New Port Richey and Port Richey elects incumbents in four council seats
Incumbent council members took all four available seats
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Voters in both Port Richey and New Port Richey on Tuesday returned their incumbents to all four available city council seats. [ Tampa Bay Times ]
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NEW PORT RICHEY â Voters in both Port Richey and New Port Richey on Tuesday returned their incumbents to all four available city council seats.
In New Port Richey two incumbents and two challengers sought the two available seats. Voters returned Matt Murphy for a second term and gave Mike Peters his first full term. A council appointee, Peters has only been on the council since November.
The unofficial results are in from Tuesdayâs municipal elections and two current West Pasco city councils will remain unchanged.
Two incumbents in Port Richey and two in New Port Richey all retained their seats after precincts closed to voters at 7 p.m., Tuesday. According to the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections website, www.PascoVotes.com, all votes cast at precincts and ballots submitted by mail are completely reported.
In Port Richey, incumbents Tom Kinsella and Todd Maklary received the two highest amounts of votes, winning the two available seats over challenger Seth Kapp. A total of 656 Port Richey residents cast ballots and Kinsella received 40.85 percent of the vote (268 total). He was followed by Maklary at 38.41 percent (252) and Kapp at 20.73 percent (136).
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Tuesday is election day in Pasco County
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Votes in Port Richey and New Port Richey will select new council members on Tuesday.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters in each city will vote for two council members each.
For Port Richey city residents, that location is Port Richey City Hall, Precinct 23, at 6333 Ridge Rd.
For New Port Richey city residents, the polling place is the New Port Richey Recreation Center for both Precincts 25 and 50, which is located at 6630 Van Buren St.
In New Port Richey, there are four candidates. Two are incumbents: Matt Murphy, 50, who is seeking his second term, and Mike Peters, 66, who was appointed by the council in November.
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