If you are David Bazzy this morning, the day after the primary election, you are smiling from ear-to-ear.

Bazzy you will recall finished just 548 votes shy of landing a seat on the Dearborn City Council in the last general election.

With Dearborn Councilman George Darany besting three other Democratic challengers for the 15th District seat in the Michigan House of Representatives and Councilman Suzanne Sareini running unopposed on the Republican ticket, there will be a vacancy on the city council at year’s end after the two square off for the $80,000 a year job in November.

Bazzy who finished eight in his first run for a council seat, just behind Councilwoman Nancy Hubbard, will now fill that vacancy.

The State House race was an interesting one. Darany, endorsed by The Detroit News, finished with 2,129 votes. His closest challenger was Linda Tafelski, a retired schoolteacher, and mother of Dearborn Council President Tom Tafelski. She finished with 1,753 votes. Stephen Dobkowski Jr.,who has a colorful political history in Dearborn, finished with 592 votes. Dobkowski, interestingly enough, also was indorsed by the Detroit Free Press. Finishing in last was Alex Shami, a former Dearborn School board member, with just 334 votes.

For full election results from Dearborn, you can click HERE.