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Atlantic Beach incumbents sweep town council seats.
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Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)
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October 12, 2005
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Byline: Jannette Pippin
Oct. 12--ATLANTIC BEACH -- After a long night of hand-counting votes, the Atlantic Beach municipal election ended Tuesday with the naming of a new mayor and five incumbent council members returned to office.
Former board member Joyce "Tootsie" Vinson made a successful bid for the mayor's seat, with a 213-172 vote win over current councilman Harry Archer. Archer chose to run for the seat after current mayor Eddie Dawkins decided to run for re-election to his council seat rather than seek the mayor's post he was appointed to after former mayor Joe Stroud resigned.
Dawkins and the four other incumbents running for council seats received the ...
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