Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

election:

Anthony’s 10-vote win in Ward 4 withstands recount

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Stavros Anthony

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Glenn Trowbridge

Stavros Anthony's 10-vote margin of victory in the Las Vegas City Council's Ward 4 race withstood a challenge from opponent Glenn Trowbridge today, as a recount confirmed the election's outcome.

City spokesman Jace Radke said there was no change in the tally after mail ballots from four precincts of Trowbridge's choosing and every machine ballot cast in the race were recounted this afternoon. Trowbridge, Las Vegas Planning Commission Chairman, paid the city $800 to conduct the recount.

Anthony, a Metro Police captain and two-term member of the Nevada Higher Education System's Board of Regents, won the June 2 general election with 3,309 votes to Trowbridge's 3,299, a difference of 0.16 percent.

Anthony will be sworn in at Wednesday's City Council meeting at 9 a.m.

"I'm very excited," Anthony said. "I've been studying the agenda for Wednesday's meeting all weekend and I'm looking forward to being sworn in, taking the seat and representing the residents of Ward 4 and continuing to work to make Las Vegas a great place."

Anthony said he was confident that the recount wouldn't change the outcome of the race.

"I was not so much nervous — just waiting for the official outcome. You go by history, you go by the people who run elections, and historically, recounts don't have much impact on the outcome of elections. I have a lot of faith in the Election Department — they do great work. So it was mainly just about waiting for the official outcome."

Trowbridge couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

A second recount, involving the Henderson mayoral race, is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. City Councilman Steve Kirk, who lost to fellow Councilman Andy Hafen by 45 votes in the June 2 race, has requested a recount of mail ballots from eight Henderson precincts. The recount is expected to last two to three hours, City Clerk Monica Simmons said.

Hafen is scheduled to be sworn in Tuesday night at 6:30.

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