With counting essentially complete, James Goble appears to have won the City Council’s two-year term by a single vote, edging out incumbent Bruce Hobbs, 926 votes to 925 votes.
The two had appeared tied for fourth place with 916 votes each since late election night, held on Nov. 4.
Linn County today (Wednesday, Nov. 19) counted votes from ballots with challenged signatures and from ballots that arrived from other counties. Hobbs picked up nine votes,…