CUMMINS ELECTED MAYOR IN SCOTT CITY

SCOTT CITY -- Jerry Cummins, a three-time councilman, was elected Scott City mayor Tuesday. He defeated Rodney Holloway by a 104-vote margin.

Mayor Larry Forhan did not seek re-election.

Cummins, who received 508 votes, currently serves on the city council. He will forfeit the remaining year of his current term to be sworn in as mayor April 15.

Now that the election campaigning is finished, Cummins is just trying to collect his thoughts, he said.

"I thought it would be a close race," he said. "Right now I'm just trying to put my thoughts together and see which way is best to go."

Finding direction is not difficult for a three-generation politician like Cummins. Both his grandfather and father were elected to the Scott City Council. Cummins has served on the council for seven years.

He works at Drury Construction Co. in Cape Girardeau.

Holloway received 404 votes in his second bid for mayor. He also ran in 1992 but was defeated by Forhan.

Holloway also ran for city council in 1990 and 1994 but was defeated both times.

Yet a few defeats won't stop him from running again, he said.

"It's hard to make me quit," Holloway said after seeing the results from the Scott County County Clerk's office.

All candidates for city council ran unopposed. Gary Miller, incumbent John Rogers, Jr., Jerome Gulley, and Marsha Zimmerman were each elected to two-year terms.

The new mayor and council will be sworn in at the next council meeting.