Monroe elections keep mayor, two incumbents and return a former council member

When the election results finally came in Tuesday night, former councilman Ross Bradley was returned to his District 3 seat on the City Council, beating Councilman Charles Boyce, IV, who had unseated him four years ago.

Incumbent Mayor John Howard was unopposed in his reelection bid and returns to serve another four years.

Also reelected were Incumbent Councilman Tyler Gregory who beat first time candidate Danielle ‘Dee-Dee’ to hold onto his District 6 seat and incumbent Councilman David F. Dickinson who was reelected to hold onto his District 8 seat. He was challenged by former councilman Norman Garrett who had mounted a challenge to return to the Monroe City Council after being unseated two years ago by now sitting District 5 Councilwoman Adriane Brown.

The election results follow:

Mayor

John Howard (I). – 1,448 (100 %)

Council member District 3

Charles Boyce, IV (I). – 108 (43.20 %)

T. Ross Bradley – 142 (56.80 %)

Council member District 6

Danielle “Dee-Dee” Garrett. – 89 (34.77 %)

Tyler Gregory (I) – 167 (65.23 %)

Council member District 8

David F. Dickinson (I) – 549 (67.20 %)

Norman Garrett – 268 (32.80 %)

As was the case with the other cities in Walton County, the voters in Monroe approved the Homestead Exemption for the City of Monroe. The results were:

Yes – 1,392 (81.59 %)

No – 314 (18.41 %)