The Town of Chevy Chase had an usually competitive election with seven candidates for the three seats. The Council has a total of five seats with staggered two-year terms.<\/p>\n
There are 2574 registered voters in the Town and 889 cast ballots for a 35 percent turnout. Our Town’s oldest resident, Kathleen Williams who is a very young 102, not only voted but came to the Town’s Annual Meeting where she received a round of applause.<\/p>\n
And now to the results with the percentages being out of total ballots cast:<\/p>\n
Vicky Taplin: 492 (55.3%)
\nKathy Strom: 467 (52.3%)
\nAl Lang: 400 (45.0%)
\nKathie Legg: 390 (43.9%)
\nGrant Davies: 366 (41.2%)
\nDonald Farren: 163 (18.3%)
\nDeborah Vollmer: 74 (8.3%)<\/p>\n
There were a total of 2352 votes, fewer than the 2667 votes cast. While some were encouraging bullet votes (casting fewer votes than the maximum of three) in this election, it had a smaller impact than in previous elections where this was a major factors. All but 11.8% of votes were cast.<\/p>\n
Both incumbents, Kathy Strom and Al Lang, were reelected but Al beat newcomer Kathie Legg by just 10 votes. Kathie knocked on the door of every single Town resident in a really impressive effort and very good campaign that fell just short.<\/p>\n
Don Farren ran on a pro-Purple Line platform–the centerpiece of his campaign. He expressed repeatedly the belief that there was less opposition and much more support for the light-rail line in the Town than realized. That appears to have been repudiated at the polls, as Don received less than one-fifth of the vote.<\/p>\n
Note: I voted for Kathy Strom, Vicky Taplin, and Kathie Legg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Town of Chevy Chase had an usually competitive election with seven candidates for the three seats. The Council has a total of five seats with staggered two-year terms. There are 2574 registered voters in the Town and 889 cast ballots for a 35 percent turnout. Our Town’s oldest resident, Kathleen Williams who is a … Continue reading Town of Chevy Chase Election Results<\/span>