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Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
Category Archives: Columbia elections
Runoff election day strategies haven’t changed
Election day strategies for District 2 candidates Harold “Puff” Howard and Brian DeQuincey Newman are largely the same as they were two weeks ago in the special election. Howard is spending most of the day in Ward 7, where he received 105 of the 195 votes cast in the July 17 special election (Newman received [...]
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Advantage Howard?
Now that Brian Newman and Puff Howard have made it into the runoff for the Columbia City Council District 2 seat, the race is on capture the remaining 765 votes cast between the six other candidates who were eliminated. But if neighborhood ties mean anything, Howard might have an advantage. As The State’s Noelle Phillips [...]
District 2 election results
It’s a runoff between Harold “Puff” Howard and Brian DeQuincey Newman. Here are the precinct results:
Polling places
Polling places for tomorrow’s District 2 City Council election: Ward 1, Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle Ward 2, Marion Street Apartments, 1930 Marion St. Ward 4, Park Street Baptist Church, 2204 Park St. Ward 5/Olympia, Pacific Memorial Park, 200 Wayne St. Ward 7, W.A. Perry Middle School, 2600 Barhamville Road Ward 8, David H. [...]
Brian Newman’s swearing-in ceremony