Uncertain outcome as Heimuller tops Mayo, but denied 50%
Fat Heimuller was on a taxpayer trip to Alaska election night. Mayo is the candidate we should stand behind, as he is the citizen who tried to get the county to require everfiy and stop hiring illegal hispanics.
The County hires illegals to do landscaping and roofing, thanks to Ramos Landscaping Ser vice( illegal aliens) and Mark Comfort Construction, to mention just a few.
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November runoff will be required if results hold
by: SPOTLIGHT FILE PHOTO - Henry Heimuller
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| Columbia County Corruption aptly described |
But even with no one in the race to play spoiler, Heimuller appears to have failed to capture a majority of all votes cast in the race, with 0.86 percent of voters — 92 in all — writing in another name instead of voting for Heimuller or Mayo, the unofficial results postedat 3:39 a.m. Wednesday on the Columbia County Elections Department website indicate.
Heimuller was 0.14 percent of the vote shy of 50 percent in the unofficial final tally, and just 0.58 percentage points ahead of Mayo — 49.9 percent to 49.3 percent, rounded to one decimal place.
Heimuller appears to be just 15 votes shy of an outright majority if the write-in votes are considered valid.
“Neither one of the candidates received 50 percent, so it would go to a runoff in November if it was certified today,” said Columbia County Elections Supervisor Pam Benham on Wednesday, adding, “I have more ballots to count. It could change.”
Ballots that could be added into the total include those from voters whose signatures were challenged, but who confirm the authenticity of their vote with the Elections Department by Tuesday, June 3, and those cast in other counties, Benham said.
The election results are scheduled to be certified by June 9. Until then, they are unofficial and subject to change. A candidate could request a recount, although the unofficial margin between Heimuller and Mayo is larger than the 0.2 percentage point margin for which a recount is required.
by: SPOTLIGHT FILE PHOTO - Wayne Mayo
“Shows you the value of every single vote, doesn’t it?” Mayo asked rhetorically.
Mayo said he is ready to fight all the way to November if the results hold.
“The race goes on,” he said.
Heimuller, who was on a county-paid visit to Anchorage, Alaska, for a conference Wednesday, did not return a call for comment before the Spotlight’s press deadline.
Photographs visible on Heimuller’s public Facebook page showed him celebrating his apparent victory with supporters on Election Night. Heimuller slipped below the 50 percent threshold in late returns Wednesday morning.
Some 10,711 votes were cast in the race, marking 38.3 percent turnout in the commissioner election. Overall voter turnout in the primary election was recorded by the Columbia County Elections Department at 43.8 percent.
Heimuller was first elected in 2010 with a plurality of the vote in the general election, before Columbia County switched to a nonpartisan system of electing county commissioners.
In that November election, Heimuller — the Democratic nominee — beat out Republican Terry Luttrell and independent Mayo with 45.7 percent of the vote in total.
Editor's note: This story has been updated.
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