With all voting precincts counted, including more than 9,000 early voting ballots, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson cruised to reelection Tuesday night with over 62 percent of the vote.

With only provisional ballots left to be counted, Tomlinson had 15,515 votes to Colin Martin's 9,189 — or 62.74 percent to Martin's 37.16 percent.

“It’s been a tough race, but we kept it clean and on the facts,” Tomlinson said. “To get this kind of turnout and support in a May election is great, and we’re very grateful to our supporters.”

Martin’s defeat is his second as a candidate and third as an activist. He lost a Columbus Council District 2 race to Glenn Davis in 2002 and also ran an unsuccessful campaign against the 1999 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

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