VALDOSTA — Friday’s certified election numbers confirmed the Election Day outcomes for Valdosta and Lowndes County races.
The races for Valdosta City Council District 2 and the Valdosta Board of Education Superward East District 7 will both continue in a run-off election during the next few weeks.
Lowndes County Board of Elections Supervisor Deb Cox said early voting for the runoff will likely start late next week at the election board’s 2808 N. Oak St. headquarters. Advance voting will run the week before the runoff
election at the election board office and Valdosta State University.
The runoff election will be Dec. 1.
Only registered voters living in Valdosta City Council District 2 and Valdosta Board of Education Superward East District 7 will be eligible to vote in the runoff.
In the City Council race, two challengers for District 2 face off: Deidra A. White and Dr. L.W. Williams. In Tuesday’s election, White received 179, or 46.98 percent of the vote, to Williams’ 131, or 34.38 percent of the vote, according to Friday’s certified numbers. District 2 candidates David Dempsey and David DeMersseman are out of the race, having received 31 and 24 votes respectively.
Two challengers for the Superward District 7 seat also square off in the school board race: Debra Bell and Christopher Brandon. In Tuesday’s election, Bell received 417, or 38.01 percent of the vote, to Brandon’s 371, or 33.82 percent of the vote, according to the Board of Elections’ certified numbers. Candidate Chris Burgman, with 303 votes, is out of the race.
Runoff elections are held when no candidate in a regular election race receives at least 50 percent plus one vote. When this occurs, the two candidates with the highest number of votes move forward to a runoff race.
While the runoff candidates were known by the conclusion of Tuesday’s regular election count, Friday’s certification makes it official.
The certified numbers also reflected the military and absentee ballots which had not been fully counted by press time Election Day. While these ballots added numbers to some candidates’ tallies and marginally changed the percentage of win-loss ratios, official certification did not change the outcome of any races.
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Votes certified; runoff set for Dec. 1
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