With a margin of nine votes, Steven Gault won the special election for the Ward 2 Washington City Council seat Tuesday evening. Gault received 54 votes, Merle Hagie had 45, and there were two write-ins. In total, 101 people voted in Ward 2, 36 of which were done absentee. That is a voter turn out of just under 9%. Gault will fill the remainder of the term, which ends in December of 2017.