Franklinton Mayor Greg Route, center, and Mayor-elect Darwin Sharp, left, look at an opened voting machine Friday during the traditional post-election inspection of the machines. As a result of the inspection, there were no changes to Sharp's 11-vote winning margin in Tuesday's election for mayor,
Darwin Sharp, who was elected Mayor of Franklinton on Tuesday, said he is deeply grateful to the town's voters for their confidence in him.
He defeated incumbent Mayor Greg Route by 11 votes. Sharp received 741 votes and Route received 730 votes.
