After a month of campaigning and another month of voting, the new PAWS of Coronado Canine Mayor was announced by human Coronado Mayor Casey Tanaka at last evening’s Inauguration.
The winner and new Canine Mayor of Coronado with 4677 votes is Bently James!
His Vice Mayor with 2244 votes is Blade.
The other 16 Caninedates make up the Canine Council.
It was a wonderful field of Caninedates and truly every dog is a winner.
Last minute voting
Over 5000 votes were cast during the last two days of the election! Votes were primarily cast online through the PAWS PayPal account, but the voting box at the Flower Show was responsible for many of the last minute votes.
Votes came in from across the US in addition to California voters, the Caninedates had supporters in Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Wow!
How they voted
Here is a tally of the total votes:
CANINEDATE TOTAL VOTES
Bently James – 4677
Blade – 2244
Gunner – 1064
Briny – 622
Da Vinci – 566
Bubs – 556
Zanzabar – 439
Banjo Billy – 404
Bones – 373
Cupcake Sprinkles – 369
Zuzu – 296
Bachelor – 235
Mia – 210
Puff – 177
Byron – 154
Jeremy Fives – 153
Koa’nado – 148
Troy – 136
Everyone at PAWS of Coronado wants to thank all of our Caninedates for running a fun-filled and exciting campaign, to their owners for working tirelessly during the Race, and to everyone who supported the 2014 Canine Mayoral Race.
Additional photos can bee seen on the PAWS of Coronado website – 2014 Canine Mayoral Inauguration
