Show Page 2 The Utah Statesman Wednesday October 4 198j Daines sincerely humbled as he easily beats opponent: Write-i- n and Burtenshaiv s 1388 campaign nets 3171 votes to Anderson s 2300 by Sam Lucero In a stunning finish n candidate Newel Daines handily defeated opponents Desmond Anderson and Claude Burtenshaw in the Logan mayoral race yesterday Daines received 3171 total votes compared to 2300 for Anderson and 1388 votes for Burten-i- t of 35 percent fell short write-i- of what was expected Daines entered the mayoral race Oct 14 as a write-i- n candidate and has had no previous political experience in Logan He believes that this is an asset giving him a fresh approach to the mayoral office Accompanied by his entourage of family and campaign supporters Daines returned soon after his victory to the Logan City Hall where votes were officially tallied Daines told supporters he was “sincerely humbled by the response the City of Logan had showed” He added that he is pleased to be able to serve the city of Logan for the next four years Father of former ASUSU president Peter Daines and a Logan medical practitioner Daines said he would stop his practice on a regular routine and added that he will be in the city office full time Venal Jones city recorder said he had predicted a 40 percent total voter turnout for the municipal election but still thought the 35 percent was a good turnout He said he believed the interest in the election was generated by the write-i- n candidacy of Daines “He (Daines) had a big influence and created a lot of interest” said Jones of the Following the same voter turnout pattern 21 reported the highest primary elections district voter turnout with a 61 percent total Districts 19 and 20 (considered university districts) again reported the lowest with a 16 percent turnout Jones said that the low turnout of the university districts is deceptive because many of the students who are registered voters in those areas no longer live there He added that the 16 percent turnout was the highest ever reported in those districts since he has been the city recorder Competing for two city council seats incumbent councilwoman Sara Ann Skanchy and Norm YVahJstrom defeated Linda Wagner and Farl Miller There was no threat to Skanchy’s lead all nigh as she received a final vote count of 5079 Wahlstrom narrowly defeated Wagner for the second council seat by 61 votes He received 3188 votes compared to Wagner’s 3127 Skanchy said she was pleased with the outcome of the city elections She said that voters had “taken a ood look at what they wanted” Skanchy said that c mayor's race was a surprise and added that Daines will be a “breath of fresh air to the city” Skanchy said that she looks forward to seeing the approach Daines will take as mayor and added that the new council will put forth every effort to serve him Burtenshaw council member for the past six years will continue serving on the Logan council for the two remaining years of his elected term Skanchy said that she believes Burtenshaw will continue to serve the council well Burtenshaw is a professor of political science at USU and he served as the vice president for student Breakdown of Logan mayoral votes by areas J affairs for 18 years He won a special Robin for notable service in 1980 He has been involJj politics in the past serving as a member of feu House of Representatives from 1952 to 1954 JJ the Idaho Senate from 1958 to 1960 Anderson the other mayoral candidate defeatol by Daines is currently a Logan businessman ft served as Logan City’s mayor from 1972 to 197 He also served as chairman of the Utah Coverin' Commission on State House Fellows and ha with the US Department of State Wahlstrom has served as a member of the Ifa State Legislature from 1976 to 1980 Heisaho retired from the US Air Force Because he is retired Wahlstrom believe he be able to devote the time it takes to serve a sucessful term as councilman Out of the 26 total voting districts in Logan Daines carried 21 of them Burtenshaw carried districts 19 and 20 predominantly USU districts Anderson had the majority of votes in the districts of East Campus Southeast Central Southwest North Zone 4 Zone 5 I Districts 121319-2- 1 Districts 1422 Districts Districts 2356 17-1015- Districts 41116-182325- 26 (Zones are drawn arbitrarily to segment Logan City for comparison) samm 24 n Incumbents challengers split vole in 18 Cache municipal elections Logan City wasn’t the only town to stay up late counting votes last night Throughout Cache County 18 municipalities wrapped up mayor council campaigns with Tuesday’s elecn tion A brief summary of the winners follows: North Logan: Bruce King was elected mayor Bob Arbon and Alma P Moser were elected to the council River Heights: Boyd Humphcreys an incumbent was to the position of mayor Lynn R Eliason and Gerald Sorensen were elected to the council Southfield: With three of the four voting districts reporting the projected mayoral winner is Robert J Chambers Dennis Funk and Lynn F Cheal are projected to win council seats Hyrum: Bruce Darley moves up from his council seat to become the newly-electe- d mayor Claude Long Jr and Gary L Clawson an incumbent were elected to the council Hyde Park: Lee Osborne was elected to serve as the mayor LewDell Balls and Mark Daines were elected to the council Nibley: Richard Leishman was elected mayor Todd Fenton and Douglas Jenkins were elected to the council Providence: Clyde F Braegger running unopposed was elected mayor Don Briel and DeLoy Hendricks were elected to four-yea- r council terms Craig Dunkley was elected to a two-yecouncil seat Wellsville: Kent H Brenchley was elected mayor Dean L Kerr and Richard N Wells were elected to At council Mendon: Ross Shelton running Mat unopposed was elected mayor vin L Hansen also running unopptr ed was elected to the council Paradise: Gerald Allen running unopposed was elected mayor ws Newton: Max C Christianrn d elected mayor Norris Anderson r to elected Myron Benson were on the council Trenton: Paul Jensen was electedE David mayor Glade Griffin and were elected to the council Richmond: Marvin A Tnk was elected mayor Carl Howlettw Ariel D Benson were elected to Tbeuto-elec- ted year council terms Mark seat council two-yeto a town-by-tow- Zone 2 Zone 3 and e -- Zone 1 179 Skanchy carried all 26 ‘districts without being tested Wahlstrom defeated Wagner for the wood most popular vote in 20 districts Wagner’ u popular districts were all west of Main Street According to Jones Daines who will take offices January was the first “legitimate write-i- we’w ever had” He said that municipal election ahnn have write-i- n candidates but they are usually job Write-in- s receiving votes in the past were luually Mickey Mouse or the KVNU Chicken Jones said that in order to qualify as a write-icandidate Daines had to sign up and declare kit write-i- n candidacy In the past anyone could nun a write-i- n candidate with no qualification proctdut whatsoever ar ar ek " Millville: Clyde Linder was R0 mayor James Blotter and counts the to elected were plinger ino Lewiston: LaVor Smith an serve to bent was Karalee Morrison and Grant were elected to the council Meiler a wrfe was elected mayor A J Cornish: Joseph candidate Simmonds and J LaMar Tait1 elected to the council Amalga: Kendlith Munk bent went unopposed to be Martin mayor Boyd Smith and the Jensen were elected to t"" Denzel Clark alio uncontested to be elected D Balls and Cherril J council- Clark were elected to the niayt-net- |