interested party: Nordstrom wins 1073-620! Kooiker wins

6/28/11

Nordstrom wins 1073-620! Kooiker wins

Results here.

rcjMontgomery: WE HAVE RESULTS. Ritchie Nordstrom wins the Ward 2 runoff 396-231 over Deb Hadcock. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: This is also bad news for Kooiker. Ward 2 is his stronghold, and the 627 votes cast today is 1/3 of the turnout in round 1. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Officials weren't predicting a big turnout dropoff. If turnout's down in Ward 2 but not in Hanks' strongholds like Ward 3, good for Hanks. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: IGNORE THE PRECEDING. We've been misinformed in the newsroom, results thus far are just absentee ballots. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Ward 2 is *not* decided, though Nordstrom's off to a strong start in absentee ballots. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Looks good for Kooiker so far, up about 15 points over Hanks. But Hanks' strong wards are yet to come in in strength. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: RT @rcjWoster: Ritchie Nordstrom, 1073, Deb Hadcock, 620. I'm heading for Thirsty's to talk to Ritchie. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: All of Ward 3 is apparently still out, and that's big Hanks territory. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Based on what votes are in and what's still out, I'd say Kooiker pulls it off. Hanks has a chance, but it's slim. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Three Ward 3 precincts in, and Hanks isn't breaking 60%. Not good for him. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Hanks is leading in 8 precincts and trailing in 12. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: But in the precincts Hanks won, he's up 55-45. In the precincts Kooiker won, he's up 65-35. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Update to my prior: I made a math error, Kooiker's leading by 63-37 in the precincts he's winning. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: If turnout in the remaining wards is similar to round 1, Hanks would have to win 72% there to prevail. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: Kooiker's best ward was 72%, so it's theoretically possible. But it sure looks like Mayor Kooiker. [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: FINAL: Kooiker wins 6977 to 6499. 51.8% to 48.2% [via Twitter]

rcjMontgomery: A 478-vote margin of victory for Rapid City's next mayor, Sam Kooiker. [via Twitter]

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