Littleton Election 2017 Results: Elrod, Fey, Driscoll In Lead

LITTLETON, CO -- Karina Elrod, Kyle Schlachter, Carol Fey and Patrick Driscoll appear to be the top vote getters in Littleton's races for city council. The City posted an updated unofficial vote count at 7:26 a.m. Wednesday.

Elrod, with 5,463 votes, or 26.2 percent of the vote for the At-Large seat, appears to be the top vote getter for the 4-year term seat. Kyle Schlachter is running a close second in the At-Large race with 5,339 votes, or 25.61 percent. If these vote tallies stand, Schlachter will serve a 2-year term as second-highest vote-getter. At-Large incumbent Doug Clark ran third with 24.65 percent of the vote at 5,139 votes and Brzeczek is fourth with 23.5 percent, or 4,903 votes.

For the open seat in District I, Patrick Driscoll was ahead with 1,322 votes or 57.41 percent to Kama Suddath's 998, or 43 percent.

Carol Fey appears to be ahead in the three-way race for District III with 52.27 percent of the vote, or 1,841 votes, ousting incumbent Phil Cernanec who got 40.82 percent of the vote or 1,438. Steven Esses received 243 votes so far, or 6.90 percent of the vote.

Littleton voters voted yes on both ballot questions involving the use of excess tax revenue under TABOR.

City Council Elections

District I (4-year term)

Patrick Driscoll

District III (4-year term)

Carol Fey

At Large ( Top vote-getter 4-year term/ Second-highest 2-year term)

Karina Elrod

Kyle Schlachter

BALLOT QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1: If approved by voters, ballot question allows the city to retain the excess revenue to be used for pavement improvements on residential streets ($1,392,904), and intersection safety upgrades at Bowles Avenue and Federal Boulevard ($545,000). If voters do not approve, the excess revenue will be refunded through a property tax credit estimated at $16.50 for every $100,000 in actual value.

QUESTION2: Shall city adjust the base used for calculating the TABOR limit. If voters approve the question, the revenue base will be updated to the 2016 level. If voters don’t approve the question, there will likely be excess revenues in future years which cannot be spent to meet city needs.

Image via Karina Elrod