Ash, Webb faceoff in runoff election

Today Sept 22, the residents of Apalachicola will head back to the polls in a runoff election to decide which of the two remaining candidates vying for Seat 4 on the Apalachicola Board of City Commissioners will take the oath office at the upcoming October 6 city council meeting.

After the Sept 8 primary election, Brenda Ash led all candidates in a three-way race with 45 percent or 366 votes to Valentina Webb’s 32 percent or 264 votes, and Anderson Williams 23 percent or 187 votes.

In a head-to-head matchup going into the runoff, the unscientific poll embedded on this website from Sept 9 through Sept 21, indicated that the local electorate seemed fairly firm on its choice and projected Ash to win the race by 63 percent to Webb’s 37 percent.

During that period, out of the 348 visitors to this site, 30 participated in the poll and answered the question. “If the runoff election were held today, who do you think would be the next Seat 4, City Commissioner?”

At the close of business yesterday, Sept 21, 11 percent or 186 voters out of the 1,712 registered had already casted either a early or absentee ballot.

On Sept 8, voters decided the Seat 3 commission race, handing the election to Frank Cook over Jerry Hall. Cook tallied 59 percent or 446 votes to Hall’s 41 percent or 311 votes.