Shores voters keep Caron, Rubello and Rusie on City Council

ST. CLAIR SHORES — On Nov. 4, St. Clair Shores residents chose to keep John Caron, Dave Rubello and Candice Rusie on the City Council for the next four years. 

St. Clair Shores residents had to choose between six candidates for three council seats. The challengers were Adura Calhoun, Dominic Roy Neumann and Bryan Owens. 

According to unofficial results from the city of St. Clair Shores, Rusie received 10,898 votes (30.4%), Rubello received 9,820 votes (27.4%) and Caron received 6,726 votes (18.76%). Owens received 3,627 votes (10.12%), Calhoun received 3,267 votes (9.11%) and Neumann received 1,412 votes (3.94%). There were 95 votes for write-in candidates.

Rusie thanked the voters, the other candidates and the election workers. 

“I am honored to be returned to council to continue serving the residents of the city for another four years,” she said. “I take that responsibility very seriously and will look forward to honorably continuing to serve the people to the best of my abilities on and away from the council table.”

Rubello said he’s ecstatic to come back for the next four years. 

“We have a lot of things yet to accomplish here and we’re moving our city forward,” he said. “I can’t thank the people of St. Clair Shores enough.” 

Caron said he is very grateful to the voters for allowing him to serve for another four years. 

“I think the voters appreciate the council members that do question and really dig into the issues that are presented to us and I think we got rewarded for that yesterday,” Caron said. 

Owens said it was a good election and that there was a large turnout from the residents. 

“And even though I didn’t win, the (police and fire) millage went through and that’s what the important thing is, because I believe it would have been devastating if it didn’t go through,” Owens said. 

Calhoun said she wanted to congratulate all the candidates who were elected. 

“I will continue to serve this community,” Calhoun said. “I’m proud to live in St. Clair Shores. I started out by saying I’m a public servant not a politician. I feel well regarding the election.” 

Neumann said he wished the candidates who were elected luck.