Tuesday runoff will decide next Montgomery City Council member
The seat has been vacant since longtime councilman Tracy Larkin died Jan. 5 after an extended illness.
Voters will choose between Marche Johnson and Adrienne Larkin. Army veteran and community advocate Johnson, who lost a runoff to Tracy Larkin by six votes in 2019, secured 39% of the votes on March 23. Adrienne Larkin, who is former councilman Tracy Larkin s widow, forced the runoff by landing 26% of the vote.
Only 800 of the 14,265 registered voters in the precinct cast ballots on March 23.
District 3 covers much of north central Montgomery, from south of Interstate 85 to Elmore County.
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Runoff election will determine Montgomery City Council District 3 seat
Runoff election will determine Montgomery City Council District 3 seat By Ashley Bowerman | April 23, 2021 at 8:41 PM CDT - Updated April 23 at 10:29 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two women are vying for the District 3 Montgomery City Council seat, and a special runoff election on April 27 will determine who gets to hold the position.
Marche Johnson will face Adrienne Larkin, the wife of former District 3 City Council member Tracy Larkin who passed away in January. The late councilmen served District 3 for 17 years.
Seven candidates ran for the seat in a special election in March, but the vote ended in a runoff. Johnson secured 39% of the vote and Larkin secured 26%. A runoff was called because neither got 50% of the vote.
Montgomery native and career banking executive Ed Grimes has announced a bid for the Montgomery City Council District 1 seat left vacant by the death of Richard Bollinger.
Bollinger, a three-term councilman, died in March after battling cancer. Voters will choose his successor July 13, with a runoff set for Aug. 24. District 1 includes a wide swath of the city stretching from central to east Montgomery.
Grimes is the vice president of business services at Max Credit Union and a political newcomer, but he said Bollinger encouraged him to run for office after working with him on Lagoon Park Trail. Grimes praised Bollinger’s work ethic and advocacy for District 1 and said he would take the same approach, with a focus on “out-of-the-box” solutions for public education and crime.