Unofficial election results from Tuesday night show Justin Howard Cribbs got 49 votes and Wanda J. Laning got seven votes in the election for a City Council seat in Springfield.
Cribbis, 36, will fill the seat left vacant when Troy Allen moved out of the city.
Cribbs is a chemist at Intercat in Pooler. Laning, 53, said she is a stay-at-home wife. She has run unsuccessfully for City Council and for mayor in Springfield.
Allen submitted his resignation on Jan. 17. He began serving on the council in 2008 and was scheduled for re-election in November 2015. His term ends Dec. 31, 2015.
Jeff Ambrose also recently resigned as a Springfield council member because he moved out of the city and into the county. Katherine Pridgeon has been appointed to finish his term, which ends in December 2013.
— G.G. Rigsby