BREAKING: Merritt & Meredith to join Morgantown City Council; Price elected to Board of Ed.

Tue, 11/06/2012 - 7:13pm — John Embry

New city council members Allen Meredith and Dionne Merritt

Dionne Merritt and Allen Meredith will be joining four incumbents - Sharon Johnson (Phelps), Terrell House, Russell Givens, and Gary Southerland - as members of a new Morgantown City Council that will take office in January. Current council member Rick Scott did not seek reelection.

According to unofficial vote totals released by the Butler County Clerk's office for the city's two precincts (East Morgantown and West Morgantown) and absentees, Sharon Johnson led the ticket with 459 votes. Incumbents Terrell House garnered 436 votes; Russell Given tallied 434; and Gary Southerland notched 433.

The two new members - Dionne Merritt and Allen Meredith - received 384 vote and 307 votes, respectively.

Incumbent Edra Dean Hampton fell short in her bid for a second term with 264 votes.

Rounding out the field were Harold Ray West with 298 votes; Adam Williams 194; Casey Turci 175; and Todd Meredith 166.

In the race for a seat on the Butler County Board of Education for the First District, Charles Price received 329 votes, defeating Leslie Turci, who tallied 195 votes.

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Unofficial Totals for Butler County:

Total Number of Voters 5,114 58% voter turn out

President/Vice President:

Romey/Ryan 3,716

Obama/Biden 1,293

Stein/Honkala 6

Terry/Smith 13

Johnson/Gray 30

Goode/Clymer 2

U.S. Representative 2nd Congressional District

Guthrie, Brett 3,809

Williams, David L. 970

Beacham, Andrew 84

Astor, Craig 45

State Representative 17th District

C.B. Embry 4,367

Commonwealth Attorney

Timothy Coleman 4,149

Circuit Clerk

Melissa Cardwell 4,370

Board of Education:

1st District

Charles Price 329

Leslie Turci 195

2nd District

Deborah Hammers 818

5th District

Karen Evans 645

Rochester: Mayor Horace Hammers,49

Michael Porter, City Council 39

Woodbury: Mayor Foy Gabbard, 31

City Commissioners

Alan Johnson 24

Vickie House 32

Constitutional Amendment

Yes 3,882

No 377

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Submitted by Dionne Merritt (not verified) on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 8:17pm

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for the citizens of Morgantown. I truly appreciate your vote and I look forward to working with everyone. I love my community and will do what's best for Morgantown. I encourage everyone to please come to the meetings. They are the second Thursday of every month at 6 at the Eva J. Hawes Community Building.