33 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Election Recap Mount Pleasant Town Council BY L. C. LEACH III The November 2025 elections for the Town of Mount Pleasant weren’t as close as other races in Charleston County, but they could prove impactful in the long-term for area residents and leaders. Over the next few years, the five newly elected and reelected members of Mount Pleasant Town Council, plus the four who are finishing their current terms, will soon face decisions on how to keep future growth sustainable, while still maintaining the small-town coastal look and feel that has attracted the growth. WILL HAYNIE Decisively re-elected to a third term, polling 8,995 votes for 60.32% of total votes cast, Mayor Will Haynie is already sifting through a number of growth and development issues that council will consider, reconsider or complete. Efforts underway or pending regarding greenspace, livability, infrastructure and traffic safety include: Redoing and improving the intersection of Patriots Point Road and Coleman Boulevard; completion of All American Boulevard, Shem Creek Bridge Bike Lanes and the final phase of Memorial Waterfront Park; installation of several rapid flashing beacons for pedestrian crossings around town; redesign of Highway 41 to preserve Laurel Hill Park; breaking ground on the National Medal of Honor Center for Leadership; beginning a harbor front promenade at Patriots Point; a 2026 half-cent sales tax referendum for funding to improve existing roads, install power lines underground and fund major green space acquisition; and a resolution of the Republic Tract issue, a 185-acre parcel of real property between the Wando River and Highway 41 in unincorporated Charleston County that is currently under lawsuit. “I would also like us to make significant progress on our 44-mile Mount Pleasant Way pedestrian path,” Haynie said. “And I would like to see us conserve more green space than ever before and establish 1,000 pollinator gardens on private and public property in the next four years.” JOHN IACOFANO Re-elected to his second term with 6,985 votes, Iacofano too agrees about adding greenspace and controlling development, but pointed out that town leaders must go one step further in a way that holds builders accountable to higher standards and protects taxpayers from shouldering the burden of more growth.
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