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Three new members join Alpharetta City Council By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta will welcome two new candidates and one incumbent to the city council after the Nov. 4 election. Kirk Driscoll, the only qualified candidate on the ballot for Post 1, replaces Councilman Donald Mitchell, who has reached his term limit. Katie Reeves narrowly avoided a runoff election, beating two opponents to win Post 2 with 50.1 percent of the vote. Donna Shaw Murphy secured about 35 percent of the vote, and Bart Dean won almost 15 percent. Former City Councilman Brian Will vacated Post 2 in June to seek the State Senate seat held by Brandon Beach, who resigned in March to serve as the U.S. Treasurer. Incumbent Councilman Douglas DeRito fended off challenger Tate Holcombe, winning more than 58 percent.
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Katie Reeves supporters campaign on Nov. 4 in downtown Alpharetta. HAYDEN SUMLIN/APPEN MEDIA
Robichaux, Wilson head to runoff By HANNAH YAHNE hannah@appenmedia.com
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ROSWELL, Ga.— Roswell voters will return to the polls in a runoff election between mayoral candidate Mary Robichaux and incumbent Mayor Kurt Wilson since neither reached 50 percent on Nov. 4.
The runoff election for mayor will take place on Dec. 2 with early voting required to take place no later than Nov. 24-28. With under 15 percent of voters across the city turning out, Robichaux said she hopes her campaign can keep the momentum through December. “It’s always harder to get people
out to vote again,” Robichaux said. “But I think … we have a pretty dedicated group of people, so we’ll see. Wilson ended the night with 36.5 percent of the vote. Robichaux – a former state representative – followed at 35.7 percent.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In her bid for a runoff, an Alpharetta City Council candidate says ballots misled voters about how the Nov. 4 municipal election would be determined. “If you go in and cast a vote, it should count,” said Post 2 candidate Donna Shaw Murphy, a local real estate agent. Alpharetta election rules, which were changed earlier this year, require a candidate to win more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. The city previously required candidates to win a simple majority. Murphy garnered 35.2 percent of the vote, well behind Katie Reeves, who won 50.1 percent. A third candidate, Bart Dean, received 14.7 percent. The results of the election were certified Nov. 10. Murphy’s attorney Bryan Jacoutot, who appeared at a Nov. 7 Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections meeting, said the city should have counted write-in candidates in determining whether a runoff should be held. He argued all votes cast, including write-ins, should be counted to determine percentages. The City of Alpharetta disagrees. Georgia law only counts votes cast for qualified candidates for runoffs, City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom said in a letter to the Fulton County Department of Registrations & Elections. “I can confirm that the City of Alpharetta did not have any qualified write-in candidates and provided no qualified write-in candidates on the city’s ballots,” Lagerbloom said.
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