With all of East Lansing’s voting precincts reporting, East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis and East Lansing City Councilmember Kevin Beard both have secured another term on the City Council.
Official vote numbers from all precincts have Loomis as the number one vote-getter, with 1,662, followed by Beard with 1,638. Challenger Hans Larsen received the third highest number of votes, with 685. About 351 voters selected a write-in candidate, indicating votes for challenger Phil Bellfy.
Loomis, who was at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, when the preliminary results were released, said he hopes appreciates citizens’ votes of confidence.
“I want to thank citizens for their support over the past eight years,” he said.
Loomis declined to say whether he will seek another term as mayor.
“We’ll talk about that tomorrow,” he said. “I just want to savor what happened here tonight.”
Beard, who was at the Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe, 1601 W. Lake Lansing Road, said earlier in the night he was “supremely confident I’ll be re-elected” but still had butterflies about the night.
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