Three new aldermen were elected Tuesday in the Smithville Municipal Election.
Shawn Jacobs, W.J. (Dub) White, and Aaron Meeks defeated the incumbent aldermen, Jerry Hutchins, Sr., Tonya Sullivan, and Willie Thomas.
Jacobs led the ticket with 403 votes (19.3%), White had 364 (17.4%) and Meeks received 303 votes (14.5%)
Sullivan had 289 votes (13.8%), Hutchins 237 (11.3%), Thomas 227 (10.8%), Gary Durham 224 (10.7%), and Todd Van Dyne 40 (1.9%)
A total of 811 people voted in the election, including 590 during the early voting period and 221 on Tuesday.
Jacobs, White, and Meeks will officially begin their two year terms on July 1st. They will likely be sworn into office during a special meeting of the city council prior to July 1st.
The position of alderman is not new to Meeks and White. They have both served as alderman before. In fact they both were unseated in their bids for re-election two years ago. Jacobs ran unsuccessfully for alderman for the first time two years ago, losing by only twelve votes.
The city council will be made up of Shawn Jacobs, W.J. (Dub) White, Aaron Meeks, Cecil Burger, and Stephen White. The mayor is Taft Hendrixson.
The terms of Hendrixson, Burger, and Stephen White will expire June 30th, 2010.
The following are the votes for each candidate in the election Tuesday:
Gary Durham-
Early Voting-150
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 16
Election Day-58
TOTAL-224
Jerry Hutchins, Sr.
Early Voting-153
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 21
Election Day-63
TOTAL-237
Shawn Jacobs
Early Voting-273
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 14
Election Day-116
TOTAL-403
Aaron Meeks
Early Voting 204
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 14
Election Day-85
TOTAL-303
Tonya Sullivan
Early Voting 190
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 15
Election Day-84
TOTAL-289
Willie Thomas
Early Voting-155
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 17
Election Day-55
TOTAL-227
Todd Van Dyne
Early Voting-27
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 3
Election Day-10
TOTAL-40
W.J. (Dub) White
Early Voting-245
Absentees (Paper Ballots) 19
Election Day-100
TOTAL-364
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