Tag Archives: Columbia mayor's race

How Benjamin won

By Adam Beam | Published: April 21, 2010
Steve Benjamin won the mayor’s race not because of Shandon and undecided Steve Morrison voters, like I and a lot of other people thought, but because Benjamin’s supporters turned out to vote. Benjamin’s top 10 precincts, which he won by a combined 3,033 votes, had a 27 percent increase in the number of people who [...]
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Absentee voting so far

By Adam Beam | Published: April 19, 2010
As of noon today, 1,696 people have requested absentee ballots for Tuesday’s runoff election for Columbia mayor and District 4 City Council member. Of those, 1,231 have been returned. Let’s put that in perspective. At this time two weeks ago, voters had requested 1,498 absentee ballots and returned 1,375 of them. Absentee votes are a [...]
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Morrison’s endorsement: No one

By Adam Beam | Published: April 13, 2010
This just in from my colleague Noelle Phillips: Former Columbia mayoral candidate Steve Morrison will not endorse anyone in the April 20 runoff election. Candidates Steve Benjamin and Kirkman Finlay met with Morrison yesterday and asked for his support. Morrison sent a letter to The State Tuesday explaining his decision. You can read it below: [...]
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Mayoral debate tonight

By Adam Beam | Published: April 13, 2010
WHO: Columbia mayoral candidates Steve Benjamin and Kirkman Finlay debate WHEN: 7 o’clock tonight WHERE: Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church WHAT TO LISTEN FOR: Will the candidates change their message to pick up Steve Morrison’s 4,780 supporters?
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Election results, by district

By Adam Beam | Published: April 9, 2010
These numbers are not surprising, but it reinforces how important District 3 will be in the run-off election April 20. NOTE: I compiled these numbers from Tuesday’s election results. Some precincts are split between districts. In that instance, the precinct with the most registered voters in a certain district counted toward that district. DISTRICT 1 [...]
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