Rockville voters chose councilmember Bridget Newton as their new mayor tonight, and decisively backed the agenda of the Team Rockville slate, electing all 4 members to the city council. Only 40226 city voters chose to participate in voting Tuesday, marking a low 16% turnout.
Julie Palakovich Carr received the most council votes with 4308, (18.7%), a strong showing that placed her ahead of fellow winners Virginia Onley, incumbent Tom Moore, and Beryl Feinberg.
Don Hadley finished only 88 votes behind Feinberg, and Claire Marcuccio Whitaker had the least votes.
MAYOR
√Newton 53.06% 3508 votes
Pierzchala 46.68% 3086
COUNCIL
√Palakovich Carr 18.7% 4308
√Onley 17.60% 4063
√Moore 17.47% 4035
√Feinberg 16.01% 3698
Hadley 15.63% 3610
Whitaker 13.72% 3167
Expand Mayor & Council terms to 4 years?
√Yes 53.54% 3548
No 42.98% 2848
No opinion 3.49% 231
Hold Rockville elections in presidential election years?
Yes 41.91% 2767
√No 53.47% 3530
No opinion 4.62% 305
Expand council seats from 4 to 6?
Yes 42.91% 2843
√No 50.49% 3345
No opinion 6.60% 437
Rockville Nights will have analysis of the election results later today (it's officially Wednesday right now).