Mauck, Knight, Good all return to Stanley Council
By Randy Arrington
STANLEY, Nov. 5 — Mayor Michael Knight won a third, four-year term as Mayor of Stanley on Tuesday after fending off a late write-in campaign by Councilman Doug Purdham that came up about 84 votes short. Knight received 58.3 percent of the vote, with 431 ballots. There were 308 write-in ballots cast, presumably the vast majority cast for Purdham, who ran a public write-in campaign for the office of mayor.
All three members of the Stanley Council who were on the ballot retained their seats for another four years in uncontested races. Joseph Mauck garnered 506 votes, while Jeremiah Knight earned 405. However, the highest vote count went to Robyn Good, who received 655 votes in a special election to fill the remainder of the late Duane Layman’s term after being appointed by council to fill the seat earlier this year.
There were 48 write-in ballots cast in the Stanley Council race.
Page County supported Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with 76.4 percent of the vote, with 9,923 ballots — compared to 2,910 votes for Democrat Kamala Harris. The Republican ticket carried the day locally, with GOP candidate Hung Cao winning 72.1 percent (9,187 votes) against Democratic incumbent Senator Tim Kaine (3,540); and incumbent Ben Cline earning 77.3 percent (9,848 votes) over Democratic challenger Ken Mitchell (2,641).
The proposed amendment to the state tax code expanding real estate tax exemptions on the primary residence of spouses of military personnel “who die in the line of duty” passed in Page County by 94.8 percent, receiving 11,830 votes.
Among Page County’s 17,820 registered voters, a total of 13,054 ballots were cast in the 2024 general election — a voter turnout of 73 percent.
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