Other five candidates to fill council
Blake Arnold, Norma Craddock, Jack Norman, Joel Kriner and Joyce Sniff will make up the Arnoldsville City County after the death of incumbent Nick Sanders.
He died the day before the election, which was held Nov. 7.
Sanders received 49 votes, the most among the six candidates, said Dana Player, the city clerk who doubled as election supervisor. Poll officers were not notified until the evening of Election Day.
“It’s been really sad,” she said.
Craddock, an incumbent, received 38 votes. Norman, also an incumbent, received 40 votes. Arnold received 40 votes, Kriner received 35 and Sniff had 27.
They will serve four-year terms, starting in January.
City attorney Danny Love said since Arnoldsville is “at large,” meaning the city council seats are not tied to districts, the five seats will be filled by the other five candidates. No runoff or special election will occur.
“I think it would be a different story if we had seven or eight people running,” he said.