The numbers, while not certified or official, are in from Tuesday night’s election and, as of now LJ Wesley won her race for Maumelle City Council, Ward 1, Pos. 1.
In the three-way race, Wesley needed to exceed 40 percent of the total, while also having a winning margin exceeding 20 percent, to claim victory and she managed that, for now.
Wesley got 1,153 votes out of 2,410 ballots cast to claim 42.19 percent of the vote.
Barry Brown and Michael Chastain almost neatly split the remainder with Brown getting 672 votes, or 24.59 percent, and Chastain getting 585 votes or 21.40.
The totals posted on votepulaski.net do not include absentee ballots in the unofficial summary.
However, even more unofficial numbers show 33 absentee ballots cast, with Wesley getting 47.93 percent while Brown, her closest competitors 27.87 percent with the margin of victory being 20.05 percent. Thanks to Chad Gardner for doing that math, below, and that would have Wesley winning her race.
It still isn't certain though.
Election law allows for overseas ballots to be counted as long as they're postmarked by Election Day, and the margin of Wesley's victory is currently one vote.
If one vote comes in for Brown. the margin would be 20 percent and force a runoff.
It is also worth noting that the race saw 323 undervotes, or ballots cast in other elections, but were voters who didn't choose any candidate in the Ward 1, Pos. 1 race.
There's always the possibility that any returned overseas ballot could also be an undervote in this particular race.
It was a fairly robust election, as presidential years tend to be, with a 61.6 turnout in Pulaski County. Out of 240,667 registered voters, 148,263 voted with 108,405 voting early and 39,858 casting ballots on Election Day.
In other races of note:
North Little Rock City Council Member Maurice Taylor lost his Ward 2, Pos. 1 re-election bid to challenger Nicole Hart, who got 51.29 percent, or 2,381 votes, to Taylor's 36.39 percent, or 1,689 votes. There were 571 undervotes and even if all had gone to Taylor, he still would have lost to Hart.
In North Little Rock's Ward 4, Pos. 1 race, Scott Fowler defeated Somer Clark-Day, 3,972 to 2,536 votes, or 53.87 percent to 34.40 percent. That race saw 864 undervotes.
It also wasn't a good day for school millages as North Little Rock School District's 52.3 mill tax saw 9,435 votes against to 7,480 votes for.
Pulaski County Special School District's 40.7 mill tax also lost with 29,182 votes against to 22,720 votes for.
In local state legislator races, Rep. Brandon Achor (R-Maumelle) won his second term in District 71, but it was closer than expected as Achor got 7,132, of 53.91 percent, of the vote, while challenger Cassandra Green won 5,625 or 42.52 percent of the vote.
In District 69, Rep. David Ray (R-Maumelle) defeated challenger Kwami Abdul-Bey as Ray got 8,187 votes while Abdul-Bey got 3,281 or 71.39 percent to Abdul-Bey's 28.61 percent.
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The numbers, while not certified or official, are in from Tuesday night’s election and, as of now LJ Wesley won her race for Maumelle City Council, Ward 1, Pos. 1.
In the three-way race, Wesley needed to exceed 40 percent of the total, while also having a winning margin exceeding 20 percent, to claim victory and she managed that, for now.
Wesley got 1,153 votes out of 2,410 ballots cast to claim 42.19 percent of the vote.
Barry Brown and Michael Chastain almost neatly split the remainder with Brown getting 672 votes, or 24.59 percent, and Chastain getting 585 votes or 21.40.
The totals posted on votepulaski.net do not include absentee ballots in the unofficial summary.
However, even more unofficial numbers show 33 absentee ballots cast, with Wesley getting 47.93 percent while Brown, her closest competitors 27.87 percent with the margin of victory being 20.05 percent. Thanks to Chad Gardner for doing that math, below, and that would have Wesley winning her race.
It still isn't certain though.
Election law allows for overseas ballots to be counted as long as they're postmarked by Election Day, and the margin of Wesley's victory is currently one vote.
If one vote comes in for Brown. the margin would be 20 percent and force a runoff.
It is also worth noting that the race saw 323 undervotes, or ballots cast in other elections, but were voters who didn't choose any candidate in the Ward 1, Pos. 1 race.
There's always the possibility that any returned overseas ballot could also be an undervote in this particular race.
It was a fairly robust election, as presidential years tend to be, with a 61.6 turnout in Pulaski County. Out of 240,667 registered voters, 148,263 voted with 108,405 voting early and 39,858 casting ballots on Election Day.
In other races of note:
North Little Rock City Council Member Maurice Taylor lost his Ward 2, Pos. 1 re-election bid to challenger Nicole Hart, who got 51.29 percent, or 2,381 votes, to Taylor's 36.39 percent, or 1,689 votes. There were 571 undervotes and even if all had gone to Taylor, he still would have lost to Hart.
In North Little Rock's Ward 4, Pos. 1 race, Scott Fowler defeated Somer Clark-Day, 3,972 to 2,536 votes, or 53.87 percent to 34.40 percent. That race saw 864 undervotes.
It also wasn't a good day for school millages as North Little Rock School District's 52.3 mill tax saw 9,435 votes against to 7,480 votes for.
Pulaski County Special School District's 40.7 mill tax also lost with 29,182 votes against to 22,720 votes for.
In local state legislator races, Rep. Brandon Achor (R-Maumelle) won his second term in District 71, but it was closer than expected as Achor got 7,132, of 53.91 percent, of the vote, while challenger Cassandra Green won 5,625 or 42.52 percent of the vote.
In District 69, Rep. David Ray (R-Maumelle) defeated challenger Kwami Abdul-Bey as Ray got 8,187 votes while Abdul-Bey got 3,281 or 71.39 percent to Abdul-Bey's 28.61 percent.