Mayor Baker and Alderman Tarpley Elected in Alexandria

Mayor Ria Baker and Alderman Tony Tarpley were elected to new four year terms during the Alexandria City Election Thursday.
Only nineteen people voted.
Mayor Baker received 18 votes and Tarpley had 19 votes
A mayor and three aldermen were supposed to be elected Thursday but Mayor Baker and Alderman Tarpley were the only candidates to qualify to get their names on the printed ballot. Aldermen Eddie Tubbs and Charles Griffith chose not to seek re-election.
There could also be no write-in candidates because the deadline had passed for anyone wanting to run as a write-in candidate to get in the race.
The remaining two vacancies on the city council will have to be filled by appointment of the board of mayor and aldermen.