Hawkins Elected Woodbury Mayor
Voters in Woodbury went to the polls on December 2nd for the runoff election for mayor, and Dustin Hawkins won a narrow victory over former City Council member Jada Holmes.
Holmes and Hawkins were the top two vote-getters in the November 4th General Election, beating out challenges from incumbent Mayor Ronnie Garrett and former Mayor Tonya Moody. None of the candidates received 50% of the vote plus one, so the runoff was necessary.
By JACK BAGLEY
Voters in Woodbury went to the polls on December 2nd for the runoff election for mayor, and Dustin Hawkins won a narrow victory over former City Council member Jada Holmes.
Holmes and Hawkins were the top two vote-getters in the November 4th General Election, beating out challenges from incumbent Mayor Ronnie Garrett and former Mayor Tonya Moody. None of the candidates received 50% of the vote plus one, so the runoff was necessary.
Only 304 of the city’s more than 700 registered voters participated in the runoff, and Hawkins took 158 votes, or 52%, to Holmes’ 146, or 48%.
Hawkins, an entrepreneur and a relative newcomer to the Woodbury area, will take office January 1, along with newly elected Council members Kay Williamson, Cathy Harbin, and Kera Summers.
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