By Sam Parsons

The official results are in from the city of Oskaloosa’s special election on Tuesday.

The next member of Oskaloosa’s city council will be Abu Ibrahim, who won the special election for the city’s Ward 4 council seat. He earned 165 of the 192 votes cast, or 85.9%. Opponent Jimmy Carter received the remaining 27 votes (14.1%).

The special election was held in the wake of the resignation of former councilmember Steve Burnett earlier this year.