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Who would you pick as interim mayor?
When Mayor Bob Young announced his plans to resign, we asked you who would make the best (or most entertaining) interim mayor. Over the weeked we received 1125 votes, and the results below may surprise a few. Also check out our comments page to see what readers had to say about the candidates. Thanks to everyone who participated.
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Other
Write-in choices appear below
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Ed Presnell
President, Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
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Marion Williams
Mayor pro tem, Augusta Commission
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Maj. Gen.
Janet Hicks
Commander, Fort Gordon
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Helen
Blocker-Adams
CEO, The HBA Group
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250 (22%)
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109 (10%)
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71 (6%)
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70 (6%)
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69 (6%)
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Larry Sconyers
Former Augusta mayor
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James Brown
Original Disco Man
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Rudy Giuliani
Former NYC mayor
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James Kendrick
Chairman,
Augusta Metro
Chamber of Commerce
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Bill Kirby
Columnist,
The Augusta Chronicle
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68 (6%)
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65 (6%)
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61 (5%)
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52 (5%)
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41 (4%)
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Deke Copenhaver
Exec. Dir., Central
Savannah River
Land Trust
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Barry Bostwick
TV mayor,
pitchman
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Willie Mays
Commisioner, Dis. 9
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Andy Cheek
Commisioner, Dis. 6
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Tommy Boyles
Commisioner, Dis. 7
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40 (4%)
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33 (3%)
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30 (3%)
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29 (3%)
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28 (2%)
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Charles Walker
State Senator, District 22
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Charlene
Sizemore
Former chairwoman, Chamber of Commerce
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Bobby Hankerson
Commisioner, Dis. 5
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Bonnie Ruben
Former treasurer,
Augusta Coliseum
Authority
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Betty Beard
Commisioner, Dis. 1
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28 (2%)
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26 (2%)
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17 (2%)
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15 (1%)
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8 (1%)
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Charles Larke
Superintendent, Richmond
County schools
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Ronnie Few
Former Augusta
fire chief
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Write in votes:
Zeh
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Rhodes
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DeVaney
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Duck
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Jordan Zeh (62 votes), Austin Rhodes (12 votes), Charles DeVaney (4 votes), Linda Beazley (3 votes).
Don Grantham, Larry Rogers, Marlow McIntyre, Frank Lawrence, Woody Merry, Brad Owens, Ronnie Strength, Ed Tarver, Daffy Duck, Michael Jackson and Jesse Ventura each received 1 vote.
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8 (1%)
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7 (1%)
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