Staff wins re-election bid as mayor of Atmore
Bondurant's family joins him after Tuesday's victory
Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., and Atmore Mayor Jim Staff are heading back into office with both incumbents winning their respective elections Tuesday.
Flomaton will see a new, but familiar, face on the council after Kay Wagner defeated incumbent C.E. 'Buster' Crapps and Adrienne Johnson for the District 4 seat. The remaining Flomaton council members won re-election without opposition.
Wagner previously served three terms on the town council and four years as mayor.
The unofficial results showed Bondurant with 183 votes, followed by Chris Burnham with 115 and Kevin Knowles with 66. Bondurant won the race without a runoff by two votes.
In the council race, Wagner had 41 votes, Crapps had 36 and Johnson had three. Wagner also won the race without a runoff by two votes.
Flomaton had a voter turnout of about 34 percent Tuesday.
"I feel great," Bondurant said Tuesday night. "I'm grateful to the people of Flomaton who have elected me to a fifth term. My wife of 50 years helped me an awful lot. She went door-to-door to a lot of people and helped me get elected. I truly thank her."
"There were a lot of other people who helped me and I thank them," Bondurant added. "I thank the people of Flomaton for putting their trust in me and helping me to continue serving as their mayor."
Atmore
Mayor Staff defeated challenger Susan Smith 918 to 729 to retain his seat as the Atmore mayor.
Atmore voters will head back to the polls for a runoff between District 5 incumbent Chris Harrison and Bub Gideons. Tuesday's results showed Gideons with 124 votes to Harrison's 106. Sandra Gray finished third with 98 votes.
Incumbent District 1 Councilman Webb Nall defeated Bernard Williams 148 to 125 to win re-election; incumbent District 2 Councilman Jerome Webster defeated Angelia Norman 168 to 112; in District 3, challenger Eunice Johnson defeated incumbent Chris Walker 154-59; in District 4, Shawn Lassiter defeated three other candidates to win that seat without a runoff. Lassiter had 271 votes, followed by Larry Houck with 170, Logan Walston with 59, and Brandy Giger had 35.
Brewton
In Brewton, two incumbent council members retained their seats and one was defeated in Tuesday's election. Mayor Yank Lovelace had no opposition and was automatically re-elected.
In the race for the District 2 seat, incumbent Lawrence Weaver was defeated by David Jennings 154 to 97.
Incumbent District 4 Councilman Joe Watson won re-election with a 135 to 71 victory over Patrick Hendrieth and incumbent District 5 Councilwoman Cheryl Barton defeated Richard Royce 81-30.
