Tim Reed easily secured one of them with more than 5,800 votes. But when Mathew Pratton and Bonnie Rodriguez tied for the other seat, the city was in a bit of a pickle. Tied elections in America ...
Bonnie Rodriguez, left, and Mathew Pratton, center, draw straws Tuesday as Galt police chief Brian Kalinowski selects the tiebreaker to decide Pratton the winner in the deadlocked Galt City ...
Mathew Pratton and Bonnie Rodriguez were two of three candidates running for two seats on the Galt City Council. Candidate Tim Reed was a clear winner with nearly 6,000 votes, but Pratton and ...
But Mathew Pratton and Bonnie Rodriguez tied with 3,882 votes each, meaning they had to put to a test a tiebreaker voters approved earlier this year. Ahead of Tuesday's regularly scheduled City ...
GALT — In Galt, a deadlocked city council led to the two candidates participating in an unusual tiebreaker. The only rule, according to Galt City Clerk Tina Hubert, for the tiebreaker: "The ...