November 03, 2009
ALPHARETTA - Mike Kennedy wins his election to Alpharetta City Council Post 2 by a wide margin, but the race in Post 3 was much closer. Though Chris Owens only had 41.6 percent of the votes, that was more than the other two candidates so he will join Kennedy as a new face on council.
Alpharetta's election laws require a plurality, not a majority of the votes, unlike several orther North Fulton cities.Owens defeated Tom Miller and John Keim for the Post 3 seat in unoffical returns.
The city's plan to increase its Homestead Exemption by $10,000 over the next two years appears headed for an easy approval, with 93 percent of the 3,241 voters saying yes.
Doug Derito was unopposed in his bid to keep his Post 1 council seat, as was Municipal Judge Jim Matoney. Both will continue in office with four-year terms.
ALPHARETTA CITY COUNCIL P1 2617 total votes (18 precincts reporting of 18)
100.00% reporting
DOUGLAS J DERITO (I) 2547 97.33%
Write-in 70 2.67%
ALPHARETTA CITY COUNCIL P2 2959 total votes (18 precincts reporting of 18)
100.00% reporting
MIKE KENNEDY 2151 72.69%
AUBREY OSTEEN 797 26.93%
Write-in 11 0.37%
ALPHARETTA CITY COUNCIL P3 3222 total votes (18 precincts reporting of 18)
100.00% reporting
JOHN R. KEIM 786 24.39%
TOM MILLER 1091 33.86%
CHRIS OWENS 1340 41.59%
Write-in 5 0.16%
ALPHARETTA MUNI JUDGE 2768 total votes (18 precincts reporting of 18)
100.00% reporting
JIM MATONEY (I) 2743 99.10%
Write-in 25 0.90%
ALPHARETTA HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION 3241 total votes (18 precincts reporting of 18)
100.00% reporting
YES 3016 93.06%
NO 225 6.94%
