Updated Nov. 8, 10 am
Grand Junction voters didn’t know who was elected mayor in the Nov. 7 election until all write-in votes were tabulated.
Dean Lyons, the only candidate on the ballot, received 45 votes, 27.44 percent of the votes cast. There were 119 write-in votes for mayor. After tabulating the write-ins, Jerry Herrick’s write-in campaign brought him 115 votes and another term as mayor.
Spencer Kirk and Tom Launderville were elected to the Grand Junction city council with 127 and 124 votes respectively.
A Rippey city council member was elected by write-in. Shannon Lawrence and Bobbi Dollinger were elected with 27 and 23 votes respectively. Kyle Cummings won the third seat with seven write-in votes.
Rippey mayor Dan Brubaker was re-elected to that post by a narrow margin. He received 17 votes, with challenger Malachi M. Meri getting 15 votes.
Paton mayor Steve Burrell was re-elected with 38 votes. Paton voters also selected three city council members. Vote totals were Jacob Bohnet 33, Colby Keasey 26, Chris Sprecher 25, Jimmy Martin 11, and Paul Subbert 7.
Churdan mayor Joleen Killeen was elected unanimously, with 51 votes, 100 percent of the votes cast. Voters also elected three city council members with Dennis Smidt receiving 46 votes, Nicholas Christianson receiving 45, and Colton W. Morlan receiving 44.
Scranton mayor Jerry Boyd was also re-elected with 58 out of 89 votes cast. There were 31 write-in votes for that job. With three council seats up for election, Gale Zellweger received 73 votes, Nikci Teeters Thomas received 70 votes, and Ashley Squibb received 53 votes. There were 27 write-in votes.
Annette Brown was elected to the Scranton council to fill a vacancy. She received 79 out of 81 votes.
All six Dana residents who voted cast their ballots for Mandy Sims as mayor and Kellie Madison for city council.
Paton-Churdan voters elected Kelly Minnihan and David Palmer to the school board with 157 and 145 votes respectively.
Michael Richards was elected to the Iowa Central Community College board of directors from District 9 with 1,720 votes.
Results are unofficial until the county board of supervisors canvasses the vote Nov. 13.
Voter turnout was 35.77 percent, with 2,278 of 6,389 registered voters casting ballots. Of the total ballots, 549 were cast early. County auditor Billie Hoskins said that most of the early voting was done in person rather than through the mail. She named the shortened window for early voting – only 20 days – for the decreased use of US Mail for voting.
