Politics & Government
Diane Buckshnis Overtakes Bob Wilcox in City Council Race
The incumbent now leads by 30 votes. Two other council races tighten up.
It looks like it's going to be a back-and-forth race between incumbent Diane Buckshnis and Bob Wilcox in the battle for City Council position No. 4.
Newly released election results show that Buckshnis now hold a 30-vote lead over her challenger.
After the first count, on election day, she was 38 votes behind. On Wednesday, she was 30 votes behind.
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Buckshnis now has 4,673 votes, or 49.99 percent of the total. Wilcox has 4,643, or 49.67 percent.
In the two other council races too close to call at this point:
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- Joan Bloom continues to lead incumbent D.J. Wilson for position 5, although the margin of votes in her favor decreased from 71 to 52.
- Darlene Stern continues to lead incumbent Lora Petso, but her lead has shrunken from 228 votes to 176.
Edmonds Patch , who has beaten incumbent Mike Cooper, who was appointed to the positon in the summer of 2010 with the departure of Mayor Gary Haakenson.
over challenger Alvin Rutledge, a seat that became available when current member Steve Bernheim decided not to run again.