Congratulations Sir: Reichert wins Macon-Bibb mayor’s office by wide margin over Ellis

From The Macon Telegraph:

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert overwhelmingly won a runoff race Tuesday to become the first mayor of Macon-Bibb County’s consolidated government.

Reichert triumphed over former Mayor C. Jack Ellis for the fourth time in two years, including wins in the 2011 Democratic Macon mayoral primary and a razor-thin victory in that year’s runoff. Last month, Reichert came close to capturing an outright majority in a six-man race in the Sept. 17 nonpartisan election for city-county mayor. Then Tuesday, Reichert secured a three-year term as the consolidated government’s top official.

With final vote tallies coming in just after 11 p.m., Reichert had won with 63 percent of the vote to Ellis’ 37 percent. Reichert received 25,899 votes to Ellis’ 15,182.