Posted: 12:09 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015

Fresh faces elected to Middletown City Council

By Ed Richter

Staff Writer

Newcomers Talbott Moon and Steve Bohannon were the leading vote-getters Tuesday for two open seats on Middletown City Council.

According to final, unofficial results from the Butler County and Warren County boards of elections, Moon, 34, received 4,556 votes and Bohannon, 56, received 4,165 votes. Incumbent Councilwoman Anita Scott Jones, 52, collected 3,760 votes and first-time candidate Roy Gordon, 44, got 1,312 votes.

Nearly 5,000 paper absentee ballots were not included in the Butler County totals as of press time Tuesday night. The Butler County Board of Elections reported technical issues with the scanning process of the paper ballots.

Once those votes have been counted, it could impact the result of some races. Visit Journal-News.com today for the latest election results.

Bohannon told the Journal-News that he ran for a council seat because he wanted to give something back to the city. He said he wanted to “thank all of the folks in Middletown who voted for him, and especially his wife Kay for all of her hard work and support.”

“This city has helped me raise and educate my children, start and run a successful business and allowed me to live the American dream,” Bohannon said. “It’s time to give back.”

He said he was going to do the best job he can for the city.

Bohannon is the past chairman of the Middletown Cemetery Board and is the chairman of the Middletown Real Estate Investors Group representing the city’s landlords. He is also a board member of the Middletown Safety Commission and the Rotary Club.

Moon said via email that he is “honored and humbled by the support of the Middletown voters.”

“I’d like to thank all the residents of Middletown, my family and friends for the help and encouragement these last several months. I’d also like to congratulate Steve Bohannon on his election,” Moon said.

He said that he got to know Jones and Gordon throughout this process.

“They’re good people and I know they’ll both stay engaged serving our city and its residents,” Moon said. “Specifically, I’d like to thank Councilwoman Anita Scott Jones, she’s given freely of her time and talents for many years in service to Middletown and she deserves our appreciation. Changes won’t come easily, but I look forward to getting to work for and with our residents to build a better Middletown.”

Moon has been active in the community as a board member and chairing committees of The Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton; as a volunteer leader and committee member at the Oaks Community Church; and as committee member with The Business Alliance.

Middletown City Council members serve four-year terms and receive salaries of $5,000 a year.