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Voters cast their ballots in the Ward 3 race, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at The Cross Church. Norman residents also voted on a street maintenance bond, which will ask voters to approve a minimum of 150 miles of street renovations through a $27 million ad-valorem bond, and on the current NPS board race where Dirk OâHara faced Pixie Quigley for the boardâs Office No. 1 seat. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript) alert featured
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Voters cast their ballots in the Ward 3 race, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at The Cross Church. Norman residents also voted on a street maintenance bond, which will ask voters to approve a minimum of 150 miles of street renovations through a $27 million ad-valorem bond, and on the current NPS board race where Dirk OâHara faced Pixie Quigley for the boardâs Office No. 1 seat. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)
Unite Norman-backed candidate Kelly Lynn won the Norman City Council Ward 3 election Tuesday night, becoming the second candidate endorsed by the organization to earn a city council seat.
Lynn received 52.39 percent of votes cast, with Petrone attracting 47.61 percent of voters, according to unofficial online results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. In the Feb. 9 election, Lynn received 30.24 percent of the votes, while Petrone received 40.34.
A national guard member and general practice lawyer for Pitts, Amend & Lynn Law Group LLC, Lynn previously told The Daily he hopes to âcenter the shipâ on the city council and serve as a voice for conservative Normanites. Lynn joins Ward 5 Councilmember-elect Rarchar Tortorello as the councilmember-elect endorsed by Unite Norman.
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Voters cast their ballots in the Ward 3 race, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at The Cross Church. Norman residents also voted on a street maintenance bond, which will ask voters to approve a minimum of 150 miles of street renovations through a $27 million ad-valorem bond, and on the current NPS board race where Dirk OâHara faced Pixie Quigley for the boardâs Office No. 1 seat. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript) alert featured
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Voters cast their ballots in the Ward 3 race, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at The Cross Church. Norman residents also voted on a street maintenance bond, which will ask voters to approve a minimum of 150 miles of street renovations through a $27 million ad-valorem bond, and on the current NPS board race where Dirk OâHara faced Pixie Quigley for the boardâs Office No. 1 seat. (Kyle Phillips / The Transcript)
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Jake Merrick won the Senate seat once held by Stephanie Bice and several newcomers won city council posts in Oklahoma City, Norman Stillwater and Broken Arrow.
MERRICK ELECTED TO BICE S SENATE SEAT
The state Senate seat once held by now-Congresswoman Stephanie Bice was up for reelection on Tuesday. Oklahoma State Senate District 22 is a T-shaped district in parts of northern Oklahoma County and Eastern Canadian County. It encompasses the city of Piedmont and part of the Lake Hefner area.
The race between Republican Jake Merrick and Democrat Molly Ooten resulted in Merrick taking the win with 65-percent of the vote.