A pair of newcomers, as well as one incumbent, have been elected to serve on the Edinburgh Town Council for the next four years.
Republican Sherri Sweet and Independent Michael Bryant, both first-time candidates, were the top vote-getters in the race for the town council’s at-large seats. Sweet took 30% of the vote, while Bryant won 27%. Incumbent Republican Miriam Rooks, who was seeking her second term, was reelected after receiving 24% of the vote.
Incumbent Jeff Simpson, a Republican, was the final candidate and received 19% of votes.
Sweet works for Edinburgh Community School Corporation as an administrative secretary to the superintendent. If elected, she would want to see the town and the school district work together to make Edinburgh as successful as it can be, particularly with a 287-acre housing development potentially coming to the town.
Her other priorities include ensuring Edinburgh residents are helped with the services they need.
Bryant has been a small business owner for 40 years, having founded MB Exports, a recycling company. His time running a business has taught him the intricacies of a budget and working with other people, which he could apply to local government if elected.
He did not have any concrete plans or goals if he was elected; rather, he pledged to better the community any way he could.
Rooks has spent the past four years on the town council, and in that time, she has helped make decisions to best lead Edinburgh in a better direction, she said.
Accomplishments such as a new fire station, a robust police department, the nearly completed water treatment plant and updated roads have all helped move the town forward. Rooks ran for a second term to continue that trajectory.
Sweet, Bryan and Rooks will serve four-year terms on the council, where they’ll be in charge of adopting resolutions and ordinances for the town and set spending. They represent all of Edinburgh.
HOW YOU VOTED
(Vote for three)
Miriam Rooks (R): 24%
Jeff Simpson (R): 19%
Sherri Sweet (R): 30%
Michael Bryant (I): 27%
