Monroe will have a new mayor, but just who will be decided in Dec. 5 Runoff

In what appeared to have been an anti-incumbent year, both Mayor Greg Thompson and District 8 Councilman Jimmy Richardson have been retired by voters after serving 12 years on the Council. However, it is not sure at this time who will replace them. Newcomers John Howard and Sandra Shurling will face off in the Dec. 5 Runoff Election for the mayoral seat. In District 8, former mayor and former Monroe Judge David Dickinson will also be in the Dec. 5 runoff against Lidia Garrett, wife of Monroe Councilman Norman Garrett. Ross Bradley won the District 3 seat outright, earning 68 percent of the vote and Councilman Wayne Adcock returns to his District 6 post having been elected unopposed.

Monroe Mayor

• John Howard                     536                  41.42 percent
• Sandra Shurling                383                  29.60 percent
• Greg Thompson (I)           373                  28.83 percent
• Write-ins                                 2

Monroe City Council District 3 General Election

• Ross Bradley                       172                 67.98 percent
• Adriane Brown                     35                 13.83 percent
• Leon Boyce                            45                 17.70 percent
• Write-ins                                   1

Monroe City Council District 6

• Wayne Adcock (I)               102                 93.58 percent
• Write-ins                                   7

Monroe City Council District 8

• David Dickinson                   194              36.06 percent
• Lidia Garrett                          183              34.01 percent
• Jimmy Richardson               104              29.37 percent
• Write-ins                                     3

Of the 10,620 registered voters in the City of Monroe, 1,935 ballots were cast, an 18.22 percent participation rate.