With the late addition Monday of two new city council challengers, Trudie Norman and Zenobia Todd, the ballot for Aberdeen’s November 3 municipal election has swelled to 10 candidates – 3 vying for mayor and now 7 for city council. The race for mayor pits incumbent Mayor Michael E. Bennett against incumbent city council president […]
Garner Challenges Incumbents Elliott, Kupferman, Young For Aberdeen City Council
Local businessman Bruce Garner has joined Sandy Landbeck and incumbents Ruth Elliott, Ron Kupferman, and Ruth Ann Young this week in the growing race to fill Aberdeen’s four city council seats. Garner finished 7th out of 10 candidates and garnered (!) roughly 700 votes in his bid for city council two years ago. Elliott was […]
Simmons/Yensan Out, Bennett/Young In (Unofficial Aberdeen Election Results)
More than 2,500 Aberdeen voters cast a ballot Tuesday, a greater number than participated in the record-setting pace of the December 2006 special election, flushing Mayor S. Fred Simmons and his right-hand man Councilman Dave Yensan out of office and ushering in a new era for the city with Mike Bennett as mayor and first-time […]
Aberdeen Candidate Class Superlatives
In less than 24 hours, the polls will open in Aberdeen and a revolution will be underway to sweep clean City Hall…or voters will show their support for the direction the city has been moving the last two years and return the incumbents to office. Either way, The Dagger couldn’t pass up a final chance […]
Show Me The Money
The 13 Aberdeen candidates for mayor and city council have raised more than $40,000 among them, but more than two-thirds of those funds are found in the campaign war chests of just two people – Mayor S. Fred Simmons and incumbent councilman David Yensan. The duo, which campaigned together two years ago when they were […]
Thanks for the Memories
Some field notes I scribbled down during Wednesday night’s candidate’s forum in Aberdeen: The Master of Ceremonies mistakenly skipped over and forgot to announce the name of city council candidate Bernard DeWitt. Then, as the catcalls picked up in intensity and he recognized his mistake, the MC had to back up, bend over and look […]