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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Who won the Snellville Mayoral and City Council elections?

Jerry Oberholtzer has won re-election as Mayor of Snellville. It was a very close race - Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer had 1,101 votes and Bruce Garraway had 1,082.

For Snellville City Council Post 1, Kelly Kautz was the victor, with 1,230 votes. Marilyn Swinney had a decent showing with 951 votes.

If you would like more data, as well as election results for other counties, see this LINK

The Mayor's race was so tight that there could possibly be a recount. Here are some recent articles about the Snellville election:

Snellville Mayor retains his seat - AJC

ELECTION 2007: Recount likely in 19 vote win - AJC

Trivia tidbit: Snellville has 11,000 registered voters and only 20% showed up to vote

Of note: Loganville voters approved the liquor by the drink referendum. LINK
"I feel that the public has spoken about what they want," said city councilman Chuck Bagley, who has helped to rally support for the referendum. "They really saw it as an economic issue, not an alcohol issue.".....

..... "Neal Byrd, a realtor, said he was relieved that the grassroots fight against it didn't work this time. He stood on a corner rallying votes for the "economic development tool" early Tuesday morning.

Already, there is talk of new restaurants moving to Loganville now that the referendum has passed, said Byrd."

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:54 AM

    I am absolutely disappointed by our low voter turnout yesterday. 2,000 people out of 11,000??? I certainly hope to not hear any of them complaining for the next 4 years!

    PS...How long before the signs come down?

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  2. Oh there will be plenty of complaining, I'm sure - it's so easy to gripe and not do anything. The easy way out is always to blame someone else, right?

    Regarding the election signs, I think they are collector's items. We'll see them on ebay. LOL...go get yours now and beat the rush

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