Voters Elect Wren To Cartersville City Council, Approve E-SPLOST Referendum

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Editor’s note: these numbers have been updated as of 9:24 p.m.

A new face will join the Cartersville City Council, and the two local school systems will continue to use sales tax revenue for various improvement projects.

That’s according to preliminary election results, which show challenger Taff Wren defeating incumbent Lori Pruitt for the Cartersville City Council Ward 6 seat. These result also indicate voters have given the nod to continue the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for the Cartersville City and Bartow County school systems.

Wren is leading Pruitt with 69.67 percent, or 147 votes. Pruitt received 64 votes, which amounted to 30.33 percent.

Voters in Bartow County also approved the referendum to renew the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Voters approved that referendum with 64.40 percent -- or 2,267 voters -- voted ”Yes” on the measure. Those who voted “No” amounted to 35.60 percent, or 1,253 votes.

The measure would generate no more than $34 million for various projects for both the Cartersville City and Bartow County school systems.

Here are the preliminary results for other contested races around Bartow County:

Emerson City Council at large:

BEN W. POPE: 45.93 percent (63 votes)
VINCENT U. WILEY: 45.19 percent (62 votes)
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE: 8.76 percent (12 votes)

Euharlee City Council at large

DAVID DUNCAN: 28.08 percent (171 votes)
KATHY S. FOULK: 26.44 percent (161 votes)
CRAIG B. GUYTON: 34.32 (209 votes)
FRED WERNER: 10.67 percent (65 votes)
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE: .49 percent (3 votes)

Kingston Mayor

RONALD C. CASEY: 55.20 (69 votes)
WANDA PENSON (Incumbent): 44.80 percent (56 votes)

Kingston City Council Post 2

HAROLD POSEY (Incumbent): 63.93 percent (78 votes)
VIVIAN SHAW: 36.07 percent (44 voters)

Tell us: how do you feel about tonight’s election results?

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