Running in Place 5 are incumbent Clara Faulkner who lives at 4712 Leonard St. She is 71 years old and has lived in Forest Hill for 37 years and is retired. Also running is Silas Eric Robinson, age 51, who lives at 6607 Nauert Road. He is a teacher and has lived in Forest Hill for 18 years. The third candidate is Carlie Jones, age 43, a legal executive assistant. She resides at 3521 Chimney Rock and has lived in Forest Hill for 16 years.

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Carlie Jones works as a legal executive assistant.

City of Forest Hill - City Council, Council Member Place 1
Choice Party Absentee Voting Early Voting Election Day Voting Total
Brigette Mathis 0 0.00% 76 17.12% 60 26.55% 136 19.80%
Carlie Jones 13 76.47% 225 50.68% 91 40.27% 329 47.89%
Lyndia Thomas 4 23.53% 143 32.21% 75 33.19% 222 32.31%
Cast Votes: 17 100.00% 444 100.00% 226 100.00% 687 100.00%
Undervotes: 0 7 7 14
Overvotes: 0 0 0 0

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Carlie was elected to the Forest Hill City Council, Place 1, in 2023.

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Carlie Jones, the mayor pro tem of Forest Hills, also attended, and asked Bennett and Riley to show some compassion and understanding to concerned residents. “I check every piece of mail, and I didn’t get anything notifying me about this,” Jones told Bennett. “That’s hindsight now, but I hear these people’s frustrations. We need you to understand their level of frustration, especially when they’re not notified. No one’s communicating how what you’re building will affect us, our streets, our infrastructure, atmosphere, all of that.”

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