Denette Dunn voted in as newest Peoria City Council member

PHOENIX — Peoria residents voted in the city’s interim council member Tuesday to replace a longtime politician who died this summer.

Denette Dunn, the only candidate on the ballot, won 88% over write-in candidates with a total of just over 2,100 votes.

“Over the course of several months I asked hundreds of residents of the Pine District if they gave me this opportunity, I would focus on big issues like transportation and economic development … and today my community said yes to that,” she said in a Facebook post.

Dunn was appointed as an interim city council member after Carlo Leone resigned in April due to ongoing health issues.

He died in June at 84.

Leone was first elected to represent the West Valley suburb’s Pine District in May 1999.

Lawyer and businessman Cordero Delgadillo ran for Leone’s seat as a write-in candidate.

Randal Rains appeared on the ballot but had officially withdrawn his candidacy in July due to a medical condition, according to YourValley.net.

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