AND
AND GOOD
AND GOOD EVENING 4@NOW. WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH ELECTION RESULTS FROM ALL
ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.
WE BEE4@N WATCHING FIVE RACES I
PARTICULAR IN OUR NEWSROOM 4@
TODAY.
AND TONIGHT WE WILL BEGIN FOR
THE RACE FOR 4@4@IRMO MAYER.
THE INCUMBENT PARTY KING LOSING
TONIGHT TO BARRY 4@WALKER.
WALKER G4@ETTING 54 PERCENT OF
THE VOTE THIS EVENING.
MORE ON THAT IN A 4@MOMENT.
IN THE MAYOR'S RACE IN WEST
COLUMBIA WITH 90 PERCENT OF THE
PRECINCTS 4@REPORTING, MILES WI
BE THE MAYOR WAS 4@COLUMBIA.
AGAIN MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW IN
JUST A FEW 4@MOMENTS.
LET'S GO TO COLUMBIA CITY
COUNCIL RACES WITH 100 PERCENT
OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING.
AND McDOWELL IS GOING TO RETAIN
HIS SEAT AND CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT 4@2. MOVING ON NOW T4@
DISTRICT 3, TAKE A LOOK AT 4@
THIS.
100 PERCENT OF THE PRECINCTS 4@
REPORTING LONG TIME COLUMBIA
CITY 4@COUNCILMAN LOSING TONIGH.
IN FACT HE COMES IN THIRD.
WILL BRENDAN WILL BE
REPRESENTING DISTRICT RENO.
HE GETS 54 PERCENT OF THE 4@VOT.
ONE OF THE RACE THE AT LARGE 99
PERCENT OF THE PRECINCTS
REPORTING.
THIS IS HEADED TO A 4@RUNOFF.
THE INCUMBENT HOWARD DEVOL WITH
44 PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND
POLITICAL NEWCOMER SARAH
MIDDLETON GETTING 36 PERCENT OF
THE 4@VOTE4@.
SO THAT IS THE WAY IT LOOKS
RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE RESULTS
THAT WE 4@HAVE.
LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA TODAY.
LAUREN THOMAS IS BEGINNING HER
TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
>>4@ YES, COLUMBIA CITY HALL BU
LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN
THE COMING MONTHS AS REPORTED
THERE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND THREE
WERE DECIDED 4@TONIGHT AND THEY
WILL BE RUNOFF AGAIN FOR THAT
AT-LARGE 4@SEAT.4@
>> WHAT WE KNOW 4@NOW IS THAT
COUNCILMAN ED McDOWELL THE
INCUMBENT WILL KEEP HIS
DISTRICT 4@2C.
HE FACED OFF AGAINST ANNA AND
CATHERINE AND HE SAYS HE WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
HIS WORK IN COLUMBIA.4@
>> THE PARK IS UNDER REAL
SCRUTINY IN TERMS OF FIXING
THAT AND FIXING THAT PART.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOUSING
AND 4@ALSO LOOKING AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF SAVE A LOT.
ANNE HARDEN 4@4@STREET REOPENIN
AGAIN.
SO THERE IS A LOT ON THE TABLE.
AND GET A LOT TO BE DONE.4@
>> HE TOOK THE DISTRICT THREE
SEED PIGGING OUT INCUMBENT AND @
JOHN.
>> IT IS WONDERFUL THE MESSAGE
OF GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS
AND THE 4@FOUNDATIONS OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PUBLIC SAFETY WE HAD TO
PRIORITIZE IT.4@
INFRASTRUC4@TURE.
AND SERVICES4@.
I AM SO 4@PROUD THAT UNLESS IT'
CONNECTED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
IN DISTRICT 3 WILL HAVE THE
PROPER 4@REPRESENTATION AND WE
NEED IT FOR SO LONG.
>> TERRY GRAHAM THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR FOR THE RICHLAND
COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION
OFFICE SAID TURNOUT WAS LOW BUT
OVER4@ALL THE NEW MACHINES WOR4
WELL.
>> IT WAS 4@GREAT.
NO REAL TERRIBLE ISSUES.
JUST PROCEDURE 4@ISSUES.
AND THIS 4@PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE
NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO.
NEW SYSTEM BUT WE GOT 4@THROUGH
IT WITH NO BIG PROBLEMS.O I
4@THINK IT IS A GOOD THING.4@
>> AS FOR THE AT-LARGE 4@SEAT,
THAT WILL BE A RUNOFF ELECTION
FOR THAT SEAT IS NONE OF THE
CANDIDATES RECEIVED FOR TWO
PERCENT +1 OF THE VO4@TES FOR
THAT 4@DISTRICT AND AGAIN HOWAR
DUVALL AND SARAH MIDDLETON WILL
BE VYING FOR THAT SEEDS IN TWO
WEEKS IN NOVEMBER 4@19.
REPORTING IN COLUMBIA, LAUREN
THOMAS, NEWS 19, 4@WLTX.
WE WILL SEND THINGS OVER TO
EMILY WHO WAS IN IRMO.4@
>> THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW
BARRY WALKER AS THE NEW MAYOR
OF THE TOWN OF 4@IRMO.
>> I HAVE BEEN ON COUNSEL FOR
15 YEARS AND AS A COUNCILMAN I
TOLD MS. WALKER HERE THAT I
WILL N4@OT BE COUNCILMAN FOR LI
SO I GUESS I MADE A PROMISE TO @
HER AND I ACHIEVED IT 4@TONIGHT.
I'M NOW NOT A COUNCILMAN BUT
THE MAYOR OF IRMO.4@
>> WALKER DEFEATED INCUMBENT
MAYOR HARDY KING AS WELL AS
POLITICAL NEWCOMER MIKE WARD.
VOTERS ALSO HAD THREE QUESTIONS
FROM THE BALLOT ABOUT BEING
ALLOWED TO PARK IN THEIR 4@YARD
BRING BACK A PROPERTY TAX AND
IMPLEMENTING A HOSPITALITY 4@TA.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE RESULTS IN
THOSE REFERENDUMS ON 4@WLTX.com.
>> THE CITY OF WEST COLUMBIA
HAS ANNOUNCED THAT MILES IS A
NEW MAYOR.
HE'S BEEN THE MAYOR ALSO
REPRESENTED DIST4@RICT 4 AND WA
COLUMBIA.
THE MAYOR ELECT SAYS IT MEANS
SO MUCH TO HIM THAT HE WAS
ELECTED FOR OFFICE.4@
>> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CITY
POLITICS OVER HERE FOR SIX
YEARS.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE MADE THIS
OUR 4@HOME OVER THE LAST 14.
I'M NOT SO 4@CONCERNED ABOUT WA
COLUMBIA PRESENT-DAY PUBLIC TO
TAKE CARE OF THE FOUR PROBLEMS
THAT ARE PRESENT THE ISSUES
THAT I HAVE THREE YOUNG
DAUGHTERS 10 AND UNDER.
I WANT TO SEE WAS COLUMBIA BE
THE BEST 4@PLAYS YOU COULD COME
AND INVEST IN A BUSINESS AND
YOU COULD PURCHASE A HOME AND
YOU CAN RAISE A HOME 4@FAMILY.
LOOKING LONG-TERM AND THE
IMPROVEMENT OF WEST 4@COLUMBIA
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THE MOMENTUM WE WORK SO HARD TO
GET GOING CONTINUE ON.
>> .THE ORANGE COUNTY VOTER
REGISTRATION BUILDING WHERE WE
BEEN FOLLOWING THE ELECTION
RESULTS ALL NIGHT AND HERE'S
WHAT HAS COME 4@IN THE MAYORAL
RACE.
IN OFFICIAL RESULTS IN
BRIDGEVILLE, WITH FR4@ANK DICKS
IN THE LEAD AND BOWMAN AND
PATSY BRETT IN 4@SPRINGFIELD AN
NORTH JULIUS 4@JONES AND IN
NORWAY 4@TRACY 4@COMMENTS.
AND WE ALSO SPOKE TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABOUT HOW
THE NEW MACHINES THAT ARE BEING
USED STATEWIDE HELPED DURING
THE PROCESS OF COUNTING.
>> TO THE PROCESS OF GETTING A @
TAPE THAT IS PRINTED SHOWING
THAT 4@4@THERE IS NO ONE AND NO
HAS VOTED IN THE MACHINES PRIOR
TO OPENING UP MACHIN4@ES IS 4@M
EASIER FOR THE POLL WORKER.
AND ALSO THE RESULT TAPE WHICH @
IS THE TOTAL OF BALLOTS CAST ON
ELECTION DAY WHICH IS POSTED
OUTSIDE OF THE 4@PRESENT IS MUC
EASIER FOR THE POLL WORKERS TO
GET SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE TO
HOOK UP ANOTHER 4@MACHINE IN
ORDER TO GET THOSE RESULTS.
SO A MUCH, MUCH EASIER FOR THEM
WITH THIS NEW MACHINE.4@
>> AND AGAIN THESE ARE
TECHNICALLY THE UNOFFICIAL
NUMBERS WITH