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Following the vote count for the City of Magee Election Tuesday night, no winner could be declared in the Mayoral and Alderman at Large position. Whitney Barnes Baker won the Ward 3 Republican position.
In a change from the first primary, vote counts were not given Tuesday night until all boxes were counted. Twylla Grant, City Clerk of Magee, read the completed results. At the first primary, totals were read as the boxes were counted.
The 42 affidavit ballots will be confirmed and counted at 8:30 AM at City Hall.
MageeNews.com will be at the vote count Wednesday morning and report as information is made available. The counting will not be live streamed but reported on the website, Facebook, and twitter.
In the Mayor race:
Dale Berry received: Ward 1—113 in house votes and 9 absentee votes for a total of 122
Ward 2—63 in house votes and 15 absentee votes for a total of 78
Ward 3—66 in house votes and 17 absentee votes for a total of 83
Ward 4—24 in house votes and 18 absentee votes for a total of 42
Robert Vinson received: Ward 1—129 in house votes and 8 absentee votes for a total of 137
Ward 2—73 in house votes and 4 absentee votes for a total of 77
Ward 3—74 in house votes and 5 absentee votes for a total of 79
Ward 4—6 in house votes and 0 absentee votes for a total of 6
Berry received 325 votes and Vinson 299 votes.
In the Alderman at Large race:
Paul Arnold received: Ward 1—100 in house votes and 5 absentee votes for a total of 105
Ward 2—65 in house votes and 8 absentee votes for a total of 73
Ward 3—74 in house votes and 11 absentee votes for a total of 85
Ward 4—17 in house votes and 11 absentee votes for a total of 28
Angel McPhail Brister received: Ward 1—139 votes and 12 absentee votes for a total of 151
Ward 2—71 in house votes and 8 absentee votes for a total of 79
Ward 3—62 in house votes and 8 absentee votes for a total of 70
Ward 4—12 in house votes and 2 absentee votes for a total of 14
Arnold received 291 and Brister received 314.
Alderman Ward 3
Whitney Baker received 143 in house votes and 10 absentee votes for a total of 153
Eddie Lofton received 98 in house votes and 6 absentee votes for a total of 104.
Baker will meet Chris Lane (Independent) in the June 6th General Election.