Tuesday, February 3, 2009

All Four CBBT-Supported Candidates Advance to General Election

The HBA of Greater Springfield's political action committee (The Coalition for Building a Better Tomorrow) supported four candidates in Tuesday's primary election for Springfield City Council. All four candidates advance from the primary to the April general election. Following are the February 3 election results in the four city council races. CBBT-supported candidates are noted in bold italics.

                                       VOTES PERCENT

 PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 48) .  .  .        48  100.00
 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .   112,484
 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .    19,293
 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .             17.15

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD For Mayor
 JIM O'NEAL .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    10,967   61.31
 SANDRA QUEEN NOBLE  .  .  .  .  .     1,507    8.42
 CHRISTOPHER M. DONEGAN .  .  .  .     3,689   20.62
 TAMARA FINOCCHIARO  .  .  .  .  .     1,725    9.64


General Council Seat A
 ROBERT L. "BOB" STEPHENS  .  .  .     7,814   49.46
 LYLE Q. FOSTER.  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,819   24.17
 TOM MARTZ  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,165   26.36


General Council Seat B
 JOHN RUSH  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     8,178   52.03
 JASON P. LILLARD .  .  .  .  .  .     2,730   17.37
 FRED B. ELLISON  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,811   30.61


For Council Member Zone 1
 NICHOLAS IBARRA  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,413   44.07
 DENNY WHAYNE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,191   37.15
 CAMERON EATON .  .  .  .  .  .  .       602   18.78