The Myrtle Beach mayoral race will end with a run-off race between two men familiar with the position.
Mayor John Rhodes and former Mayor Mark McBride received the plurality of votes in Tuesday’s election.
Rhodes received 2,540 votes and McBride received 1,472.
"We're just going to campaign and get out and address the issues that have happened over the last week," said McBride, "it's the sales tax issue it's the biker issue it's the month of may running business off it's crime and frankly it'll be a discussion on dirty politics and gutter politics in the city of Myrtle Beach."
The other candidates running received the following:
Bill Howard: 944
Matthew McCarty: 222
Beatrice Catalano: 167
After the results came in, Howard told News13 he will endorse McBride in the Nov. 17 election.
"Well it is the most logical choice," said Howard, "we've had so much going on with Myrtle Beach's turmoil that we need some one who has a lot of energy and Mark McBride has a lot of that energy and if we stand behind him I think we can bring a lot of things to the surface and we can maybe get back some of the tourism."
Count on continued coverage of the 2009 election on News13 and scnow.com.
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