OFFICIAL RESULTS: Odham New Bern's next mayor, voters back Prill over Bengel, Royal wins

Trevor Dunnell, Sun Journal
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Ward 6 Alderman Jeffrey Odham has officially won the mayor's seat for the city of New Bern after the results were finalized on Friday.
Ward 6 Alderman Jeffrey Odham has officially won the mayor's seat for the city of New Bern after the results were finalized on Friday.

Editor's Note: The Craven County Board of Elections completed canvassing on Friday and the July 26 city of New Bern runoff election results are official. 

The remaining board of aldermen seats, which includes the seat for New Bern mayor, Ward 1 and Ward 2 aldermen were officially finalized Friday morning.

With the Craven County Board of Elections finalizing the July 26 runoff election results, current Ward 6 Alderman Jeffrey Odham is the official winner and will become the city of New Bern's next mayor. Odham defeated former New Bern police chief Toussaint Summers by 211 votes.

The final vote tallies have Odham finishing the election with 3,191 votes while Summers finished with 2,980 votes.

Summers originally defeated Odham during the May 17 election by four votes but did not receive 50% of the total vote during that race. Odham requested the runoff as his victory is the second runoff election he has won to serve on the board — this time for the mayor's seat.

OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS: New Bern mayor, Ward 1, Ward 2 aldermen

New Bern resident Rick Prill has officially beaten incumbent Ward 1 Alderman Sabrina Bengel after results were finalized on Friday.
New Bern resident Rick Prill has officially beaten incumbent Ward 1 Alderman Sabrina Bengel after results were finalized on Friday.

The board of elections' final results also include official winners for Ward 1 and Ward 2 alderman. New Bern resident Rick Prill defeated incumbent Ward 1 Alderman Sabrina Bengel by 179 votes.

Prill finished the runoff with 781 votes while Bengel tallied 602 votes.

In Ward 2, New Bern pastor Hazel Royal defeated New Bern businesswoman Jennell Reddick by 36 votes.

Royal finished the runoff with 379 votes while Reddick tallied 343 votes.

Both Bengel and Reddick originally defeated their opponents in the May election but also did not receive 50% of the total vote, allowing for the second place winners to request a runoff election.

New Bern Pastor Hazel Royal has officially won the Ward 2 alderman seat after the results were finalized on Friday.
New Bern Pastor Hazel Royal has officially won the Ward 2 alderman seat after the results were finalized on Friday.

The new board of aldermen, which also consists of Ward 3 Alderman Bobby Aster, Ward 4 Alderman Johnnie Ray Kinsey, Ward 5 Alderman Barbara Best, and Ward 6 Alderman Bob Brinson is expected to be sworn into office in early September.

This article originally appeared on Sun Journal: New Bern election official results: Odham next New Bern mayor