The HBA of Greater Springfield’s political action committee (The Coalition for Building a Better Tomorrow) supported four candidates in Tuesday’s primary election for Springfield City Council. All four candidates advance from the primary to the April general election. Following are the February 3 election results in the four city council races. CBBT-supported candidates are noted in bold italics.
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 48) . . . 48 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL . . . 112,484
BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. . . . . 19,293
VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL . . . . 17.15
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD For Mayor
JIM O’NEAL . . . . . . . . 10,967 61.31
SANDRA QUEEN NOBLE . . . . . 1,507 8.42
CHRISTOPHER M. DONEGAN . . . . 3,689 20.62
TAMARA FINOCCHIARO . . . . . 1,725 9.64
General Council Seat A
ROBERT L. “BOB” STEPHENS . . . 7,814 49.46
LYLE Q. FOSTER. . . . . . . 3,819 24.17
TOM MARTZ . . . . . . . . 4,165 26.36
General Council Seat B
JOHN RUSH . . . . . . . . 8,178 52.03
JASON P. LILLARD . . . . . . 2,730 17.37
FRED B. ELLISON . . . . . . 4,811 30.61
For Council Member Zone 1
NICHOLAS IBARRA . . . . . . 1,413 44.07
DENNY WHAYNE . . . . . . . 1,191 37.15
CAMERON EATON . . . . . . . 602 18.78