Elections results in Lexington. Here’s who won at-large seats on council.
.jpg "Candidates in the Lexington town council race. From left to right: Ron Williams, Greg Brewer, Doug Leonard, Gavin Smith and Todd Carnes.")
With all precincts in the town of Lexington reporting, three incumbents have been elected to their at-large seats, unofficial results showed.
Gavin Smith, Todd Carnes and Ron Williams won enough votes for reelection. Carnes, who declared victory at 8:15 p.m., got 22% of the vote. Williams and Smith each received over 23% of the vote, unoffiical results showed.
More than 7,200 people cast their votes for the town’s election this year. The two challengers were Doug Leonard and Greg Brewer. Leonard received 12% of the vote and Brewer received 17%.
Carnes, the owner of a local realty company was first elected to town council in 2014.
Smith, a marketing consultant, was first elected to the town’s council in 2023 in a special election. He was the youngest and first openly gay person to be elected to town council in Lexington.
Williams was also elected in 2014 and is a retiree who oversees operations for Mission Lexington, a nonprofit organization.
“Thanks for your faith and support,” Carnes wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday night. “We will work hard to make our town prosper.”
Williams acknowledged his win on social media, thanking friends for the texts and support.
Brewer, a retired engineer, had run for an at-large seat in 2023. Council members Todd Lyle, Jeannie Michaels and Will Allen won in that election. Both Brewer and Doug Leonard, a political newcomer and businessman, ran on platforms aimed at addressing the growing pains of the town’s growth.
As Lexington County has added nearly 100,000 people to its population in the last two decades, its county seat has felt the impacts on its traffic, infrastructure and schools. Elected officials across the county have disagreed on how to mitigate growth and how to address the growing pains.
