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DESTIN Jim Bagby, who is well-known in the Destin area and local politics, won the city’s special election on Tuesday and will soon take a seat on the City Council.
Bagby received a little more than 50% of the vote (690 votes) to defeat challenger Bobby Wagner, who received almost 41% (557 votes), and third-place finisher John Green (123 votes), according to unofficial results from the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Office.
More than 1,300 ballots, including mail-in ballots, were cast in the nonpartisan election, which had an 11.8% voter turnout.
Bagby will be sworn in to office on Aug. 2 and serve on the council until Nov. 21, 2022, which marks the end of the four-year term of former Councilman Skip Overdier.
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Overdier resigned from the council at the end of April because he and his wife were moving out of state.
On May 17, the council unanimously agreed to appoint former Councilman Chatham Morgan to temporarily fill the council seat vacancy. Morgan will be sworn in to office June 7 and serve until the voter-elected councilman is sworn in Aug. 2.
Bagby, Green and Wagner were among the 12 candidates who had sought the appointed position that Morgan ended up filling.
On the application form for the appointed council position, each candidate had provided his biographical information and answers to various questions, such as those that asked what qualifies him to serve on the council, what he considers to be the council’s major purpose and what he would like to see the council accomplish.