Mona Becker, a former councilmember, was elected the city’s first female mayor with 1,020 votes to Dennis Dillon’s 591 to cap a contentious and controversial campaign that resulted in 1,619 ballots being cast, a more than 50% increase over the number cast during the last mayoral election.
Mona Becker, a former councilmember, was elected as the city’s first female mayor Tuesday night. And although she’s excited to have the title, it was not the focal point of her campaign.
A letter sent Monday from Republican delegates claimed the city’s disallowance of poll watchers and elected officials' support of one of the candidates is cause to question the election’s integrity. However, the city disagrees and the mayor said they are pulling a page out of the national presidential election when former president Donald Trump questioned the results of the 2020 election.
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For the first time, the city of Westminster sent a newsletter to residents that shared information on each candidate. However, one of the council member’s information was incorrectly placed under one of the mayoral candidate’s name. It was an error the city’s mayor took responsibility for and one that was corrected. But Dennis Dillon, the mayoral candidate whose information was missing, said it looked malicious.