Wilson lost to Hernandez by just 18 votes. Unofficial tallies showed Hernandez with 2,172 votes to her 2,154. A newcomer to city elections, Wilson won a plurality on May 1 to force the runoff with Hernandez, who has served as commissioner for eight of the past nine years. But more than 8,100 voters cast ballots that day. Pointing to sharply reduced numbers on Saturday, Wilson said low voter turnout might have led to the turnaround.
People have intentions but they get busy.
They get distracted. Hernandez, though, expressed a different view. Wilson s inflammatory campaign ads and her use of publisher Jerry McHale led to her losing votes, Hernandez said. Most people I talked to want us to have a positive community focused on doing good things. They didn t like the negative campaigning, no-vision approach.