Louisville election results

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Unofficial elections results show Bob Muckle as the winner of the Louisville mayoral race with a narrow margin on his opponent, Sheri Marsella.

“I anticipated this would be a close election and so far it
has fulfilled that expectation,” Muckle says. “I don’t think I’ve seen any
other race that’s this close.”

Each update through the night saw Muckle gaining just a few votes. He did a get-out-the-vote campaign Monday and Tuesday and
says, “We’ll see if that pays off.”

Muckle has served on city council for six years and
campaigned on preserving Louisville’s small town character and status as No. 1
small town in the country, according to Money magazine. He’s watched enough elections to expect Louisville counts to run slightly behind the county, he says. Marsella, a trained attorney with experience in municipal, finance and transit
law, has been mayor pro tem of Louisville for four years and served on city
council for nine years.

Unofficial results for the Louisville City Council races show Jay Keany with 55.10 percent of the vote for Ward I and
Susan Loo with 77.61 percent of the vote for Ward II.

Keany served three terms on the City Council until in 2005,
and has been president of the Downtown Business Association, chairman of the
Louisville Housing Authority and mayor pro tem. His opponent for the race in
Ward I, Bill Scanlon, is a former columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and
opponent of turning the abandoned Sam’s Club and Safeway space into residential
developments and is in favor of more bike- and pedestrian-friendly open space
near Louisville.

“The first time I ran for office, I left where
I was watching the returns and I was behind and got home and I got a call and I was ahead,” Keany said when about half the ballots had been counted. “So right now I’m optimistic
and hopeful and hoping I can serve the people of Louisville for another term.”

Keany watched results from Bob’s Diner in downtown Louisville with fellow candidate
Loo.

“People are coming from the storm and it’s a pretty joyous
scene here,” Loo says.

 Loo, the unofficial winner for Ward II, is a veteran of the
Louisville Planning Commission, campaigned on strengthening the town’s retail
presence to increase revenues and improving basic infrastructure, including
streets, equipment and facilities.

“It’s been a wonderful ride and I learned so
much,” Loo says. “I tried to knock on every door in
Ward II, I didn’t always get an answer but I probably talked to at least 50
percent of Ward II and I learned so much and met so many people, and it was
just a good time.”

Her opponent, Dean Smith, president and
co-founder of the public relations firm New Stage Media, argued for revision
the development process as it connected to demolition of historic buildings.

Hank Dalton, a previous member of Louisville City Council
and Louisville Planning Commission, ran unopposed for Ward III.