Brink defeats Cunningham in Waukon City Council At-Large run-off election

Results reported by the Allamakee County Auditor's Office and now officially canvassed by the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors indicate a victory for challenger Darrold Brink in the Tuesday, December 3 run-off election for the Waukon City Council At-Large seat. According to results from Tuesday's run-off election, Brink garnered 471 votes to 264 votes for Joe Cunningham, the incumbent candidate seeking his third four-year term in the At-Large seat.
Brink was initially a write-in challenger candidate in the November 5 general election, and had finished behind Cunningham in those November 5 vote totals, 311-299. However, Waukon City Code requires candidates in such elections to receive a simple majority (50% plus one) of the vote totals, which neither Cunningham nor Brink did of the 626 total votes cast (16 of which were for neither candidate), resulting in the December 3 run-off election.