Todd Stone won a second term Tuesday on the Oklahoma City Council, taking 64.3% of the vote in a three-way race to represent the southeast side.
Runoffs were set for the open seats in Wards 1 and 3 on Oklahoma City's western border after no candidate won more than 30% in Tuesday's primaries.
With all 37 precincts reporting in Ward 4, Stone had 1,075 votes. Sam Wargin Grimaldo had 430 and Larry Hopper had 167.
Stone, a small business owner, has built support through quiet community service, coaching youth sports and helping organize a project to build a bridge across a creek to give schoolchildren a safe way to reach Bodine Elementary School.
He succeeded longtime Ward 4 Councilman Pete White in 2017, in his
Larry Hopper
The Feb. 9 primary election determines whether a runoff is necessary. If a candidate earns more than half the votes in their Ward on Feb. 9, they are elected to office. If no candidate earns more than half the votes, the two candidates with the most votes in that Ward advance to a decisive runoff on April 6.
Winners take office April 13. Incumbent Councilwoman Nikki Nice was the only candidate who filed to run in Ward 7, and she will also begin a new term April 13.
Recent voter-approved amendments to the Oklahoma City Charter do not apply to the 2021 City Council election. The Oklahoma State Election Board s certification of election results, and the Governor of Oklahoma s formal acceptance of the City Charter amendments, had yet to occur before the Council called the election.