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Baker headquarters: Baker not ready to concede despite large deficit
8:39 p.m. -- The Ledger-Enquirer has projected Teresa Tomlinson will be the next mayor of Colu
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Tomlinson headquarters: Winner says campaign changed face of politics in Columbus
Shortly before 9 p.m., as she accepted the news she would be the eventual winner of the mayor's race, Teresa Tomlinson took the stage at her midtown campaign headquarters and asked everyone in the crowded room to look around. All around them were faces representing Columbus' varying ethnic groups...
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Voting going smoothly today, director says
Nancy Boren, executive director of the Muscogee County Office of Elections and Registration, said voting today was going smoothly, with no problems reported so far. She said that even before polls opened at 7 a.m., 10,479 residents either had voted early in person or had mail-in ballots sent to ...
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Busy early voting shows intensity of runoffs
On each day of early voting, usually 400-500 residents cast ballots. But on Monday 2,000 turned out, demonstrating the intense interest in Columbus' runoffs.
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Mayor candidates talk about tax freeze, city manager at forum
Neither of Columbus’ two remaining mayoral candidates were opposed to the city’s property tax freeze, but one suggested voters get a chance to add a “sunset” provision by which the tax assessment hold on owner-occupied homes would be phased out.
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Advance voting for runoff starts today
The week of advance voting for the Nov. 30 runoff election begins today.
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Early runoff voting underway at the Columbus Government Center
This week residents with a government-issued photo ID can vote early 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday at the elections office, which is on the ground floor in the west wing of the Columbus Government Center, 100 10th St.
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Early runoff voting starts Tuesday in Columbus
Early voting begins 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and continues through Friday at the elections office on the ground floor in the west wing of the city Government Center, 100 10th St. Voters should bring a government-issued photo ID with them.
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Tomlinson's votes cross more racial lines
An analysis of demographics in the Columbus mayor’s race shows that front-runner Teresa Tomlinson not only swept all the city’s majority-white precincts Tuesday, but also three majority-black polls and one that’s almost evenly divided.
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Mayor: Baker-Tomlinson runoff set for Nov. 30
It’s as if frontrunner Teresa Tomlinson faced a tag-team of opponents.
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Two Columbus Council races headed to runoffs
A day after Tuesday’s election, an incumbent councilor in District 3 and two newcomers seeking the at-large District 9 seat must keep campaigning for the Nov. 30 runoff.






