joe rowe

According to the latest uncertified results from the county election commission, Russell Gilbert will be the newest city council member, replacing interim Councilman Luther Shockley in the Fifth District.

Gilbert defeated Joe Rowe by a (tentative, and rounded) eight-point margin.

Jeffrey Wilson, who withdrew after the deadline, still received almost 12% of the vote.

Here are my humble, futile projections for Tuesday's contests. Candidates on the losing end of these should take heart: I'm wrong more often than I'm right, or 50/50 at best. But that hasn't stopped me yet.

Chattanooga elections, meet social networking and viral "marketing."

An anonymously authored email message began circulating this morning that asks its recipients to consider running for mayor of Chattanooga, and to show up en masse at Hamilton County Election Commission headquarters to pick up the necessary qualifying papers.

Breaking news by Chattanoogan.com: School Board member Jeffrey Wilson has decided not to pursue the open Chattanooga City Council seat being filled by special election on November 4.

Three men -- each a community leader in his own right -- have qualified for the special election being held on November 4 in Chattanooga's 5th Council District. While your Ticketeer is not a resident of District 5, I have been asked to moderate a Brainerd candidate forum in about a month, and so it goes without saying that I will stay neutral in this race.

The November 4, 2008 general election has been in sight for a very, very long time for a few candidates for President and their associates. This week marks a milestone in the process for down-ticket races being decided on that same day.