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It's been a whirlwind of a year. We are basically half-way through it and a lot has happened. We have seen crazy weather. We have seen businesses open and close here.

The final two council seats were filled for the city of Amarillo with Josh Craft and Les Simpson winning their runoff elections Saturday night.

With everything that has happened in the past month or so, it sure seems like May was a lifetime ago. Remember that was when Election Day was for Amarillo. It should have been the end of the political season but it wasn't.

Two spots for the council will be decided after the polls close at 7 p.m. Saturday. Heres what you need to know.

Starting today, the city of Amarillo begins early voting for its runoff election for City Council Places 1 and 4.

Council runoff candidates participated in the forum at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens in front of a sparse but enthusiastic crowd.

On Saturday night Amarillo voters elected two members to council while sending 2 other races to a runoff in citywide elections

The one thing I know many of us were looking forward to was the political advertisements coming to an end. Whether you got a knock on the door, a flyer in your mailbox, saw it on TV or heard it on the radio, it was a lot—just like every election season.

“The money that I have to work with is being used to counter the incredible imbalance of money and influence over the last decades," Fairly said.

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