The election in May for Forney City Council Place 5 also included Mark Ellis. Jennifer Helms previously held the majority votes, but was unable to capture more than 50.1% of the votes. Helms recieved 305 (46%) votes, Penn recieved 288 (43.44%) votes, and Ellis recieved 70 (10.56%) votes. A month has passed since that election and, with several accusations thrown around in the 'blogosphere', this competition has become overheated. It will be interesting to see the voter turnout this time around.
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Precincts Reporting 1 of 1 as of 8:33 p.m.
Total number of voters 569 of 7,536 7.55%
| Forney City Council Place 5 |
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Candidate
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Early Votes | Election Day |
Total Votes |
| Mary Penn* | 211 - 62.24% | 155 - 67.39% | 366 - 64.32% |
| Jennifer Helms | 128 - 37.76% | 75 - 32.61% |
203 - 35.68%
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| Total | 339 - 100% | 230 - 100% |
569 - 100%
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