Incumbent Councilman Brent Lambert will be East Ridge’s next mayor pending the vote totals from a final precinct.
Lambert, with 14 out of 15 precincts reporting, had 1,928 votes in today’s election. His closest opponent in a field of four was former East Ridge Mayor Don Huskey, who had 1,297 votes.
In the race for two open City Council seats, newcomer Jim Bethune and Larry Sewell, an incumbent councilman, were leading among a field of six with one precinct left.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Below are the vote totals from 14 out of 15 precincts:
Mayor
Brent Lambert: 1,928
Don Huskey: 1,297
Bob Johnson: 795
Robert Frye: 777
City Council (two seats)
Jim Bethune: 1,992
Larry Sewell: 1,869
Marc Gravitt: 1,490
Bill Breneman: 1,155
Thomas Card: 973
Justin Kirk: 869