Election roundup: Greer wins mayoral bid in Lyman; Mahaffey to become Chesnee's next mayor

Glenn Greer defeated two others to win the mayoral race in Lyman, one of several races in Spartanburg County Tuesday.

Greer had 293 votes, Rick Hellams had 215 votes and Marc Garcia finished third with 131 votes.

Greer is the apparent successor to outgoing Mayor Larry Chappell.

Greer, the mayoral pro-tem on Town Council, also ran for re-election to Town Council and was among the top three finishers out of eight candidates for three seats.

Adam Crisp got 322 votes, Greer 275 votes, and Hannah Springman Welzel 268 votes. Phil McIntyre finished fourth with 255 votes.

Hellams, who also ran for Town Council, finished fifth with 230 votes, meaning he also lost his seat on council.

Because the third and fourth place finishers, Welzel and McIntyre, were less than 1% apart, there will be a recount Thursday, according to Spartanburg County Elections Director Adam Hammons.

And since Greer will become mayor, there will be a special election at a later date for council once he resigns from council to become mayor, Hammons said.

Certification of votes for all county races is scheduled for Thursday.

"We're happy with the results," Greer said. "We'll choose to wait until the election is certified, then we'll be anxious to see what's next. My intention is to continue the good pace and results that Lyman has enjoyed the past four years. Onward and upward."

Overall voter turnout Tuesday in Spartanburg County was 10%, with 20,868 ballots cast out of 208,643 registered voters.

Greer said the voter turnout in Lyman was good for a municipal election, close to 16%.

The State Election Commission does not break down the turnout for each municipal race, Hammons said.

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Other mayoral races

Meanwhile, several other mayoral races in Spartanburg County were decided Tuesday.

► Town of Central Pacolet: Buddy Harrelson Jr. was unopposed and won with 14 votes, or 51.85%. There were also 13 write-in votes, 48.15%.

► City of Landrum: Robert Briggs was unopposed and had 131 votes, or 89.12%. There were 16 write-in votes, or 10.88%.

► Town of Pacolet: Ned Camby won as a write-in candidate with 126 votes, defeating the lone candidate on the ballot, Brett Frady, who had 46 votes.

► Town of Reidville: Scott Messenger, 117 votes, or 55.35%, defeated Chris Gowan, 95 votes, 44.19%.

► Town of Campobello. Jason Shamis was unopposed and had 74 votes, 97.37%.

► City of Chesnee: Councilman Bruce G. Mahaffey defeated Councilwoman Verhonda C. Crawford by a margin of 56 to 52 votes to succeed Mayor Max Cash.Crawford had 48 votes and Mahaffey 45 votes in the Spartanburg County precinct, while Mahaffey got 11 votes to Crawford's four votes in the Cherokee County precinct.

► Town of Duncan: Clyde Rogers was unopposed and won with 164 votes, 91.11%. There were 16 write-in votes, or 8.89%.

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Other races:

► Commissioner of Public Works, City of Spartanburg: Angela Viney was unopposed, winning with 3,845 votes, or 96.95%. There were 121 write-in votes, or 3.05%.

► Greer City Council, District 2: Karuiam V. Booker defeated Wayne Griffin by a margin of 195 votes to 115 votes.

► Greer City Council, District 4: M. Lee Dumas was unopposed and won with four votes. There was one write-in vote.

► Woodruff City Council, Ward 2: Toni V. Sloan was unopposed and won with 144 votes.

► Woodruff City Council Ward 4: Allen Durham was unopposed and won with 144 votes.

► Woodruff City Council Ward 6: Scott Dickard was unopposed and won with 141 votes.

► Landrum City Council: Unopposed and winning three seats were Daniel Prince, 131 votes; Tammy Wells Cox, 127 votes; and Billy Inman, 118 votes.

► Inman City Council: Unopposed for two seats were Kathy Dittemore, 116 votes; and Melvin The Bear Fowler, 112 votes.

► Wellford City Council: Winning two seats were top vote getters Brian Kevin Jones, 361 votes; and Wymond Wilkins, 142 votes.

► Chesnee City Council: Winning two seats were top vote getters Robert R. Johnson, 50 votes; and Douglas Pye, 46 votes.

► Town of Pacolet Town Council District 1: Jason Wright won over two others with 42 votes. Michelle Sawyer had 19 votes and Jamie L. Jordan seven votes.

► Town of Pacolet Town Council District 3: Theresa R. Sexton was unopposed and won with 41 votes.

► Town of Pacolet Town Council District 5: April Palmer-Green was unopposed and won with nine votes.

► Town of Pacolet Town Council District 6: Josephine R. McBeth was unopposed and won with 29 votes.

► Town of Reidville Town Council Ward 1: Bob Jordan was unopposed and won with 172 votes.

► Town of Reidville Town Council Ward 2: Amy Reid Gore was unopposed and won with 169 votes.

► Town of Central Pacolet Town Council: Mary Brown had 18 votes and there were 24 write-in votes for two seats.

The top two write-in candidates were Jason Bishop, eight votes, and Bobby Wilkins, seven votes.

"We expect a runoff in Central Pacolet between the top two write-ins," Hammons said.

► Town of Cowpens Town Council: Winning two seats were top vote getters Pam Camp, 133 votes; and Thomas Voelker, 122 votes.

► Town of Campobello Town Council: Unopposed for two seats were Aaron Ash, 66 votes; and Reitha Stevenson, 51 votes.

► Town of Duncan Town Council: Winning two seats were top vote getters Shirley Center Schuff Clopton, 138 votes; and Gregory Rensberger, 115 votes.

Contact Bob Montgomery at bob.montgomery@shj.com

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