YOUNGSTOWN Nothing is going to change the outcome of the write-in Democratic primary for Youngstown council president: Tom Hetrick is the winner, election officials say.
Hetrick had 1,347 votes to 1,092 for incumbent council President DeMaine Kitchen and 92 for Lee David Pupio. All three ran as write-in candidates.
The 255-vote lead is too great for Kitchen to overcome, said Director Joyce Kale-Pesta and Deputy Director Thomas McCabe of the Mahoning County Board of Elections.
“DeMaine can’t catch him,” McCabe said.
There were 205 votes “not assigned” during Tuesday’s primary and 79 provisional ballots in the city are to be counted.
But McCabe said election officials went through the 205 “not assigned” votes and “there aren’t any that are going to add to the count.”
Jamael Tito Brown
YOUNGSTOWN Incumbent Jamael Tito Brown won the Democratic primary for Youngstown mayor, according to unofficial election results from the Mahoning County Board of Elections.
With 61 of 67 precincts reporting, Brown has 3,201 votes, or 57.4 percent. Ryan Kelly has 1,594, or 28.59 percent, and Julius Oliver has 781, or 14.01 percent.
Brown is a lifelong resident of Youngstown and was elected Youngstown’s 51st mayor in 2017. He will face Republican Tracey Winbush and independent candidates in the November general election.
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Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and his supporters at election headquarters on Belmont Avenue stay fired up as they awaited Tuesdayâs election results. Brown secured the Democratic primary nomination for his seat over challengers Ryan Kelly and Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st. He faces Republican Tracey WInbush and several independent challengers in November.
YOUNGSTOWN – Mayor Jamael Tito Brown had it much easier this time in the Democratic primary for his re-election than in the past.
Meanwhile, Tom Hetrick defeated incumbent DeMaine Kitchen in a write-in race for the Democratic nominee for city council president.
May 5, 2021
Many Youngstown voters spent time Tuesday or in the days leading up to Tuesday’s primary election casting ballots for their choice for Democratic nominee in the Youngstown mayoral race Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, Councilman Julius Oliver or businessman Ryan Kelly.
Republican mayoral candidate Tracey Winbush was uncontested in Tuesday’s Republican primary, but she will face challenges in the fall.
All four of these partisan candidates took the time to circulate petitions early in the election cycle. They plotted out campaign strategies, probably raised and spent campaign funds and prepared for the long haul.
Then suddenly, each learned at 4 p.m. Monday that another four candidates had officially filed to run for the mayor’s post. Provided the petitions of these new candidates are accepted by the Mahoning Board of Elections, these non-party candidates will move on to the November general election without ever having to face the effort and stress of the primar