Politics & Government
Toledo Election Winners: Mayor, City Council
Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz earned an upset victory over his opponent, Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson.
TOLEDO, OH — Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz earned an upset victory over his opponent, Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson.
"Tonight, Toledoans voted for a new direction," he said in a Toledo Blade report. "Tonight Toledoans voted for a new future, a new future for themselves and their children."
Hicks-Hudson, 66, was the city's first African-American mayor. As city council president, she became mayor after Mayor D. Michael Collins died following cardiac arrest in Feb. 2015.
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| Mayor - 98.1% in ------ | Votes ----- | Percentage ---- | Winner |
| Paula Hicks-Hudson | 22,490 | 44.3 | |
| Wade Kapszukiewicz | 28,218 | 55.6 | X |
Voters chose incumbents for four of six open city council seats Tuesday night. Sandy Spang, Rob Ludeman, Cecelia Adams, and Larry Sykes earned re-election. Newcomers Nick Komives and Gary Johnson also earned seats Tuesday night. The Toledo City Council is a 12-member council that includes six at-large seats and six by-district seats.
| City Council 98.1% in --- | Votes -- | Percentage -- | Winner |
| Cecelia M. Adams | 21,688 | 9.71 | X |
| Sandy Spang | 27,126 | 12.14 | X |
| Larry J. Sykes | 19,924 | 8.92 | X |
| Rob Ludeman | 24,706 | 11.06 | X |
| Harvey Savage Jr. | 18,381 | 8.23 | |
| Gary Johnson | 21,010 | 9.40 | X |
| Nick Komives | 20,432 | 9.14 | X |
| Sam Melden | 18,176 | 8.13 | |
| Kurt Young | 15,439 | 6.91 | |
| Patricia Robinson | 14,603 | 6.54 | |
| Alfonso R. Narvaez | 13,375 | 5.99 | |
| Clyde F. Phillips Jr | 8,590 | 3.84 |
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