George Ferrie (D) wins Denton City Council Place 5 seat after tight race with Erica Garland (R)
“Kindness wins,” George Ferrie’s supporters posted to social media on Saturday night when news spread that Ferrie defeated Erica Garland, a Planning and Zoning commissioner, in the runoff for citywide Place 5 on the Denton City Council.
Ferrie, a social worker, won the runoff by 133 votes, receiving a total of 7,769 votes (50.4%) to Garland’s 7,636 (49.6%), according to complete but unofficial results from the Denton County Elections Administration.
“I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the wonderful community members who voted in this runoff and showed everyone that hate has no place in Denton,” Ferrie said in a message to the Denton Record-Chronicle late Saturday. “I look forward to representing every single Dentonite with compassion and integrity.”
It will be Ferrie’s first time to serve as a City Council member, after several previous runs for office.
More people voted in Saturday’s runoff than in the May 2 general election, with 12,218 total votes for Place 5 in May and 15,405 total votes on Saturday.
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