Dan Tennant

and his supporters gathered at his house Tuesday night

hoping to eventually celebrate a spot in the City Council

runoff election. It never happened.

That's

because Tennant won the Post 2 race outright, racking up

51 percent of the vote against Chuck Lehman and Bruce

Perlman. Tennant will succeed Jim Pace, who chose not to

run for a second term after beating write-in candidate

Tennant in 1995.

Annie

McMenamin held onto her seat from Post 1 by defeating

Melvin Ewing with nearly 70 percent of the vote.

More than

4,400 voters went to the polls in Peachtree City Tuesday,

a sharp increase from the 3,423 who came out in 1997,

when the mayor's seat and two City Council spots were at

stake. There were 16,136 eligible voters in the city this

week, according to city clerk Nancy Faulkner.

Both

Tennant and McMenamin won all 12 precincts.

Going into

Tuesday, there did not seem to be a clear favorite in the

Post 2 race, but nearly everyone involved expected a

runoff. "All of us were astonished," said

Tennant after his camp learned that it would not be

necessary.

The final

results were announced at the Fayette County election

office at about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. Tennant said he found

out through the city's Web site, which he was monitoring

along with the local cable television station, about 45

minutes later.

The first

report showed Tennant with 54 percent of the vote after

six precincts reported. "That was the first thing we

saw," he said. "We couldn't believe it."

Saying,

"We just didn't know where we stood," Tennant

added that his goal was simply to get into a runoff with

either Lehman or Perlman.

"It's

a humbling experience," he said of his win.

"I've been entrusted by the people to carry on their

desires, and we're going to do it. They sent the message

loud and clear."

He is

planning to start almost immediately getting prepared for

his new position. He has already been contacted by city

manager Jim Basinger and will be meeting with city

officials in the next week or two to get better

acclimated.

"My

goal is to hit the ground running in January," he

said. "I wish Chuck and Bruce the best."

Post

Annie

McMenamin - 3,060 (68.7%)

Melvin

Ewing - 1,391 (31.3%)

Post

Dan Tennant

- 2,319 (51.1%)

Chuck

Lehman - 1,203 (26.5%)

Bruce

Perlman - 1,019 (22.4%)