Top 10 stories of 2019: Off-year Cumberland elections produce some surprises
November’s municipal elections drew the usual low number of voters that off-year contests typically attract, but some of the outcomes left observers surprised.In Fayetteville, City Councilman Ted Mohn was defeated by political newcomer Courtney Banks-McLaughlin, who received 672 votes to Mohn’s 494.Also in Fayetteville, Yvonne Y. Kinston defeated incumbent Jim Arp 658 votes to 575.Arp had held the seat for about nine years. He was chairman of the […]
