Carroll City Councilman, Jerry Fleshner, vacated his at-large seat and instead ran for the mayoral position, but was defeated by Mark Beardmore in Tuesday’s election. The unofficial results have Beardmore with 1,562 votes to Fleshner’s 1,021. Beardmore says it was a good race and he has nothing but respect for Fleshner’s years of service.
As the absentee votes were reported and precincts began delivering their numbers last (Tuesday) night, Beardmore says he was predicting a race that was closer than it actually turned out to be.
He says he believes the absentee votes can often be a predictor of the outcome.
Beardmore also wants to thank all of those who voted in this year’s City and School elections.
Carroll Broadcasting will be bringing more from the contested races in upcoming newscasts.
