DeLand, FL – The mayor’s race in Lake Helen was decided by a single vote.
Buddy Snowden retains his seat after voters in that city went to the polls on Tuesday for Volusia County’s final election in 2015.
The certified results from the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections show Snowden got 389 votes (50.06%). His opponent – Vice-Mayor Ann Robbins – got 388 votes (49.94%).
Those results were certified by the VC Elections Canvassing Board following a recount Thursday afternoon at the Supervisor of Elections office in DeLand.
No other mayoral candidates were on the ballot for Lake Helen, though there was 1 blank vote in that contest when unofficial results were posted on Tuesday night.
Robbins and Snowden were the top 2 candidates in a 4-person run-off for the mayor’s seat in August, with Robbins taking the top spot in that election by 7 votes.
2 spots on the Lake Helen City Commission were also up for grabs in Tuesday’s election.
In Zone 1 – Robbins’ old seat – Tom Wilson beat Ryan Hannan by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Wilson got 472 votes (66.7%) while Hannah got 236 votes (33.3%).
The Zone 3 race was closer, but Michael Woods’ 399 votes (55.65%) were enough to defeat Von Russell’s 318 votes (44.35%). The seat was previously held by Rick Basso.
Nearly 41% of Lake Helen’s 1,923 registered voters cast a ballot.
This is the final election in Volusia before the presidential primary next March.
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