Meredith wins Brownsville mayoral race
Published 8:50 pm Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Jerry Meredith won Brownsville’s mayoral race Tuesday, according to unofficial totals.
Meredith received 179 votes to Roger Stevenson’s 112 votes, with nine of nine precincts reporting.
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In the city council race, Jeremy Spainhoward was first with 227 votes. The five other winners were Stephanie Stewart Gibson, 207; Greg Nugent, 180; Anthony “Slug” Duvall, 163; Silas “Sonny” Prunty, 158; and Justin Meredith, 148.
Edmonson County Clerk Kevin Alexander said 59 percent of the registered voters turned out Tuesday.
“There was a line of 45 people when we started today,” Alexander said of voting at Edmonson County Middle School. “It was a good day.”