By ZEINAB NAJM
Sunday Times Newspapers
TAYLOR — City Council Chairman Tim Woolley won the mayoral election in Taylor after receiving 5,556 votes Nov. 2, according to the unofficial results.
His opposition, state Rep. Alex Garza (D-12th District) finished with 4,434 votes. There were a total of 915 write-in votes which may have been for Mayor Rick Sollars who ran a write-in campaign. That won’t be known until the Wayne County Board of Canvassers reviews and verifies the votes.
Woolley will serve a four-year term. He thanked supporters by saying, “Thank you Taylor! We did it!!” in a Facebook post following the election.
Garza congratulated Woolley for running a hardworking campaign.
“I am happy that he will move Taylor forward from the dark cloud over our city,” Garza wrote on Facebook. “I want to say thank you to all of you who supported my campaign for mayor of Taylor. I am so touched by your support for me and I feel incredibly grateful that so many people believe in me. I love this city, and I’m not going anywhere.”
In the City Council race, all three incumbents, Charles Johnson, Herman Ramik and Angie Winton were re-elected. votes, Ramik with and Winton finished with 4,399 votes, Ramik 4,247, and Johnson 4,178.
Newcomer Doug Geiss was the overall top vote getter with 4,867. Other newcomers winning four-year terms were Jill Brandana with 4,505 votes, Lindsey Rose with 4,059, and Ira Slaven with 3,883.
Candidates who did not win seats were Tina Daniels with 3,807 votes, Amy Atwood 3,804, Justin Mordarski 3,716, Asha Tyson 3,514, Christy Masters Carmona 2,929, Nick Dmitruchina 2,925, and Chris Verdun 2,292.
(Zeinab Najm can be reached at zeinabnajm92@gmail.com.)