NOTHING CHANGED, AS THE DES MOINES COUNTY BOARD YESTERDAY(THUR) CANVASSED THE RESULTS OF TUESDAY’S BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY.
WITH 1-THOUSAND-325 (7.6%) OF THE CITY’S 17-THOUSAND-490 REGISTERED VOTERS CASTING BALLOTS, TIM SCOTT CAME OUT ON TOP WITH 728 VOTES…BECKY SHOCKLEY WAS SECOND WITH 576…JIM DAVIDSON PLACED THIRD WITH 535…BOB FLEMING CAME IN FOURTH WITH 457…CHRIS REED WAS NEXT WITH 378 VOTES…AND MIKE CAMPBELL ROUNDED OUT THE LIST OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH REGULAR CITY ELECTION WITH 363 VOTES AND A SIXTH PLACE FINISH. THERE’LL BE THREE OPENINGS TO FILL.
THE FIVE CANDIDATES WHO FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT TUESDAY WERE KEVIN LONG WITH 294 VOTES…TYLER HUGGINS WITH 150…JIM MORRIS WITH 76…MARCQUES DERBY WITH 50 VOTES…AND RICH LEMKE, WHO DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, WITH 38. THE CANVASS SHOWED 15 WRITE-INS AND ONLY ONE-OF-134 ABSENTEE BALLOTS TAKEN OUT WAS NOT RETURNED.
