In my post yesterday I briefly touched on how Stephanie Meyer could not even carry her council ward in her bid to become Shawnee's mayor. OK, she got creamed in the primary. She did come in second which allows her to go into the general election. But, wow, she got her tail end kicked.
Picture this, a 4 way primary, current mayor, Michelle Distler racks up 57% of the vote citywide. Stephanie Meyer shows up with a weak second place finish at approximately 26% citywide. Over the years I have witnessed various primary elections. Usually, when it is a 4 way race, the top dog winds up with a figure in the high 30's % to low 40's %, but 57% is unheard of.
But, let's get back to the topic at hand. Stephanie Meyer is a current Ward 3 representative and president of the city council. One would think that she would persevere in Ward 3. Wrong!!!!
She literally got her butt kicked. Don't believe me? Here are the figures and you can double check them yourself at http://www.jocoelection.org.
Ward 3 Results Mayoral Primary 2019
Distler 1004 51.38%
Meyer 639 32.70%
Tubbesing 277 14.18%
Sood 34 1.74%
Why would the voters in a council rep's own ward reject them for mayor? The reasons can be numerous. Maybe they don't trust her? Maybe they don't think she is truthful? Maybe they think she hides things?
I asked it yesterday and I'll ask it again: are the citizens of Ward 3 trying to tell the rest of the city something? BTW, she (Meyer) really got hammered in the other three wards.
Shawnee does not need, not can it afford to have someone like Meyer as its Mayor.
