Brueggen wins Okarche Town Trustee seat

Ward III unexpired term drew four candidates

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Jeff Brueggen will succeed the late Okarche Town Trustee Joe Frisby, who died last year of COVID-19, in the seat that was decided by voters Tuesday night.

Brueggen had 85 votes, 47% to win the seat, the unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board show.

Robert Ford, a teacher in Okarche Junior High and Okarche High School, had 51 votes, 28%.

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John Endres had 35 votes, 19%, and Brooke Southard had 8 votes, 4%, for the unexpired two-year term in Ward III.

Frisby died in November.

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