Both PTC bond questions defeated

Political novice Don Haddix overwhelmed a sitting councilman and a newcomer to win the Peachtree City Post 1 council race without a runoff.

He easily outpaced Councilman Mike Harman -- appointed to the council in August -- and Thomas O'Toole to win outright with 57 percent of the vote.

Mike King and Doug Sturbaum will face each other in a runoff for PTC Post 2 in early December. The two finished with 34 percent and 31 percent of the vote, respectively. Also-rans were Dar Thompson and Mark Hollums.

A citizens' uprising in Tyrone installed three new faces on the Town Council.

Don Rehwaldt beat Councilman Mike Smola 2-to-1 to win the hotly contested mayor's race.

Tracey Young outpaced Ken Matthews 60 percent to 40 percent to win Tyrone Post 1.

Eric Dial tallied a 47 percent showing in a three-way race for Tyrone Post 2, but the Tyrone charter gives him the win without a runoff over Gordon Shenkle and Jesse Nasianceno.

An extremely tight race developed in Fayetteville with former Councilman Al Hovey-King edging newcomer Mickey Edwards by six votes, 297 to 291.

Voters in PTC overwhelmingly nixed a $4 million plan to astroturf some youth football fields. And they voted down a plan to expand the city's senior center 58 percent to 42 percent.

Here's a breakdown of the votes:

With 17 of 17 precincts reporting countywide (including absentees but NOT provisional votes):

Peachtree City (all precincts have reported including absentees):

Post 1 (HADDIX wins):
Don Haddix 1,698 56.64%
Mike Harman 747 24.92%
Thomas O’Toole 549 18.31%

Post 2 (Runoff election necessary between King and Sturbaum on Tuesday, Dec. 4):
Mark Hollums 506 16.96%
Mike King 1,019 34.15%
Doug Sturbaum 929 31.13%
Dar Thompson 522 17.49%

Question 1 (Multi-purpose fields at baseball soccer complex)
Yes: 885 28.75%
No: 2,193 71.25%

Question 2 (Gathering Place expansion)
Yes: 1,286 41.66%
No: 1,801 58.34%

In Fayetteville:

Post 2
Mickey Edwards 291 49.49%
Al Hovey-King 297 50.51%

Tyrone

Mayor: (Rehwaldt wins)
Don Rehwaldt 679 67.63%
Mike Smola 318 31.67%

Post 1: (Young wins)
Ken Matthews 396 40.53%
Tracy Young 580 59.37%

Post 2: (Dial wins with most votes per Tyrone charter despite leading candidates with 47 percent of the vote):
Eric Dial 475 47.17%
Jesse Nasianceno 115 11.42%
Gordon Shenkle 417 41.41%