YOUNGSTOWN — Nothing is going to change the outcome of the write-in Democratic primary for Youngstown council president: Tom Hetrick is the winner, election officials say.
Hetrick had 1,347 votes to 1,092 for incumbent council President DeMaine Kitchen and 92 for Lee David Pupio. All three ran as write-in candidates.
The 255-vote lead is too great for Kitchen to overcome, said Director Joyce Kale-Pesta and Deputy Director Thomas McCabe of the Mahoning County Board of Elections.
“DeMaine can’t catch him,” McCabe said.
There were 205 votes “not assigned” during Tuesday’s primary and 79 provisional ballots in the city are to be counted.
But McCabe said election officials went through the 205 “not assigned” votes and “there aren’t any that are going to add to the count.”