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Unofficially, Cronberg, Lindsey, Holloway and Irvin take Council seats
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| Election night Candidates for Willcox City Council, seated from left, Sam Lindsey, Larry Schultz, Paul Sheats, Monika Cronberg, Bill Holloway, and standing, Bob Irvin, wait for unofficial results at the polling place in City Hall Tuesday after 7 p.m. (Ainslee Wittig/ARN) |
Ainslee S. Wittig / Arizona Range News
Two incumbents and two newcomers have unofficially been elected by a 14.9 percent of Willcox voters in the Willcox City Council Primary Election Tuesday.
Incumbents Monika Cronberg (176 votes) and Gerald "Sam" Lindsey (160 votes) took led the pack of six candidates, while newcomers William "Bill" Holloway (142 votes) and Robert "Bob" Irvin (137 votes) followed.
Newcomer Paul Sheats (85 votes) and incumbent Larry Schultz (80 votes) did not have enough votes to make the majority cut-off (50 percent of ballots, plus one), with the total of 187 ballots cast in Willcox Tuesday, said Cristy Whelan, city clerk, and 56 absentee ballots mailed in, according to the Cochise County Election Office website.
An estimated 95 absentee ballots were mailed out by the county elections office.
Election results are unofficial, as results will be updated upon verification of provisional ballots by the Cochise County Recorder's Office and final counts must be canvassed by the City Council.
Results may be seen on http://cochise.az.gov by going to the sidebar, "Election Results", and then "March 9, 2010 Election - Official Results."
The top four candidates with a majority of votes are elected, with a run-off May 18 only necessary if there are not four candidates with a majority.
There were also seven votes cast in Willcox and 34 absentee votes for Jimmy Norris, who withdrew his candidacy a week prior to the election; and three write-in ballots, Whelan said.
The county recorder's office said last week that there are 1,628 registered voters in Willcox.
Only about 243 ballots (14.9 percent) were cast either Tuesday or by mail in the primary election.
Two incumbents and two newcomers have unofficially been elected by a 14.9 percent of Willcox voters in the Willcox City Council Primary Election Tuesday.
Incumbents Monika Cronberg (176 votes) and Gerald "Sam" Lindsey (160 votes) took led the pack of six candidates, while newcomers William "Bill" Holloway (142 votes) and Robert "Bob" Irvin (137 votes) followed.
Newcomer Paul Sheats (85 votes) and incumbent Larry Schultz (80 votes) did not have enough votes to make the majority cut-off (50 percent of ballots, plus one), with the total of 187 ballots cast in Willcox Tuesday, said Cristy Whelan, city clerk, and 56 absentee ballots mailed in, according to the Cochise County Election Office website.
An estimated 95 absentee ballots were mailed out by the county elections office.
Election results are unofficial, as results will be updated upon verification of provisional ballots by the Cochise County Recorder's Office and final counts must be canvassed by the City Council.
Results may be seen on http://cochise.az.gov by going to the sidebar, "Election Results", and then "March 9, 2010 Election - Official Results."
The top four candidates with a majority of votes are elected, with a run-off May 18 only necessary if there are not four candidates with a majority.
There were also seven votes cast in Willcox and 34 absentee votes for Jimmy Norris, who withdrew his candidacy a week prior to the election; and three write-in ballots, Whelan said.
The county recorder's office said last week that there are 1,628 registered voters in Willcox.
Only about 243 ballots (14.9 percent) were cast either Tuesday or by mail in the primary election.
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