Poplar Bluff City Council winners, use tax results announced

The results of two at-large Poplar Bluff City Council races were announced Tuesday evening by Butler County Clerk Tonyi Deffendall.

The winners are: incumbent Steve Davis and newcomer Chris Taylor.

A city use tax proposition failed 654 against with a 598 vote.

Incumbent Ron Black chose not to run for another term.

Ward 5 representative Robert Smith ran unopposed for another term.

Additional information on local races will be shared tonight at www.darnews.com and in the Wednesday print edition of the Daily American Republic.

__The results are:__

Robert Duckett: 317

Chester L. Pumphrey: 21

Incumbent Steve Davis: 501

Logan V. Gilham: 109

Jim Chrisman: 341

Peter Tinsley: 260

Chris Taylor: 485

Brent Eason: 124

Robert E. Durbin: 61