Commissioner Sarah McClure wins every category in re-election bid. Michael Dul a surprise second. School Bond Passes by 61% in district. By seven votes in City.

Sarah H. McClure was the overwhelming in winner in Tuesday's  City Election. Her 660 vote total beat that of her closest rival Michael J. Dul by 99 votes. Her 2012 vote compares favorably to the 721 votes she received in 2010. While the total this year is slightly smaller when  one factors in five candidates in 2012 compared to four in 2010 and a  mean spirited characterization  in an area publication that after citing her many accomplishments, claimed her personality was somewhere between a mad micro manager and  that of Cruella Deville.

Michael J. Dul, the presumed junior member in a John Monaghan-Dul ticket, was a surprise second place finisher.  In 2009 Dul was a Mayor Zambricki appointment to  fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission. In 2010 when Dul’s   term of office ended in 2010, then Mayor McCready chose not to  renew it and instead appointed  fellow 2012 candidate Connie Salloum to the Planning Commission in Dul's place.  

In late 2011 Dul was known primarily as someone who prompted the Planning Commission to pull the plug  on  long winded Power Point Presentations  about the Tree ordnance. Like the Iceberg that sank the Titanic however most of Dul’s political punch lay below the surface. He was vice Chairman of Preservation Bloomfield.  He also was very persuasive. His precinct skills (getting people to go the polls and vote for you on Election Day) trailed incumbent Sarah McClure by only four votes. 

The election returns above, the the first available are  posted on the City Hall web site.  For complete behind the scenes election coverage in detail which   look for more details in up coming post.