Bowling Green mayoral candidate Patti Minter walks to greet supporters with campaign finance manager Justin Thurman at Patti Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)City Commissioner candidate Johnalma Barnett (center-left) cheers with friends while trying to operate a photo machine at Patti Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)Mayoral challenger Patti Minter meets with her campaign staff before addressing her supporters after early poll predictions project her loss at Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)Mayoral challenger Patti Minter delivers her concession speech to disappointed supporters after Todd Alcott’s win during Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)Patti Minter supporters react to Harris’s early under-performance as they watch a broadcast of national polls during Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)Mayoral Candidate Patti Minter conceded from the Bowling Green’s mayoral election after incumbent challenger Todd Alcott was named winner by WBKO at Patti Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. “I will continue to work for Bowling Green because I am a public servant, not a politician,” Minter said in her secession speech. (Von Smith)Commissioner Carlos Bailey accepts his electoral victory while encouraging Bowling Green democrats to continue working towards the future after Patti Minter’s loss in the mayoral elections during Minter’s election watch party in the One Roof Event Center on E. Main St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Von Smith)