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)

Muskogee Mayor/City Council candidates and ward map

The election for Muskogee mayor and city council will be held on February 9th, about two-and-a-half weeks from today. Officially, these races are non-partisan; however, voter registration can give you an idea of how a candidate leans. Given that these races tend to attract little attention, I'm posting the candidates registration, as well as a map of the Muskogee City Council Wards.

Candidates for Mayor: Three individuals filed to run for Mayor - incumbent Bob Coburn (R) and challengers Wayne Divelbiss (R) and Pete Caraway (R). Ironically, in a city where maybe 25% of registered voters are Republican, all three mayoral candidates are Republican.

Candidates for Ward I (unexpired term): two candidates filed - incumbent Janey Cagle-Boydston (D) and challenger Joshua Matthew Casarez (D).

Candidates for Ward I (full term): a whopping five people filed for this office - incumbent Lee Ann Langston (D), and challengers Patrick Cale (R), John Mark Lowrimore (D), Holly Rosser-Miller (D), and Diana White (R).

Candidates for Ward IV: two candidates filed here - incumbent Wayne Johnson (D) and challenger Lynne Wagner Wallis (R).

The election is Tuesday, February 9th.

 Here is a map showing the boundaries for each city council ward:

(click on image to view larger)

Coburn wins mayor, three council races go to runoff

In last night's Muskogee mayoral contest, Bob Coburn defeated David Ragsdale with a resounding 69% to 31% margin. Coburn, cousin to the U.S. Senator, vacated a city council seat to run to succeed Mayor John Tyler Hammons.

Three council wards will be having runoff elections on April 3rd. In Ward I, Lee Ann Langston (49%) and Gary Cooper (42%) will face each other again. In Ward II, incumbent councilor Shawn Raper (47%) and Dan Hall (34%) are in a runoff. In Ward III, Derrick Reed (41%) and Dale "D." Boots (33%) finish out the runoff matchups. Wayne Johnson defeated Ron Venters 58% to 42% in Ward IV.

All three ballot propositions passed, with ward-voting receiving 57%. Proposition 1 (moving election date to comply with state law) took 79%, and Proposition 3 (moving swearing in date) got 88%.