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ROCKVILLE ELECTION UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 
Susan Hoffmann Wins First Term as Mayor; Britton, Gajewski, Marcuccio and Robbins Elected
Two Incumbents, Anne Robbins and Phyllis Marcuccio Re-Elected; Britton and Gajewski Earn First Term on City Council 

ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 6, 2007 — Susan Hoffmann and two incumbent members of the City Council seeking re-election today won new terms in the City of Rockville’s 61st Mayor and Council election.

Hoffmann won her first term as mayor by defeating Mark Pierzchala and Drew Powell. Hoffmann received 2,733 votes (47.02 percent). Pierzchala received 1,591 votes (27.37 percent) and Powell received 1,475 votes (25.38 percent). Results will not be official until certified by the Board of Supervisors.
 
Eleven candidates were competing for the four Council positions (all at-large), which, like the mayor’s position, carry two-year terms. John Britton won his first term with 2,609 votes (12.10 percent), Piotr (Peter) Gajewski also won his first term with 3,019 votes (14.0 percent), Phyllis Marcuccio was elected to her second term with 2,397 votes (11.12 percent), and Anne Robbins won her fifth term with 2,426 votes (11.25 percent).
 
Unsuccessful in their bids for City Council were Theo Anderson with 1,333 votes (6.18 percent), incumbent Bob Dorsey with 1,844 votes (8.55 percent), Richard Gottfried with 1,858 votes (8.62 percent), Carl Henn with 2,284 votes (10.59 percent), Brigitta Mullican with 1,870 votes (8.67 percent), Tracy Pakulniewicz-Chidiac with 1,336 votes (6.20 percent), and Eric Wang with 550 votes (2.55 percent).
 
The total of 5,887 votes cast represented approximately 19.93 percent of the 29,535 registered voters.  

This was the 61st Mayor and Council elected in the City. The newly elected members will be sworn in Sunday, November 18, 2007 at the City’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre located at 603 Edmonston Drive in Rockville. The ceremonies will begin at 1:00 p.m.
 
All results are posted on the City’s Web site at www.rockvillemd.gov.
 
During this morning’s voting process, a small number of residents experienced a short delay that occurred at some of the polling places. Within the first 5-10 minutes after the polls opened at 7:00 a.m., the City discovered a technical glitch in the electronic poll book supplied by the state. The City immediately put into place a simple procedure to work around the mistake. The mistake was caused when the state extracted the Rockville poll book from the larger database. Officials at the polls reported that only a handful of people, estimated at no more than a dozen, may have experienced difficulty voting until the problem was identified and the correction was put into place.
 
Other than that brief glitch, the election proceeded without further disruptions.

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