Rehoboth Beach, Del., held an election for two soon-to-be-open seats on its Board of Commissioners on Saturday. Suzanne Goode and Craig Thier are Rehoboth’s newest Commissioners-elect.
The election was held at the Rehoboth Convention Center. Thier, a 22-year resident of Rehoboth received the most votes with 611, with Goode following right behind with 521 votes.
Rachel Macha received 448 and Mark Saunders 489 votes. Saunders was the only LGBTQ candidate running in the election. In total 1,147 people sent in ballots for this election with 652 cast in person and 495 sent by absentee ballot.
Current commissioners Toni Sharp and Tim Bennett did not seek re-election, triggering the election. Thier and Goode will be sworn in during the Sept.