ROBERTSDALE — Preliminary results indicate that longtime Robertsdale Mayor Charles Murphy will retain his seat as mayor for a ninth term in office without the need for a runoff.
Unofficial totals indicate that Murphy received 59.4 percent of the vote, defeating challengers Roger Booth (26.5 percent) and Tim Brown (14.1 percent).
Mayor Pro Tem Joe Kitchens, Place 1; and Sue Cooper, Place 2, also retained their seats over challengers Jim Giles and Lonnie Ard while challenger Russell Johnson, owner of Sweet Home Coffee and son of the owners of Goo Roo’s restaurant, appears to have unseated incumbent Brent Kendrick by only 47 votes, with preliminary results indicating Johnson the winner with 52.8 percent of the vote.
Unofficial results are:
Mayor
Charles Murphy – 513
Roger Booth – 228
Tim Brown – 122
Place 1
Joe Kitchens – 579
Jim Giles – 268
Place 2
Sue Cooper – 508
Lonnie Ard – 345
Place 3
Ruthie Campbell (unopposed)
Place 4
Brent Kendrick – 403
Russell Johnson – 450
Place 5
Paul Hollingsworth (unopposed)