{"id":14821,"date":"2015-08-05T07:19:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=14821"},"modified":"2015-08-05T07:19:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T13:19:51","slug":"black-jack-council-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=14821","title":{"rendered":"Black Jack Council Special Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Rick Steigerwald Wins Run-off\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Election to Retain His Seat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a special runoff election for the Black Jack City Council. incumbent Rick Steigerwald retained his council seat with a 117-43 majority over challenger Veronica Patton in the Aug.5<sup>th<\/sup> special election.<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, Steigerwald and Patton each received 143 votes in the city wide election in which Mayor Norm McCourt had won another term. 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