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Mayor Jake Day Wins Second Term

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Credit Don Rush

Mayor Jake Day swept to victory for a second term as Salisbury’s chief executive with 86 percent of the vote.

His opponent Wayne King received 14 percent.

The totals were 2,276 to 377.

Voters emerging from the District 3 polling place:

Day promised that he would begin strategic planning for the next four years.

He added that his election along with the five winning council members represented a rejection of the angry politics of our time.

Delmarva Public Radio's Don Rush caught up with Day to talk about the significance of the election.

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Meanwhile, in District 1 April Jackson was the winner with 267 votes while Jack Heath in District easily beat back a challenge with 542.

District 4 saw Michele Gregory win with 439 votes while in District 5 Angela Black won with 444 votes.

Incumbent Muir Boda in District 2 ran unopposed.

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.