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Breaking news: unofficial voting totals released

by | May 4, 2019 | Latest

Unofficial voting totals for Murphy City Council have been released.

For Murphy Councilmember Place 1, Elizabeth Abraham has been elected with 823 votes (70.07 percent) while challenger Doug Davis received 358 votes (29.93 percent).

In Place 2, incumbent Jennifer Berthiaume was reelected with 690 votes (61.61 percent) while Gayathri Nagarajan received 430 votes (38.39 percent).

In Place 4, Ken Oltmann won with 692 votes (64.79 percent) while incumbent Betty Spraggins was defeated and received 376 votes (35.21 percent).

For Place 6, Jene’ E. Butler won with 560 votes (52.09 percent) while challengers Jim Otto Jr. received 295 votes (27.44 percent) and Andrew Chase received 220 votes (20.47 percent).

Murphy’s proposition passed with 779 votes in favor (66.41 percent) and 394 in opposition (33.59 percent).

For Collin College board of trustees, in Place 2, unopposed candidate Jay Saad won with 31,607 votes (100 percent).

For Place 4, Greg Gomel won with 23,003 votes (64.04 percent) while challenger Buzz Kolbe received 12,917 votes (35.96 percent).

In Place 5, unopposed candidate Raj Menon won with 29,530 votes (100 percent).

For Place 6, Stacy Anne Arias won with 21,523 votes (54.38 percent) while Tim Chappell has 18,055 votes (46.45 percent).

Election results remain unofficial until canvassed by local boards.

 

 

 

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