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The Peachtree City voters who turned out for the Dec. 5 runoff election gave a large thumbs up vote to Laura Plauché Johnson and said no thanks to Tamara Moore.
With all votes counted after Tuesday polling, here are the final totals:
Laura Plauché Johnson — 2,919 votes (78%)
Tamara Allen Moore — 824 votes (22%)
Johnson will be sworn in to take office in January.
She joins Suzanne Brown who beat Moore’s running mate, banker Vic Painter, 58% to 42% in the November local election.
The two will remake the current city council, with two women taking the place of departing and term-limited council members Mike King and Phil Prebor.
The remaining council features Mayor Kim Learnard, and council members Clint Holland (Post 3), and Frank Destadio (Post 4).
The new voting alignment is likely to shift to Destadio, Holland and Brown, while newcomer Laura Johnson has yet to make detailed public statements about her policy preferences.
Mayor Learnard will likely miss her reliable votes as King and Prebor leave the podium and return to private life.
Johnson led the three-way race Nov. 7 with 41.7% of the vote, while Moore came in second at 29.7%.
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EARLY VOTE STORY — In early vote tabulations here’s the vote count for the two Peachtree City Council Post 1 runoff candidates at this point:
Laura Plauché Johnson — 1,235 (82%)
Tamara Allen Moore — 260 (17%)
A total of 1,495 voters cast early and absentee ballots.
The early vote occurred all last week. Today’s vote — when all precincts are counted — will be added to the early vote.
Johnson led the three-way race Nov. 7 with 41.7% of the vote, while Moore came in second at 29.7%. In that Nov. 7 election, 5,936 Peachtree City voters cast their ballots.
Suzanne Brown won a two-way race over Vic Painter 58.4% to 41.5% for the Post 2 seat on the council. She will take office Jan. 1.
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