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All nine [[Pensacola City Council]] seats as well as the [[Mayor of Pensacola|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]]'''.
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All nine [[Pensacola City Council]] seats as well as the [[Mayor of Pensacola|mayorship of Pensacola]] will be contested in '''elections''' to be held '''[[November 4]], [[2008]]'''.
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Currently, five of nine City Council members have pre-filed to run to retain their seats.
  
 
Incumbents are marked by '''(i)'''.
 
Incumbents are marked by '''(i)'''.
  
==General election==
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==Mayorship==
===Mayor of Pensacola===
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*No declared candidates at this time.
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[Mike Wiggins]]'''
 
| '''16,065'''
 
| '''58.87%'''
 
|-
 
| [[C. J. Lewis|Christopher J. Lewis]]
 
| 7,912
 
| 28.99%
 
|-
 
| [[Eric Schmitz]]
 
| 3,312
 
| 12.14%
 
|}
 
 
 
<small>Previous mayor [[John Fogg]] did not seek re-election. Wiggins was previously the District 9 At-Large councilman.</small>
 
 
 
 
 
===Pensacola City Council===
 
====District 1====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[P. C. Wu]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''3,197'''
 
| '''72.54%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Bob Walker]]
 
| 1,210
 
| 27.46%
 
|}
 
 
 
====District 2====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[Sam Hall]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''2,257'''
 
| '''68.04%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Peter Saccomano]]
 
| 1,060
 
| 31.96%
 
|}
 
 
 
====District 3====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[Maren DeWeese|Maren Laycock DeWeese]]'''
 
| '''2,541'''
 
| '''53.37%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Mike DeSorbo]] '''(i)'''
 
| 2,220
 
| 46.63%
 
|}
 
 
 
====District 4====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[Larry B. Johnson]]'''
 
| '''2,147'''
 
| '''44.76%'''
 
|-
 
| '''[[Marty Donovan]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''1,772'''
 
| '''36.94%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Rhette Anderson|W. Rhette Anderson]]
 
| 878
 
| 18.30%
 
|}
 
 
 
<small>As Larry B. Johnson did not attain 50%+1 of the vote, this necessitated a run-off election between himself and incumbent Marty Donovan.</small>
 
  
====District 5====
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==Pensacola City Council==
[[John Jerralds]] was unopposed and was reelected by default.
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===District 1===
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*[[P. C. Wu]] '''(i)'''
  
====District 6====
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===District 2===
{| class="wikitable"
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*[[Sam Hall]] '''(i)'''
|-
 
| '''[[Jewel Cannada-Wynn]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''2,253'''
 
| '''67.56%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Jeff Humbles|Jeffrey A. Humbles]]
 
| 1,082
 
| 32.44%
 
|}
 
  
====District 7====
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===District 3===
{| class="wikitable"
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*[[Mike DeSorbo]] '''(i)'''
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| '''[[Ronald Townsend|Ronald P. Townsend]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''1,281'''
 
| '''42.33%'''
 
|-
 
| '''[[Jacqueline Shumaker|Jacqueline (Jacci) Shumaker]]'''
 
| '''1,063'''
 
| '''35.13%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Robbie Andrews|Robbie C. Andrews]]
 
| 682
 
| 22.54%
 
|}
 
  
<small>As incumbent Ronald Townsend did not attain 50%+1 of the vote, this necessitated a run-off election between himself and Jacci Shumaker.</small>
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===District 4===
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*[[W. Rhette Anderson]]
  
====District 8 (At-large)====
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===District 5===
{| class="wikitable"
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*No declared candidates at this time.
|-
 
| '''[[Diane Mack]]'''
 
| '''12,408'''
 
| '''46.42%'''
 
|-
 
| '''[[Jack Nobles|John W. "Jack" Nobles]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''8,824'''
 
| '''33.01%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Joseph Buehler|Joseph G. Buehler]]
 
| 5,497
 
| 20.57%
 
|}
 
  
<small>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.</small>
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===District 6===
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*[[Jeffrey A. Humbles]]
  
====District 9 (At-large)====
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===District 7===
{| class="wikitable"
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*[[Ronald Townsend]] '''(i)'''
|-
 
| '''[[Megan Benson Pratt]]'''
 
| '''17,859'''
 
| '''66.16%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Wendell Rich|Wendell C. Rich, Sr.]]
 
| 5,048
 
| 18.70%
 
|-
 
| [[J. D. Smith]]
 
| 4,088
 
| 15.14%
 
|}
 
  
==Run-off election==
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===District 8 (At-large)===
===City Council, District 4===
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*[[Jack Nobles|John W. "Jack" Nobles]] '''(i)'''
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
| '''[[Larry B. Johnson]]'''
 
| '''1,296'''
 
| '''61.3%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Marty Donovan]] '''(i)'''
 
| 819
 
| 38.7%
 
|}
 
  
===City Council, District 7===
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===District 9 (At-large)===
{| class="wikitable"
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*[[Mike Wiggins]] '''(i)'''
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| '''[[Ronald Townsend|Ronald P. Townsend]]''' '''(i)'''
 
| '''432'''
 
| '''63.9%'''
 
|-
 
| [[Jacqueline Shumaker|Jacqueline (Jacci) Shumaker]]
 
| 244
 
| 36.1%
 
|}
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*[[State and federal elections, 2008]]
 
*[[State and federal elections, 2008]]
  
[[Category:2000s elections]] [[Category:Pensacola city elections]]
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[[Category:2008 elections]]

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