<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4VHQv7_1H00kWHN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4VHQv7_1H00kWHN00" width="960" height="960" >GRAND ISLAND – Jimmy Reed will apparently become Grand Island’s next mayor, based on provisional votes counted by the Hall County Election Office Nov. 10 and unofficial final results released Nov. 10.In the unofficial final results, pending the Nov. 16 meeting of the canvassing board, Reed received 6,727 votes (50.73 percent), compared to 6,455 votes for Ryan O’Neill (48.68 percent). That’s a 272-vote margin. There were 79 write-in ballots cast and a total of 13,261 votes cast for mayor. “The results are not final until they are certified by the canvassing board – but there are not more ballots to count. I expect no changes in results once the canvassing board certifies the results,” Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet said in the evening Nov. 10. The last results the Election Commissioner’s office released after the Nov. 3 election were published at 1:49 a.m. Nov. 4. Then, Reed received 6,663 votes, compared to 6,395 votes for O’Neill, a 268-vote margin. With the counting of the provisional ballots on Nov. 10, Reed’s lead increased from a 268-vote margin to a 272-vote margin.Reed, 37, is a real estate agent for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices/Da-Ly Realty. O’Neill, 45, is IT manager at Amur Equipment Finance. O’Neill has served eight years on the Hall County Airport Authority Board and is the current chairman. He has served on the Grand Island City Council since 2024 and is this year’s City Council president. Voters who did not bring their ID to the polling place had until 5 p.m. Nov. 10 to bring their ID to the election office to have their provisional vote counted, according to Overstreet.“With that deadline past, the Hall County Election Office has counted the provisional votes. There were a total of 278 provisionals related to name/address updates and 8 provisionals due to no ID. Of the 286 total provisionals, there were 179 that were determined to be valid and eligible for counting,” Overstreet wrote Nov. 10. “These unofficial final results will be taken to the Hall County Canvassing Board during a 9 a.m. Nov. 16 meeting for final certification. All results remain unofficial until certification occurs. There do not appear to be any races that are close enough to warrant a recount at this time,” Overstreet wrote Nov. 10.Reed commented Nov. 11 about his apparent win as mayor. “It’s nice to breathe and relax. I’m just thankful. I’m thankful so many people in the community supported the mission that we’re on. I take it with a lot of weight. The respect, the honor that this position that the mayor of Grand Island holds. I want to do right by all those who voted for me. I also want to do right by those who supported Councilman O’Neill. It was a super-close margin. It goes to show that people have faith in both candidates. I think it’s good for the public to know that I represent those in favor of Ryan as well. I’m very thankful. I’m humbled. I just want to do the best for the people who live here,” Reed said.Between now and December when Reed begins his term in office, “It’s going to be a continuance of what we started 11 months ago. We have some of the major projects going on such as the Good Life (District). There are some other areas that need immediate focus. I am continuing to talk with people to plan for that so that we’re not skipping a beat when December comes. We’re just going to continue to plan and organize.”Reed said he will announce near the end of November who he plans to appoint as city administrator. Reed said at the Oct. 29 mayoral debate that he did not plan to continue having Patrick Brown as the city administrator. </div></body>

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GRAND ISLAND – Jimmy Reed will apparently become Grand Island’s next mayor, based on provisional votes counted by the Hall County Election Office Nov. 10 and unofficial final results released Nov. 10. In the unofficial final results, pending the Nov. 16 meeting of the canvassing board, Reed received...

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Jimmy Reed will be G.I.’s next mayor, per unofficial results

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