Erskine Oglesby and wife, Sheryl, celebrate
photo by John Shackleford
Watching the returns
photo by John Shackleford
Winning candidate with campaign manager Dalton Temple
photo by John Shackleford
Manny Rico, who endorsed Erskine Oglesby, dropped by the campaign headquarters
photo by John Shackleford
Demetrus Coonrod takes congratulatory call
photo by John Shackleford
Coonrod supporters
photo by John Shackleford
District 9 winner with backer
photo by John Shackleford
Incumbent Chris Anderson lost to challenger Erskine Oglesby in the District 7 City Council runoff after the early voting returns gave the incumbent a slim lead.
Demetrus Coonrod won over incumbent Yusuf Hakeem in District 9.
District 7
Erskine Oglesby 740
Chris Anderson 628
District 9
Demetrus Coonrod 700
Yusuf Hakeem 467
There were 2,113 votes cast out of 18,779 eligible voters.
Earlier, novice politician Anthony Byrd defeated Council Chairman Moses Freeman in District 8.
Darrin Ledford was the only candidate for the District 4 seat given up by Larry Grohn when he ran for mayor.
Mayor Andy Berke and council members will be sworn into office on Monday at 3 p.m. at the Tivoli Theater.
The new council will then meet on Tuesday.
The polls close at 7 p.m. and the results should be known a short time later.