Spring elections: It’s all over but the shoutin’

Quartzsite has weathered yet another contentious election, the results are finally in.

Mayor:  Ed Foster, 338 votes.  Wes Huntley, 311.

Of the three seats on the town council, open for the top three winners came out to be the current incumbents:

Jerry Lukkason,  322

Patricia Anderson, 317

Robert Kelley, 315

Also rans:  Chaunce Hamilton,  309

Russell Sias, 308

Bill Moore, 254.

While the election was held Tuesday, the results were not confirmed by the County until Thursday, as the ‘to-close-to-call’ election was decided by provisional ballot counting. As of Wednesday near closing time, one town hall employee told us that employees were near to holding their breaths, wondering what the outcome would be.

The run up to the election was marked with plenty of verbal fireworks. Comments in local blog from opposing sides were often marked with verbal pot-shots and name calling. Whether Quartzsite returns to its normal graveyard-like quietude associated with the warmer months is yet to be seen.

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