Candidates, family and friends listen as results are read at Cortez City Hall on election night.
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Michael Lavey receives a hug from Cortez City Council member Shawna McLaughlin after his appointment to the council on election night.
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Residents and City Council members react at City Hall as Cortez Clerk Linda Smith announces that Ballot 2A, to extend and reduce the sales tax that funds the Cortez Recreation Center, had passed.
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Cortez Clerk Linda Smith reads the results of the April 3 election.
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Lance McDaniel receives hugs after results showed that he lost his bid for City Council by 16 votes.
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Community members and candidates wait for results of the April 3 election.
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Geof Byerly and Cortez Mayor Karen Sheek talk while waiting for election results.
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Campaign buttons adorned many who waited for election results Tuesday at City Hall in Cortez.
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Chad Wheelus, photographed at home, was elected mayor of Dolores on Tuesday, defeating Jerry Whited, 154 votes to 119 votes.
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Colleen Donley/The Journal Tracy Murphy was the top vote-getter in the Dolores Town Board election, with 139 votes.
Candidates, family and friends listen as results are read at Cortez City Hall on election night.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Michael Lavey receives a hug from Cortez City Council member Shawna McLaughlin after his appointment to the council on election night.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Residents and City Council members react at City Hall as Cortez Clerk Linda Smith announces that Ballot 2A, to extend and reduce the sales tax that funds the Cortez Recreation Center, had passed.
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Cortez Clerk Linda Smith reads the results of the April 3 election.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Lance McDaniel receives hugs after results showed that he lost his bid for City Council by 16 votes.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Community members and candidates wait for results of the April 3 election.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Geof Byerly and Cortez Mayor Karen Sheek talk while waiting for election results.
Emily Rice/The Journal
Campaign buttons adorned many who waited for election results Tuesday at City Hall in Cortez.
Emily Rice/The Journal
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Chad Wheelus, photographed at home, was elected mayor of Dolores on Tuesday, defeating Jerry Whited, 154 votes to 119 votes.
Colleen Donley/The Journal
Colleen Donley/The Journal Tracy Murphy was the top vote-getter in the Dolores Town Board election, with 139 votes.
In Tuesday’s municipal elections, Cortez voters approved a measure to extend and reduce the sales tax that funds the Cortez Recreation Center, and voted in board members for local towns, including a new mayor for Dolores.
