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New mayors in several towns
The following are unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal elections in Cullman County:
BAILEYTON
Johnny Dyar won the election to mayor of Baileyton, receiving 72 percent of the votes to defeat Joseph Golden.
Three of the five Baileyton town council seats were decided in Tuesday’s election. Glenn Burden received 51 percent of the votes for Place 4, defeating Donald C. Vanzandt — who received 47 percent of the votes.
Windell Calloway won the election for Place 2 on the Baileyton town council, while Roy Shield won the election for Place 5.
There could possibly be two runoff elections on Oct. 7.
According to Baileyton town clerk Ruth Rose, the town’s 30 absentee ballots have not been counted. This could possibly create a runoff between Billy McElroy Joseph “Jack” McGee for Place 5 on the town council.
There will also be a runoff for Place 1 on the town council. Incumbent Wendall Guthrie received 40 percent of the votes, while Walker Mead received 30 percent.
COLONY
Morris Fitts easily won election to Mayor of Colony over incumbent Earlene Johnson.
Fitts garnered 103 votes, or 74 percent, compared with Johnson’s 36 votes.
Also in Colony, Donnis Leeth beat incumbent John Turner in a landslide for Place 4 on the town council, 109-28. However, Town Clerk Gwendolyn Purifoy said there was some confusion because Leeth was registered to vote in Jefferson County and had to vote using a provisional ballot.
Asked what that means, Purifoy said, “I don’t know. Tomorrow at noon we’ll take the ballots to the registrar’s office. If it’s a countable vote, he (Leeth) will be pronounced the winner.”
There were a total of 135 votes and none provisional ballots.
DODGE CITY
Perry Ray won re-election as Dodge City mayor with a 113-98 win over Jeremy Barber on Tuesday.
Ray had 54 percent of the vote.
In the race for Place 1 on the Dodge City Town Council, Jason Burney won with 108 votes, or 52 percent. He narrowly beat Murray Lowe, who garnered 101 votes in the race.
There were 214 votes cast in Dodge City.
HOLLY POND
Holly Pond’s next mayor will be Herman Nail.
Nail won the mayoral election — Holly Pond’s only contested race — with 83 votes, compared with Carla Hart’s 74. Nail had 53 percent of the vote.
Town Clerk Linda Pope said the rainy weather impacted voter turnout Tuesday.
“Turnout was fair,” Pope said. “It was pretty good considering the weather.”
‰ Staff report
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