Unopposed Grovetown officials re-elected

Grovetown will head into the next four years with 16-year mayoral veteran Dennis Trudeau at the helm.

Incumbent Trudeau and two current city council members - David Daughtry and Marjorie Adams - will retain their seats in Grovetown city government because no one filed paperwork to run against them by Friday's qualifying deadline.

Daughtry has served on the council for 13 years and Adams has served 12.

The 78-year-old Trudeau, who has served as mayor since 1988, said this will be his last term.

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"There is no doubt about it," he said. "My goodness gracious, I'll be 82 years old (by the end of this term.)"

Trudeau will enter his sixth term as mayor in January, but he has faced opposition only three times - the last when current City Councilman George James ran for the mayoral seat in the 2000 election.

"We have got a real good working relationship on the council," Trudeau said. "We all work together. We all pull toward the same direction, and we have got a real good attorney and some good employees.

"We have got a lot of projects to work on and a lot of things to do."