Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Powell bests O'Neill for Thomas vacancy

Not all the appointed judges fared badly this evening.

In addition to Judges Marilyn F. Johnson and Maureen Ward Kirby, appointed Judge Joan Powell turned back a strong challenge from E. Madeline O'Neill to take the Thomas vacancy. These are the City numbers as of 10:58 p.m. (no, they haven't updated for awhile now):

DEM - Judge of the Circuit Court (Vacancy of Thomas)
2334 out of 2579 precincts (90.50 %)

E. Madeline O'Neill107,62527.43 %
Joan Powell193,39549.30 %
David John Mulvihill23,8946.09 %
Patrick Dennis Riley67,38617.18 %

These are the suburban numbers:

DEM - Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Thomas)
Precincts Counted: 2,063 of 2,290 (90.09%)
CandidatesVotes%
E. Madeline O'Neill80,60428.68%
Joan Powell124,99444.47%
David John Mulvihill21,3807.61%
Patrick Dennis Riley54,10119.25%

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