WASHINGTON COUNTY — Following the election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, a slew of candidates were elected for mayoral, city council and school board positions within Washington County. According to the Iowa Secretary of State website, voter turn out in Washington County was 9.89 percent with 1,494 of its 15,100 registered voters coming out to cast ballots.
The City of West Chester had one of the most interesting elections as there was no mayoral candidate on the ballot, but two were written in. Chad Peiffer received nine votes and Steven Lippard two. Because Peiffer was written in as the mayor and did not run for election, he has the opportunity to turn the position down.
Washington County Auditor Dan Widmer said should Peiffer decide not to accept the position he can submit a letter of resignation to the city clerk by 5 p.m. on the 10th day after the final canvas. If he does not resign, Lippard will have the opportunity to take the position.
Should Lippard decline, he must write a letter of resignation to be presented to the city clerk by 5 p.m. on the 10th day after the final canvas. Then the city council would then appoint someone as mayor or petition for a new election.
City council and mayoral electees
Ainsworth
At-large: Dave W. Roberts with 33 votes and Ronald A. Greiner with 25 votes
Brighton
Mayor: Melvin Rich with 66 votes
At-large: Cathy Rich with 63 votes, Paul R. Shelangoski with 63 votes and Mary Smith with 39 votes
Crawfordsville
At-large: Tom Conrad with 21 votes and Eric Davis with 20 votes
Kalona
Mayor: Mark Robe with 182 votes
At-large: Jenelle Bender with 186 votes and Gregory Schmidt with 157 votes
Riverside
Mayor: Allen Schneider with 175 votes
At-large: Jeanine Redlinger with 145 votes, Edgar McGuire with 132 votes and Lois Schneider with 111 votes
Washington
At-large: Millie Youngquist with 265 votes
Ward 1: Danielle Pettit-Majewski with 94 votes
Ward 3: Brendan DeLong with 163 votes
Wellman
At-large: Aaron Fleming with 129 votes, Angela Stutzman with 128 votes and Anthony Evans with 106 votes
West Chester
Mayor: Write-in candidate with 11 votes
At-large: Ronald L. Carey with 15 votes, Andrew Barnhart with 15 votes, Steven Lippard with 14 votes, Vanessa Wasson with 12 votes and Justin Banks with 8 votes
School board
Fairfield
At-large: no votes
Highland
At-large: Nate Robinson with 301 votes
District 2: Mike Golden with 291 votes
District 4: Samantha Holden with 227 votes
District 6: Kathy Butler with 292 votes
Keota
At-large: Andy Conrad with 11 votes, Billie Kindred with 10 votes and James A. Tinnes with seven votes
Mid-Prairie
At-large: Marianne Schlabachwith 374 votes, Denise Chittick with 356 votes, Jeremy Picard with 337 votes and Mary Allred with 284 votes
At-large vacancy: Jeremy Gugel with 409 votes
Public measure VF: Yes with 337 votes
Public measure VG: Yes with 378 votes
Pekin
At-large: Jennifer Coleman with 6 votes
District 1: Mike Mefford with 6 votes
District 2: Mike Davis with 6 votes
District 4: Heidi Baker with 5 votes
Public measure MK: Yes with 5 votes
WACO
District 1: Megan Waterhouse with 44 votes
District 3: Jared Achen with 20 votes
Washington
Director at-large: Eric Turner with 490 votes
District 1: Kelly Smith with 465 votes
District 3: Troy Suchan with 456 votes
District 4: Sonia Leyva with 244 votes
Winfield-Mt. Union
Director at-large: no votes
Community colleges
Indian Hills
District 3: Amy webbier, no votes
Kirkwood
District 4: Lorraine Williams with 1,152 votes
Southeastern
District 1: Joseph Johnson with 47 votes