Four seats on the Milton City Council were on the ballot this year , and there were very clear alliances among the quartet of incumbents seeking to retain their seats, as well as within the group of challengers seeking to oust them .
The incumbents, Jeff Snow, Shari Sebastiao, Roxanne Meiss and Matthew Jarrett, joined at times by unopposed candidate Casey Powell, frequently appeared together in campaign videos and were even featured in political action committee flyers as almost a one for all and all for one vote.
Likewise the anti-incumbents – leaning on support from political groups like Milton’s Concerned Citizens and Save Blackwater River – appeared very much united, with Ashley Fretwell, Robert Leek, Tom Powers and Larry McKee all equally likely to appear in one another’s social media posts.
And on election night, as it had been four years ago, an anti-incumbent sentiment held sway with every contested incumbent losing their seat.