By Ashley Waddell
staff writer

The polls closed at 7 p.m. last Tuesday evening on the Society Hill special election in which two individuals ran for mayor and nine individuals ran for three seats on Town Council.

For the mayoral position, Valencia Brewington received 127 votes, Kevin Long received 69 votes, and John Coleman received one. The following are the Town Council results: Charlotte Chapman Edwards, 82; Denise Douglas 88; Richard Gainey, 92; Donald Watford, 82; Martin Hans, 26; Raymond Harris, 25; Cameron Michael, 59; Rachel Tice Peninger, 21; and Lori Ann Spring, 59.

Because Watford and Edwards received the same number of votes, there will be a runoff election held on April 1, and there will be another special election held on July 8th to fill Brewington’s seat on Town Council.
Filing for the special election in July will begin on May 9.

Brewington will replace former Society Hill Mayor Henry Moree. Douglas and Gainey will replace two of the three council seats which were resigned by Ann Breckenridge, Lynn Gaskins and Kelly Wallace.

A Society Hill native, Brewington is currently employed with the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) in Florence, and has been there for the last 25 years. She is the former WIC Director and is now the Regional Director of Community Development for a 10-county region.

She has an Associates in Secretarial Science, a Bachelors in Business Administration Management, and a Masters in Clinical Counseling. Brewington is also a licensed professional counselor.

All questions regarding the upcoming runoff or special elections should be directed towards Town Hall in Society Hill.

Valencia Brewington

May 9: Filing for special election for Town Council seat begins

April 1: Runoff election for Town Council