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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Both town council races going to the wire

Photo by Jim Keyworth
Bill Rappaport, Paty Henderson and Del Newland celebrated their apparent victories at Diamond Point Shadows Restaurant in Star Valley last night.

Photo by Jim Keyworth
A beaming and radiant Su Connell joined the celebrants in Star Valley last night as she awaited the election results.  She garnered the most votes of any candidate facing opposition.

With a couple of exceptions (Su Connell and Paty Henderson), the Payson and Star Valley town council races appear too close to call pending the counting of outstanding ballots.

PAYSON ELECTION RESULTS

Surpisingly, incumbent Kenny Evans only received 74 percent of the votes even though he was running unopposed.  The rest either wrote in a candidate or didn't vote for mayor.

Kenny Evans      3,708  
Write-ins             219

Su Connell is the only sure winner in the council race.

Su Connell           3,178
Ed Blair               2,964
Fred Carpenter    2,901
Mike Vogel          2,878

Home Rule    Y-3,551     N-736

Votes left to count: 200

Final tally: 8 a.m. Thursday

STAR VALLEY RESULTS

Bill Rappaport appears to have won the mayoral race, although the number of uncounted ballots is unknown.

Bill Rappaport       235
Randy White         158

Paty Henderson appears to have won a council seat.

Paty Henderson     282
Del Newland          248
Vern Leis              220
Chris Benjamin     209

Votes still out: unknown

Final Results: Thursday or Friday

PUSD BUDGET OVERRIDE

The budget override question passed easier than expected.

Y-3,954     N-1,897

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