ROSWELL - Mayor Jere Wood will face challenger David Tolleson, a City Council veteran, in a runoff election on Dec. 1 for the mayor's seat.

Wood had almost 9 percent more votes than Tolleson, but that was still nearly 10 percent short of a majority needed to win the election.

Lori Henry leaves City Council after her unsuccesful bid for mayor. But her 2,800 votes were more than enough to send the race into a runoff.

Betty Price follows her husband's footsteps into the political arena, winning the special election for Roswell City Council Post 3. The wife of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., her 6,329 votes gave her an easy win against challenger Craig M. Voth.

Incumbent Kent Igleheart held onto his Post 4 seat, narrowly defeating Jim Pollak. The 60-vote difference was enough to give him a majority of the votes.

Jerry Orlans sent his opponent, Lee Fleck, to defeat, to keep his Post 5 seat.

Nancy Diamond's two opponents weren't enough of a challenge to even threaten a runoff, as she won more than 67 percent of the votes cast for the Post 6 City Council seat.

ROSWELL MAYOR    10024 total votes    (27 precincts reporting of 27)

100.00% reporting

    

LORI HENRY     2800     27.93%

DAVID TOLLESON     3170     31.62%

JERE WOOD (I)     4050     40.40%

Write-in     4     0.04%

ROSWELL CITY COUNCIL P3 - SPECIAL    9359 total votes    (27 precincts reporting of 27)

100.00% reporting

    

BETTY PRICE     6329     67.62%

CRAIG M. VOTH     3005     32.11%

Write-in     25     0.27%

ROSWELL CITY COUNCIL P4    9222 total votes    (27 precincts reporting of 27)

100.00% reporting

    

KENT IGLEHEART (I)     4635     50.26%

JIM POLLAK     4575     49.61%

Write-in     12     0.13%

ROSWELL CITY COUNCIL P5    9301 total votes    (27 precincts reporting of 27)

100.00% reporting

    

LEE FLECK     3114     33.48%

JERRY ORLANS (I)     6179     66.43%

Write-in     8     0.09%

ROSWELL CITY COUNCIL P6    8825 total votes    (27 precincts reporting of 27)

100.00% reporting

    

NANCY DIAMOND     5941     67.32%

ALEX FUDALI     1446     16.39%

JAMES D. HARGREAVES     1417     16.06%

Write-in     21     0.24%