Pensacola city elections, 2008

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All nine Pensacola City Council seats as well as the mayoralty of Pensacola were contested in elections held on November 4, 2008. Races for two City Council seats necessitated run-off elections, which were held November 25, 2008.

Incumbents are marked by (i).

Contents 1 General election 1.1 Mayor of Pensacola 1.2 Pensacola City Council 1.2.1 District 1 1.2.2 District 2 1.2.3 District 3 1.2.4 District 4 1.2.5 District 5 1.2.6 District 6 1.2.7 District 7 1.2.8 District 8 (At-large) 1.2.9 District 9 (At-large) 2 Run-off election 2.1 City Council, District 4 2.2 City Council, District 7 3 See also

[edit] General election

[edit] Mayor of Pensacola

Mike Wiggins	16,065	58.87%
Christopher J. Lewis	7,912	28.99%
Eric Schmitz	3,312	12.14%

Previous mayor John Fogg did not seek re-election. Wiggins was previously the District 9 At-Large councilman.

[edit] Pensacola City Council

[edit] District 1

P. C. Wu (i)	3,197	72.54%
Bob Walker	1,210	27.46%

[edit] District 2

Sam Hall (i)	2,257	68.04%
Peter Saccomano	1,060	31.96%

[edit] District 3

Maren Laycock DeWeese	2,541	53.37%
Mike DeSorbo (i)	2,220	46.63%

[edit] District 4

Larry B. Johnson	2,147	44.76%
Marty Donovan (i)	1,772	36.94%
W. Rhette Anderson	878	18.30%

As Larry B. Johnson did not attain 50%+1 of the vote, this necessitated a run-off election between himself and incumbent Marty Donovan.

[edit] District 5

John Jerralds was unopposed and was reelected by default.

[edit] District 6

Jewel Cannada-Wynn (i)	2,253	67.56%
Jeffrey A. Humbles	1,082	32.44%

[edit] District 7

Ronald P. Townsend (i)	1,281	42.33%
Jacqueline (Jacci) Shumaker	1,063	35.13%
Robbie C. Andrews	682	22.54%

As incumbent Ronald Townsend did not attain 50%+1 of the vote, this necessitated a run-off election between himself and Jacci Shumaker.

[edit] District 8 (At-large)

Diane Mack	12,408	46.42%
John W. "Jack" Nobles (i)	8,824	33.01%
Joseph G. Buehler	5,497	20.57%

As Diane Mack did not attain 50%+1 of the vote, this necessitated a run-off election between herself and incumbent Jack Nobles. However, several days after the election, Nobles withdrew from the run-off, conceding the race. Mack was thus elected by default.

[edit] District 9 (At-large)

Megan Benson Pratt	17,859	66.16%
Wendell C. Rich, Sr.	5,048	18.70%
J. D. Smith	4,088	15.14%

[edit] Run-off election

[edit] City Council, District 4

Larry B. Johnson	1,296	61.3%
Marty Donovan (i)	819	38.7%

[edit] City Council, District 7

Ronald P. Townsend (i)	432	63.9%
Jacqueline (Jacci) Shumaker	244	36.1%

[edit] See also

• Escambia County elections, 2008
• State and federal elections, 2008