election day than in early voting. Not sure it means anything; the statistic just catches one's attention a bit.
The official results summary can be found on the city web site here:
and details here:
Jeff Hagen
