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For the First Time in Nearly 40 Years Goose Creek Voters Elect New Mayor

Pictured: Greg Habib

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek voters turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s general election.

The line to vote formed early on Election Day in Goose Creek, and would stay long for most of the day, as 3,160 Goose Creek voters went to the polls on Tuesday, April 3.

In unofficial results, voters elected Greg Habib as the city’s new mayor. He will become the city’s first mayor in approximately 40 years.

The city council member unofficially won 1,612 votes to incumbent Mayor Michael Heitzler’s 1,544 votes. The Mayor of Goose Creek is a four-year term.

In the race to fill three City Council seats, the top three vote-getters were Jerry Tekac (1,739 votes), Corey McClary (1,689) and incumbent Debra Green-Fletcher (1,545). A run-off election will not be needed. Tekac, McClary and Green-Fletcher will also serve four-year terms.

Christopher Harmon (1,500 votes), Kimo Esarey (1,480) and Tom Keefe (885) rounded out the City Council voting.

VIA CITY OF GOOSE CREEK

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