Canton incumbents for alderman trounced, unofficial numbers show
CANTON — The Ward 4 alderman race is headed to a runoff while at least three incumbent aldermen were defeated in Democratic Party primary elections here Tuesday.
Defeated incumbents include:
• Ward 1 incumbent Rodriquez Brown who lost to challenger Colby Walker.
• Ward 2 incumbent Fred Esco Jr. who lost to challenger Renee Truss.
• Ward 5 incumbent Tim C. Taylor, who lost to challenger John E. Brown.
All candidates in Tuesday’s municipal primaries ran as Democrats.
Mayor William Truly did not have a Democrat challenge but faces Republican Charles Chip Matthews in the June 8 general election.
City Clerk Debra Brown said her office worked Wednesday to do a final tally of all votes, including affidavit and absentee ballots to certify the results from Tuesday’s election.
Following are the complete but unofficial results.
Ward 1
Challenger Colby Walker got 133 votes or 52% of the vote to defeat incumbent Rodriquez Brown, who got 122 votes, or 47.8% of the vote.
Ward 2
Renee Truss got 112 votes to defeat incumbent Fred Esco Jr., who got 92 votes
Ward 3
Incumbent Les Penn got 164 votes to defeat challenger Angie Levy-Ware, who got 65 votes.
Ward 4
The race is headed to an April 27 runoff after challenger Markee Blount got 67 votes, or 35.6% of the 188 total votes in that race and incumbent Daphne Sims got 51 votes or 27% of the votes in the race.
Other candidates in the Ward 4 race were Jonathan Dixon, who got 40 votes and Danny T. Louis, who got 28 votes.
Ward 5
John E. Brown, with 109 votes beat incumbent Tim C. Taylor, who got 106 votes.
Ward 6
Monica Johnson Gilkey got 117 votes to beat Cleotha Williams, who got 63 votes.
Ward 7
Incumbent Lafayette E. Wales got 175 votes to beat challenger Dante’ L. Ollie, who got 44 votes.
Registration, absentee deadlines
The last day to register for the June 8 general election is May 10.
The deadline for in-person absentee voting is noon June 5 and absentee ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the municipal clerk’s office within five business days.