Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry was elected to a third term in office in the Nov. 8 general election, receiving more than half the votes cast on a ballot that included four candidates.
Berry received 507 votes, 51.7 percent of all those cast in the election. Tracy Johnson, former events coordinator for the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Commission, finished second with 203 votes. Brandon Cox received 127 votes, while 143 votes were disqualified. Former mayor Beau Zar Satori was also listed as a candidate on the ballot, but a local circuit court judge recently ruled Satori ineligible to run for or serve as mayor.
City council member Autumn Slane defeated Laura Jo Smole to retain the Ward 1, Position 1 seat. Slane received 52.2 percent of the vote.
City council member Melissa Greene won re-election over former council member Bob Thomas in Ward 2, Position 1. Greene received 55.7 percent of the vote.
Challenger Steve Holifield, chair of the city’s Historic District Commission, defeated incumbent Bill Ott for the Ward 2, Position 2 seat. Holifield received 51.1 percent of the vote.
In a countywide race, Republican David Writer avoided a runoff to win election as the next Carroll County Judge.
Writer, currently foreman for the county road department, received 57.7 percent of the vote in a three-man race Writer defeated Democrat James “Rusty” Rusterholz Jr. and independent Kelly Wood.
In local races for seats in the state legislature, Republican Bryan King received 66.5 percent of the vote in Carroll County for the District 28 seat in the state Senate, outdistancing Democrat Jim Wallace. District-wide, King got more than 75.9 percent of the vote. Republican Harlan Breaux won the District 6 seat in the state House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Markeeta Tucker and Libertarian Dakota Logan. Breaux received 60.1 percent of the vote in Carroll County and 62.1 percent district- wide.
The Carroll County results are unofficial. The county election commission will meet Friday, Nov. 18, to certify the results.
Final unofficial results
CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
MAYOR CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
*Butch Berry 507 51.73 Tracy Johnson 203 20.71 Brandon Cox 127 12.96 * A total of 143 votes were disqualified in this race.
CITY COUNCIL WARD 1, POSITION 1 CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
Autumn Slane 490 52.24 LauraJo Smole 448 47.76
CITY COUNCIL WARD 2, POSITION 1 CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
Melissa Greene 527 55.71 Bob Thomas 419 44.29
CITY COUNCIL WARD 2, POSITION 2 CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
Steve Holifield 480 51.17 Bill Ott 458 48.83
CARROLL COUNTY JUDGE
CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
(R) David Writer 5,191 57.76 (D) Rusty Rusterholz 2,735 30.43 (I) Kelly Wood 1,061 11.81
CITY OF HOLIDAY ISLAND
CITY COUNCIL WARD 3, POSITION 1
CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
Patrick Elwood 670 64.18 Brian Tagliaferro 374 35.82
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 28
District Totals CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
(R) Bryan King 21,709 75.96 (D) Jim Wallace 6,870 24.04
Carroll County CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
(R) Bryan King 5,944 66.52 (D) Jim Wallace 2,991 33.48
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 6
District Totals CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
*(R) Harlan Breaux 6,639 65.47 (D) Markeeta Tucker 2,896 28.56 (L) Dakota Logan 605 5.97
Carroll County CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
*(R) Harlan Breaux 4,684 60.17 (D) Markeeta Tucker 2,586 33.22 (L) Dakota Logan 514 6.60 *-Won without a runoff. Editor’s Note: All other county and municipal races were uncontested.
