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DEL.ICIO.USTwo Johns Creek races headed for runoffs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The folks in Johns Creek haven’t been doing election parties very long, but they seemed to get this one right.
The red, white and blue balloons and American flags overwhelmed the early trapping of Christmas evident at the Rivermont Golf and Country Club as a crowd of as many as 200 people celebrated the first election in the city’s ultra-brief history.
As mayor-elect Mike Bodker doled out election results from a laptop set up in the clubhouse bar, the roaring crowd cheerfully celebrated the successes of three of the six council candidates Bodker had endorsed.
“This election is what it was all about, being able to choose,” said Patty Hanson, an aide to Bodker. “This is why we did it, no matter who wins.”
All day Tuesday, voters in this north Fulton city of upscale subdivisions and traffic-clogged streets were excited to create their own government.
“I’m in favor of keeping our tax dollars in north Fulton,” said Matt Risse, a real estate agent.
According to unofficial election results, council candidates Randall Johnson in Post 1, Liz Hausmann in Post 5 and Bev Miller in Post 6 won election to the council outright.
One of the so-called “Six Pack” candidates, Wayne Carrell, lost to Karen Richardson while two others will be forced into runoffs. They are Dan McCabe in Post 2 and Ivan Figueroa in Post 4. McCabe will face Michael Barker in a runoff, and Figueroa will be running against Dave Rich.
Bodker had endorsed the six candidates, who shared advertising costs and contact lists.
Several of the candidates had worked together for about a year to help birth the new city.
“They’ve been here since the beginning. They helped start this city,” Bodker said.
Hausmann rejected concerns that the candidates will, in her words, “walk in lockstep.”
“We were still individual candidates,” Hausmann said. “We all had our own bases of support. We just took advantage of opportunities to get in touch with each others friends. We work together well.”
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