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By: By MICHELLE WILLARD, Post Staff Writer – April 15, 2008 – 8:30 pm

Get your complete election totals with precinct breakdowns

With the votes in, Butch Campbell and Nancy Duggin upset incumbent Patrick McCarthy to take seats on Murfreesboro City Board of Education. All city council incumbents fought off challengers to retain their seats.

The results from the Tuesday, April 15 Murfreesboro City election are unofficial until approved by the Election Commission at its April 28 meeting.

Four Murfreesboro City School Board seats and three Murfreesboro City Council seats were open in Tuesday’s city elections.

Campbell and Duggin were the top vote getters in the school board race, garnering 2,802 and 2,694 votes respectively.

Incumbent school board members Susan Andrews with 1,863 votes and Nancy Phillips with 1,989 votes retain their seats.

Kathy Burris came in fifth with 1,699 votes. Tim Roediger placed sixth with 1,213 votes McCarthy, in seventh, only received 1,067 votes.

Claudia Hunter and Andrew Jacks rounded out the field with, getting 929 and 540 votes respectively. more below ...

NOTE: Totals include early and absentee votes

In the City Council race, incumbents Vice Mayor Chris Bratcher and Councilmen Toby Gilley and Ron Washington fought off challengers Dave Beardsley, Eddie Smotherman and Jeff Weems to retain their at-large city council seats.

Washington came out on top with 2,469 votes followed by Toby Gilley with 2,286 votes and Bratcher with 2,237.

Smotherman came in a close fourth with 2,049 votes. Beardsley’s 1,927 votes placed fifth and Weem’s only garnered 1,356 votes.

The polls were also slow during the election with only 4,679 of 53,696 or 8.71 percent of registered voters casting ballots.

“That’s an all time low,” said Hooper Penuel, Rutherford County elections administrator.

The low turn out is no surprise when considering only 6,267, or 12 percent of registered voters, voted in the last municipal election held in April 2006. The 2004 municipal election saw similar turnout with 12 percent of 40,405 registered voters showing up.

However, more than 11,000 Rutherford Countians cast a vote during the early voting period for the presidential primary in February.

Michelle Willard can be contacted at 869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com.

NOTE: Totals include early and absentee votes

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By: virgmart on 4/16/08
Way to go Butch......

By: prin on 4/16/08
I agree with virgmart. Also salute Nancy Duggin as I believe these 2 are going to make all the voters proud...

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