Smith, Bourseois to face off in November for seat
Smith, left, and Bourseois shake hands after learning results Tuesday night
Century voters will have to return to the polls Nov. 6 to select the person to fill Gary Riley's seat on the Century Town Council with James Smith and Mary Hudson Bourseois set to face each other in a runoff following Tuesday's municipal election.
Unofficial returns showed Smith with 160 votes to Bourseosis' 146. John Brian Johnston finished third with 19 votes. It takes 50 percent plus one vote to win an election without a runoff.
"I feel fine," Smith said after the vote totals were posted. "Obviously I was hopeful it would be different but I was prepared to go a long way to help the citizens...
