City elections held in Jones Co.

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     City Elections were held in Jones County on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

     Monticello races for mayor and three city council seats were all unopposed. (Bill Meyer, who was listed on the ballot opposing incumbent Johnny Russ for Ward 2 dropped out of the running due to medical reasons.)

     Monticello averaged a 6.4 voter turnout. For Wards 1 and 2, there were 82 total voters on Election Day, with 1,321 registered voters in both wards. For Wards 3 and 4 there 81 total voters, with 1,233 registered voters in both wards.

     Brian Wolken will be named Mayor of Monticello in January. He received 154 votes, plus seven absentee ballots. Overall, there were 14 write-ins for mayor and four under-votes (meaning no vote was cast).

     Dave Goedken received 141 votes for Council At-Large, plus four absentees. There were 14 write-ins for Goedken’s seat and 17 under-votes.

     Tom Yeoman received 52 votes for Council Ward 4, in addition to two absentees. There were six write-ins and two under-votes.

     Russ received 38 votes, plus one absentee vote for Council Ward 2. Meyer received five votes, including one absentee. There were also two write-in votes, one under-vote, and one over-vote (meaning the voter voted for too many candidates, and the vote doesn’t get counted).

In other Jones County city elections:

Anamosa

     Dale Barnes won the mayoral race with 370 votes and 48 absentee votes. Mike Dearborn received 237 votes and 22 absentees. Bill Feldmann, who dropped out of the race, received 44 votes and 16 absentees.

     John Machart, Kay Smith and Rodney Smith were all elected to Council At-Large. Machart received 388 votes and 62 absentees; Kay Smith received 365 votes and 60 absentees; and Rodney Smith received 334 votes and 51 absentees.

     Other candidates included: Galen Capron with 304 votes and 32 absentees, and Jim Miner with 308 votes and 34 absentees.

Martelle

     Both Dustin Stewart and Roxanne Tapken were elected to Council At-Large. Stewart received 25 votes and no absentees; Tapken received 17 votes and no absentees.

Morley

     Melissa Hawkins, Linda Jackson, William Roller, Nick Rundle, and Mary Jane Smith were all elected to Council At-Large. Hawkins received 15 votes. Jackson received 16 votes. Roller received 16 votes. Rundle received 15 votes. Smith received 12 votes.

     Christina Davis received six votes.

     No candidate filed papers for Mayor of Morley. Michael O’Connor, though, did receive four votes for the office.

Olin

     Zach Borst, a write-in candidate, beat Greg Gerdes for Mayor of Olin. Borst received 30 votes to Gerdes’ 27 votes.

     Ron Zimmerman and Karen Tarbox were elected to Council At-Large. Zimmerman received 54 votes; Tarbox with 10.

     No candidates filed papers for Council At-Large (two fill a vacancy). Matt Dicken received four votes for the office.

Onslow

     Beth Streeper won the race for Mayor of Onslow with 32 votes and one absentee vote. Harold McCormick received nine votes.

     Both Michael French and Shane Cory Oberbreckling will serve as Council At-Large. French received 49 votes and one absentee; Oberbreckling received 34 votes and one absentee.

Oxford Junction

     Merle Tank won the race for Mayor of Oxford Junction with 57 votes. Loyal DeLarm received 30 votes.

     Jeffrey Carstensen, Kathryn Chase, and Kristina Stevenson will serve as Council At-Large. Carstensen received 69 votes; Chase with 42 votes; and Stevenson with 39 votes.

     Other candidates included Everett Chase with 32 votes, Kimberly Krutzfeld with 34 votes, James McCutcheon with 11 votes, and Jon Thomson with 31 votes.

Wyoming

     Steve Agnitsch received 29 votes for Mayor of Wyoming.

     Lee D. Scott and Allen Willman will serve as Council At-Large. Scott received 27 votes and Willman received 29 votes. A third candidate (write-in) has not been named.

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