By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — Tyler Alexander threw his hat in the ring on Wednesday afternoon, and minutes later he was Davidson’s new mayor-elect.

“It didn’t look like anybody else was going to run,” he said the next day. “I thought I’d step up and try to do the job the best I can.”

As of Thursday, 12 people had put their names forward as nominees for Davidson town council, falling just short of the record set in 2006, when 13 names were on the ballot.

Voters will head to the polls on Oct. 26 to elect six councillors.

No vote will be taken for mayor, though, as Alexander was the sole nominee and was thus elected by acclamation.

He has served one term as a town councillor, and also served as deputy mayor for roughly the past year. In that role, he chaired several council meetings, in part or in whole, in the absence of mayor Clayton Schneider.

Alexander said he’s pleased with what the past council accomplished over four years and wants to continue in that direction.

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