Gene Smith earns spot back on Hoover City Council in Place 2 after winning runoff Read more at: https://www.shelbycoun
HOOVER – With the election season being completed in the city of Hoover, citizens now know that a familiar face will be making his way back to the city’s governing body for the next four years.
In the runoff election for Place 2 on the Hoover City Council, Gene Smith narrowly defeated Kenneth Cox Jr. after the 8,646 total votes were tabulated from the 17 precincts within the city.
Smith earned 4,644 of the day’s votes, securing 53.71 percent of the vote, while Cox earned 4,002, or the other 46.29 percent of the vote from the citizens.
The results of the runoff were flipped in the general election, which saw Cox earned 33.30 percent of the vote with 5,411 and Smith earn 30 percent at 4,876 in a four-man race for the position.
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