FORT GAY òòò½ÊÓƵ” Fort Gay gained a new mayor and a new town council member during the 2025 general town election Tuesday.
Bob Sword won the mayoral race with a total of 63 votes, while his opponents in the race, incumbent Mayor Ralph Dent and Tim Kitts, received a total of 30 and 19 votes, respectively.
The town council race was for all five spots on the council.
In that race, the four incumbent council members who were running òòò½ÊÓƵ” Greg Cavins, Bobby Daniels, Jamie Frasher and Payton Rowe (William Thompson was not on the ballot) òòò½ÊÓƵ” got enough votes to keep their seats, and Wilts Salmons got enough votes to join the council.
The total votes count for the council race came in as follows:
Greg Cavins òòò½ÊÓƵ” 79
Jamie Frasher òòò½ÊÓƵ” 79
Wilts Salmons òòò½ÊÓƵ” 74
Payton Rowe òòò½ÊÓƵ” 64
Bobby Daniels òòò½ÊÓƵ” 51
Joshua Johnson òòò½ÊÓƵ” 42
George Saunders Jr. òòò½ÊÓƵ” 36
The candidates on the ballot for the two uncontested races in the 2025 general town election received the following numbers of total votes:
In the municipal judge race: Larry Britt (incumbent) òòò½ÊÓƵ” 90
In the recorder race: Wade T. Cyrus (incumbent) òòò½ÊÓƵ” 86
Brenda Osburn, deputy clerk for Wayne Countyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office of Voters Registration, said the town has 398 registered voters, and there were 126 total voters òòò½ÊÓƵ” or about 32% of registered voters òòò½ÊÓƵ” who voted in the 2025 election.
Canvassing is scheduled for Monday. Osburn said there are eight provisional ballots to be considered, including four from early voting and four from Election Day.
Cyrus said the four-year terms for those elected begin July 1, 2025.
The town council typically meets at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month.
Jesten Richardson is a reporter and can be reached at jrichardson@hdmediallc.com and found on X (formerly Twitter) at @JRichardsonHD.
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