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2 Polk Races Headed For Runoffs

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TBO.com Staff Report

Published: November 7, 2007

LAKELAND - Election night in Polk County left much unresolved.

Two of the three races on tap are headed for runoffs.

Lakeland High School teacher and wrestling coach Justin Troller will square off against real estate agent and retired Army officer Brian Dockery for the right to replace retiring City Councilman Dean Boring.

Troller, 30, won 43 percent of the vote; the 46-year-old Dockery won 36 percent. Retired businessman Steve Wade, 56, came in third with 21 percent and was eliminated.

In Auburndale, incumbent City Commissioner Allen Johnson won 57 percent of the vote, defeating challenger Tim Pospichal, a planning commissioner and RV park operator.

In another Auburndale commission race, Keith Cowie, a systems manager for Winn-Dixie, will face Randy Spears, an Auburndale planning commissioner and businessman, in a runoff. Cowie, 33, won a narrow victory over the 47-year-old Spears, 48 percent to 44 percent. William K. Kranek, 52, won 8 percent of the vote and was eliminated.

The runoffs are scheduled for Dec. 4.

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