" Aftermath 2 :ok. Dixon Brickner Barnett Bates FARMINGTON HILLS Mayor 2-year term: $2,700/yr. pending charter vote 7085 Nancy Bates 1774 George Sarkisian McKeon BIRMINGHAM City Council Four 4-year terms open: $5/mtg. - Dianne McKeon 2001 Seth Chafetz 1984 * Russell Dixon 1977 * Dante Lanzetta 1484 * Scott Moore 1058 * Archie Damrnan 596 Jason Lewiston 480 Toby Renae Brown . Here are Tuesday's election results in selected races for cities in the Jewish News circulation area. Vote counts are unofficial. Asterisks denote incumbents. Winners' names are in boldface. BERKLEY Mayor 2-year term: $40 a meeting up to $1,440 a year * John Mark Mooney City Council Three 4-year terms open: $1,800/yr• pending charter vote 7415 * Vicki Barnett 6033 Barry Brickner 4549 Christopher McRae 3724 Ronald Oliverio 1886 Paul Molin White Giliham Jenks HUNTINGTON WOODS Mayor 4-year term: $1/yr. * Ron Gillham City Commission Two 4-year terms open: $1/yr. * Mary White . ...... .733 .588 Jeffrey Jenks .. . .. .512 * Leon Pratnicki , City Council Three 4-year terms open: $30/mtg. up to $1,080/yr. 885 Marilyn Stephan 855 Daniel Benton 850 Robert E. Bailey FERNDALE Mayor 2-year term pending charter vote: stipend up to $750/yr. 2066 * Chuck Goedert 1501 Dennis Errimi City Council Two 4-year terms open: $10/mtg. up to $500/yr. 1846 * Robert Porter 1802 Craig Covey 1440 Patrick Dengate 1253 Ken Miller LATHRUP VILLAGE City Council Two 4-year terms open, one 2-year term open: no pay 483 * Renee McClain 471 * Duane Welch 410 Todd Weglarz 11/5 1999 16 Detroit Jewish Ne NOVI Mayor 2-year term: $20/mtg. Richard Clark Michael Meyer 4825 2155 City Council Three 4-year terms: $15/mtg. Michelle Bononi * Craig DeRoche Louis Csordas Brooks Thomas Decker * Kathleen Mutch * Bob Schmid Steven Patrick Reed 3907 3716 2601 2367 2232 2083 1902 Abrams Seligson Naftaly OAK PARK Mayor 2-year term: $5,724/yr. * Gerald Naftaly City Council Two 4-year terms open, $4,452/yr.; mayor pro tern, $4,770/yr. 2451 * Raymond Abrams 2343 * Michael Seligson (mayor pro tern) Norman Allen II . . . . .1449 ROYAL OAK Mayor 2-year term: $40/mtg. up to $2,400 4454 * Dennis Cowen 3934 Michael Andrzejak HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff -Writer t was a near sweep for Jewish candi- dates in this week's local elections, as five incumbents and four challengers won seats on city councils, and one mayor was re-elected. Gerald Naftaly, who ran unopposed for Oak Park mayor, will keep his seat for anoth- er two years, while Mayor Pro Tern Michael Seligson and Raymond Abrams were re-elect- ed to the city council. Challenger Barry Brickner and incum- bent Vicki Barnett won two of three open seats on the Farmington Hills City Council, while incumbent Mary White and chal- lenger Jeffrey Jenks won seats on the Huntington Woods City Commission. Seth Chafetz succeeded in his bid for a Birmingham City Commission seat. Incumbent Sidney Lantz won a two-year term, while challenger Jonathan Brateman won a four-year term on the Southfield City Brateman Lantz Council. Joan Seymour lost in her bid for SOUTHFIELD city clerk. City Council "It feels wonderful," said Brateman, 42, a Three 4-year terms open, one 2-year commercial real estate broker of his term open: $40/mtg. up to $3,000 Southfield victory. "I started this campaign . 9 2 * Myron Frasier . . back in February, and there were times that .4721 * Sylvia Jordan . . I got a litde worn out, but people would .4174 Jonathan Brateinan • come out of nowhere to lift me up and 4104 * Sidney T anti make me feel great." . .3477 Roy Bell "I'm proud of my 'involvement in the .2819 Robert Willis . Jewish community, which is a very signifi- .1738 Eleanor Smith . . . . . part of Southfield," he said, "and I think . .1326 Marilyn Ann Williams • we can accomplish a lot of things." Clerk Chafetz, 39, a resident professional at the One 4-year term open: $79,000/yr. Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, said . .$3,000 plus $40/mtg. up to . his successful run for the Birmingham City .5221 Nancy Banks . . Commission was based on performance, not . .2695 Joan Seymour religious beliefs. "I think that people got my message that City Council the old people weren't getting the job done, Three 4-year terms open: $20/mtg. u and they wanted some new people to get the to $1,200 4834 job done," he said "Birmingham has changed * Ilene Lanfear 4327 a lot. The issue isn't whether I'm Jewish, the * Tom Kuhn 4159 Jeanne Sarnacki issue was that I am someone who has stood 3599 Kevin Lapham up for the residents before, and that's what 3535 William Cahalan they want up there now." 2244 Jim Rasor Brickner, a challenger who won a seat on Farmington Hills City Council in his first WALLED LAKE attempt, said his familiarity while sitting on City Council the city's planning commission will make an Three 2-year terms open: $5/mtg. 300 William Burke easy transition to the city council. 283 * Heather Hill "I wanted to make sure that city council 277 * Linda Ackley stayed pretty much the way it was," he said. 259 Monica Lesnau "The city already moves very smoothly." fl 136 Julie Lingenfelter . ORCHARD LAKE Village Council Two 3-year terms open: no pay 245 Nancy Davis 244 H. K. Sperlich 189 Edward F. Birrell Jr. 169 * Sylvia Beatty 96 Ernie Brooks Most Jewish candidates are victorious in local elections.