Muskogee mayoral and city council elections today

Voters in Muskogee will be going to the polls today to elect a mayor and three city council members, in addition to a school board member. To view your own sample ballot from your voting precint, use this link from the State Election Board.

Voting is open until 7:00pm.

Muskogee Mayor

• Janey Cagle Boydston [filling partial term]
• Tracy Cole
• Marlon Coleman
• Wayne Divelbiss
• John Lowrimore

Muskogee City Council, Ward 1 (full term)

• Stephanie Morgan
• David Ragsdale, Jr.

Muskogee City Council, Ward 1 (unexpired term)

• Ashley Davis
• Evelyn Hibbs

Muskogee City Council, Ward 4

• Wayne Johnson [incumbet]
• Traci McGee
• James Webb

Here is a map of the city council wards in Muskogee. You can view the image in a larger size by clicking on it:

School Board (Hilldale)

• Stacy Miller
• Dean Pemberton
• Brad Williams (incumbent)

Area School Board Filings

The filing period for area school board races ended yesterday. Multiple candidates filed in several districts across the area.

Muskogee: Larry Dan Leatherman and Pamela Isaacs (incumbent Danny Shiew did not file).
Hilldale: Terri Breedlove (incumbent) and Vernon Antonioni.
Fort Gibson: Darren Kilpatrick (incumbent) drew no opposition.
Okay: Jon Oxtoby and David Rodden.
Braggs: Kyle Jones (incumbent) and Audra Lynn Hunt.
Norwood: Rickey Moore (incumbent) and Susan Kirk.
Hulbert: Kent Barnes (incumbent) Christopher Sallee and Linda Baker.
Webbers Falls: David Jarrard and Robert Vinson.
Wagoner: Vernon Sullivan (incumbent) and Mark Collins.
Tahlequah: Hamid Vahdatipour and Duel Smith.

The school board elections will be held on February 9th, 2010. Any runoff elections will be held on April 6th, 2010.

Local School Board Results

From the Muskogee Phoenix:

In Muskogee, Saunders received 388 votes, or 63.61 percent to Bonney’s 222 votes or 36.39 percent. [...]

Bonney said after the election that he wishes Saunders “the best.” [...]

He said he was shocked at the low turnout in Muskogee.

The voter turnout was abysmally low; only 610 votes were cast. However, we are glad to see that Bonney was not the victor. We certainly hope that Muriel Saunders will do a good job in her next term, and do a better job at being present for school board meetings.

In the Hilldale school board election, challenger Shawn Kuykendall smashed incumbent Eldon Schoonover 686 (91.59%) to 68 (8.41%).

On another race, here's what the Phoenix had to say:

However, Kuykendall didn’t have the night’s biggest margin of victory. In the Cherokee County dependent school district of Woodall, David Sevier defeated Jeremy L. Hitchcock by taking 98.41 percent of the vote. One person voted for Hitchcock.

Talk about a smashing victory...