City Of Annapolis:

Press release from the City of Annapolis:

November 9, 2021

PRESS RELEASE
Mayor Gavin Buckley

Public Information Office
160 Duke of Gloucester Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Media Contact: Mitchelle Stephenson, 410-972-7724 or mwstephenson@annapolis.gov
Annapolis Board of Supervisors of Elections
Completes Election Counts in Final Canvass
Mayor Buckley Will Be Joined By Eight Democrats on City Council
Annapolis, MD (November 9, 2021) – Today, the City of Annapolis Board of Supervisors of Elections (BOSE) completed counting ballots from the November 2 Annapolis municipal General Election. The count revealed that Mayor Gavin Buckley was reelected to a second term as Mayor while seven of the eight incumbent City Council members were reelected. In Ward Two, Alderman Fred Paone (R) did not seek reelection.
The official vote totals are as follows:
In-person voting on Nov. 2
Mail-in and drop box voting through Oct. 28
Subtotal
Final canvass on Nov. 9
Total
MAYOR: Gavin Buckley (D) - WINNER (73%)
1034
3172
4206
2848 +70 Provisional Ballots
7124
MAYOR: Steven Strawn (R)
859
854
1713
828 +29 Provisional Ballots
2570
WARD 1: Elly Tierney (D) - WINNER (90%)
165
698
863
520 +5 Prov.
1388
Ward 2: Karma O’Neill (D) -WINNER (56%)
148
423
571
393 +8 Prov.
972
Ward 2: Scott Gibson (R)
234
254
488
261 +4 Prov.
753
WARD 3: Rhonda Pindell Charles (D) - WINNER (93%)
119
271
390
336 +5 Prov.
731
WARD 4: Sheila Finlayson (D) - WINNER (69%)
79
232
311
159 +6 Prov.
476
WARD 4: All Write-ins*
76
49
125
84 +2 Prov.
211
WARD 5: Brooks Schandelmeier (D) - WINNER (68%)
141
331
472
285 +3 Prov.
760
WARD 5: Monica Manthey (R)
135
115
250
107 +2 Prov.
359
WARD 6: Dajuan Gay (D) - WINNER (73%)
66
150
216
192 +4 Prov.
412
WARD 6: George Michael Gallagher (R)
44
53
97
52 +2 Prov.
151
WARD 7: Rob Savidge (D) - WINNER (95%)
106
360
466
314 +6 Prov.
786
WARD 8: Ross Arnett (D) - WINNER (57%)
140
541
681
402 +9 Prov.
1092
WARD 8: Rock Toews (R)
245
281
526
279 +7 Prov.
812
* write-in candidate names unavailable at this time
Annapolis voters cast ballots for Mayor and all eight councilmembers in the City’s firs-ever 100 percent vote-by-mail election. All registered voters in the City received a ballot at their home address and had the option of returning it by mail or drop box. Voters also had the option of going to the polls on Election Day.
Voter turnout averaged 40 percent across all eight wards. For comparison, turnout in 2017 was 36 percent. In 2013, turnout was 31 percent. In Ward Eight, with 3,896 registered voters, 1,945 voters turned out, pushing that ward’s election participation to 50 percent for 2021.
The Mayor and City Council will be sworn in at 10 a.m. on December 6, 2021. The Annapolis City Council term begins on Monday, December 13, 2021. For the first time since the City Council has been eight members, there are no Republican or Independent members on the Annapolis City Council.
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