Willie Weaver declared winner in Albany Ward II special election [View all]

ALBANY – The Dougherty County Elections Office confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Willie Weaver is the projected winner in the Albany City Commission Ward II special election after a reported discrepancy the day after the election.

The election-night results in the Albany City Commission Ward II special election initially showed Weaver, the former Albany Municipal Court judge and former Dougherty County School Board member, in a runoff with former City Commissioner Henry Mathis.

But election-night results put Weaver at 50.31% of the vote and the winner in the three-way contest to fill an unexpired term. No runoff will be necessary as was initially reported by the elections office.

Weaver received 322 votes out of 640 votes cast, Election Supervisor Ginger Nickerson said. Those numbers correspond with the results posted on the website of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.




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