And Then There Were Six Council Candidates

Two candidates running for Flagstaff City Council have been eliminated.

Small business owner Dan Frazier and retired school teacher Stephen Knutson are no longer in the running. Both candidates received less than 1,900 votes.

This is Knutson’s second unsuccessful attempt to becoming a councilman. He also ran for mayor in 2008, but was eliminated in the primary.

So far, the top candidates fighting for three seats are Art Babbot, Scott Overton, and Celia Barotz. Former Flagstaff councilman Babbot is in first place with 5,500 votes, and current councilman Overton remains in second place, only trailing Babbot by 393 votes. In third place is Cecila Barotz who received 4,831 votes.

The other three candidates are David Evans (4th place and 1,600 behind Barotz), nurse Dave Arendt, and Educational Specialist Bruce Kennedy.

The General Election will be held in May.