Candidates narrowed to 2 for Ward 3, Ward 5 Somerset Council races

Carla Slavey, Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky.
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May 21—The voters have picked the two candidates for the two Somerset City Council races that needed to be whittled down before fall's General Election.

At least that's what the unofficial results from Somerset's Tuesday election state.

For Ward 3, the two candidates facing each other in the fall are Mike Honeycutt and Brannen Wheeldon, while in the Ward 5 race the two candidates advancing are incumbent Jerry Girdler and Margaret Dick.

In Ward 3, Honeycutt received 429 votes out of the 1,223 cast, or 35.08%. Wheeldon received 341 votes, or 27.88% of the total.

They beat out fellow candidate Brent Fleming, who received 272 votes, or 22.24% of the total. The two winners also beat Barbara King Beckman, who despite having pulled out of the race due to not actually living within Ward 3, received 181 votes, or 14.80%

In the Ward 5 race, Girdler received 617 out of the total 1,212 votes cast, or 50.91% of the votes. Dick received 381 votes, or 31.44%.

They beat out candidate Jeanette Hislope, who received 214 votes, or 17.66%.

More information will be available in the Friday edition of the Commonwealth Journal.

Carla Slavey can be reached at cslavey@somerset-kentucky.com