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On Saturday, May 11, candidates and their support teams lined the east side of City Hall to greet voters, grill hot dogs, hand out water and generally enjoy a relaxing day under the shade of their canopies. Those stationed in the Miller Elementary School parking lot however were in a panic over learning that election officials inside were turning away Murphy voters and sending them to Southfork Mobile Home Park to vote. Of the 10,164 registered voters in Murphy, a total of 1,270 either early-voted or voted on Saturday, representing a 12.5% turnout. MAYOR – ERIC BARNA ELECTED In the race for Mayor, Eric Barna (676 votes/59.25%) defeated current Mayor Pro-Tem John Daugherty (465 votes/40.75%). This is an unexpired term that Mayor Bret Baldwin did not complete. PLACE 1 – OWAIS SIDDIQUI ELECTED Place 1’s new face on Council will be Owais Siddiqui (626 votes/51.23%). He defeated incumbent Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem Colleen Halbert (410 votes /33.55%) and new candidate Peter Hall (186 votes 15.22%). PLACE 2 – BEN ST. CLAIR ELECTED Two new candidates ran for Place 2 on Council and Ben St. Clair (629 votes/60.19%) defeated Eric Lopez (416 votes/39.81%). PLACE 3 – SCOTT BRADLEY ELECTED Two incumbents from other seats ran for the Place 3 unexpired one-year term. Scott Bradley (529 votes/52.17%) defeated Dave Brandon (485 votes/47.83%). PLACE 4 – BETTY SPRAGGINS ELECTED Betty Spraggins (729 votes/100%) ran unopposed and will serve at Place 4 on Council. PLACE 6 – ROB THOMAS ELECTED Place 6 also had two new candidates running for Council. Rob Thomas (569 votes/54.87%) defeated Natalie Montgomery (468 votes/45.13%). PLACE 2 PISD SCHOOL BOARD – CARROLYN MOEBIUS Murphy resident Carrolyn Moebius (7767 votes/47.81%) was successful in defeating three other candidates in her run for a second term on the Plano School District Board of Trustees. In that election 21,404 ballots were cast out of a possible 186,646 which reflected an 11.5% turnout.
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