Council Majority Just Got a Bit Smaller

Joel Harris first mentioned it in the comments, but it looks like Bruce Schumacher in District 2 just lost his seat before he even got a chance to enjoy it. Democrat Angela Mansfield retained possession when, according to the Star:

The results were based on votes that had gone uncounted Election Day after voting machine memory cards were inadvertently left untabulated.

“I got a call today, and apparently it (the vote memory card) had been left in the machine,” she said. “I was kind of getting used to the idea I would have more time.”

I’m not going to don the tin foil hat, but that seems like an awfully fortunate coincidence for Mansfield.

So the majority is down to 16-13 and things just got a little tighter for Ballard before he even steps foot in the Mayor’s office.