Few Grovetown voters turned out today to elect an incumbent and a newcomer to fill two city council seats on the municipal election ballot.

Councilman Bruce Stoddard and Grovetown businessman Sonny McDowell defeated incumbent Rosa Lee Owens for the open seats in the at-large election.

Mr. Stoddard, 57, was elected to his third four-year term on the council with 153, or 31.55 percent of the votes cast.

Mr. McDowell, 54, president of Grayco Detention Equipment, earned a seat on the council with 190, or 39.18 percent of the votes.

Ms. Owens, 82, was not re-elected with just a 28.04 percent, or 136 votes. She ran unopposed in 2007 to fill the unexpired term of George James, who resigned to make a successful run for mayor.

In all, just 274 cards were cast, including six write-in votes, representing less than 6 percent of Grovetown’s registered voters.