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Pensacola city elections, 2008

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).

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General electionEdit

Mayor of PensacolaEdit

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.


Pensacola City CouncilEdit

District 1Edit

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

District 2Edit

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

District 3Edit

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

District 4Edit

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.

District 5Edit

John Jerralds was unopposed and was reelected by default.

District 6Edit

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

District 7Edit

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.

District 8 (At-large)Edit

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.

District 9 (At-large)Edit

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

Run-off electionEdit

City Council, District 4Edit

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

City Council, District 7Edit

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

See alsoEdit