Election results are in for the 2021 races (contested typed out below, more results to come as night continues):
Pella City:
At-Large Candidates:
Robin Pfalzgraf – 296 – 10.71%
Tony Bokhoven – 994 – 35.98%
Mark De Jong – 1,011 – 36.59%
Alan Pfadenhauer – 454 – 16.43%
Ward 3 candidates:
Bruce Schiebout – 497 – 49.90%
Spencer Carlstone – 499 – 50.10%
Ward 1 candidates:
Lynn Branderhorst – 373 – 57.83%
Kyle D. Nelson – 272 – 42.17%
Pella School District(Marion County ONLY):
Bond Issue (needs 60% to pass)
Yes – 2,686 – 78.56%
No – 733 – 21.44%
Vote Cast 3,419
At-Large
Elisa Klahsen – 1,837 -56.66%
Kevin Jones – 1,403 – 43.28%
District 1
Jeana Clark – 1,221 – 39.75%
Jesse Peterson – 1,848 – 60.16%
Write-In 3
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Knoxville School Board (Vote for 2)
Monica Sullivan – 614 – 32.03%
Dave Woodcock – 462 – 24.10%
Jason Everly – 245 – 12.78%
Larry M. Scott – 583 – 30.41%
Write-In 13 0.68%
Knoxville LOSST Measure
Yes – 564 – 77.90%
No – 160 – 22.10%
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Pleasantville
School Board (Vote for 2)
Ron Danks – 229 – 36.18%
Shane Sorenson – 223 -35.23%
Angel Bingham – 177 – 27.96%
City Council At-Large (Vote for 2)
Jon Koehn – 101 – 28.29%
Jordan Van Ness – 170 – 47.62%
Tami Sims Farrell – 84 – 23.53%
Additional details:
Knoxville’s races were all unopposed. Brian Hatch was reelected as Knoxville’s mayor. Megan Suhr and Dylan Morse have been reelected to the Knoxville City Council. Dawn Rankin has been elected to fill a two-year vacancy on the Knoxville City Council. The Local Option Sales Tax passed, with 564 yes votes to 160 no votes.
The Pleasantville City Council had three candidates running for two open seats, with Jon Koehn and Jordan Van Ness coming out as the top vote-getters. Brandon Pennington was elected mayor after running unopposed. The city’s public measure passed with 73 percent voting yes.
Larry Pinegar won an unopposed race for Bussey Mayor. Stephanie Sterner and Leann Sanders were elected to the Bussey City Council unopposed. The public measure passed 44 to 15.
The City of Hamilton had a contested mayoral race, with Justin Pinegar defeating John Davis 10 to eight. Diane King, Aron Burk and Stormie DeShaw were the three candidates appearing on the Hamilton City Council ballot for five open seats. There were 15 write-in votes.
Harvey had a race for Mayor, as Dennis Seibert defeated Martin Heaton 57 to 21. Seven individuals ran for five open Harvey City Council seats, which were filled by Leonard Geery, Jamie Vander Veer, Kathy Shreiner, and Donald Nilius. Adam Dubois and Sue Ver Meer each received 38 votes, which tied for the fifth most.
Marysville had no candidates on the ballot for Mayor or City Council. There were three write-in votes for mayor, and six for city council.
Terry Fisher ran uncontested, and was elected as Melcher-Dallas Mayor. Doyle Brown and Kevin Cottington were voted into the Melcher-Dallas City Council from a pool of five candidates. Sara Lewin was elected to fill a Melcher-Dallas City Council vacancy. The city’s public measure passed.
Swan had no candidates on the ballot. There were six write-ins for mayor and 29 write-ins for city council.
The results from Tuesday’s school board elections in Marion County are as follows.
The Melcher-Dallas School Board had an uncontested race, as Erin Metz and Shane Ripperger filled two open seats.
Twin Cedars had two open school board seats, won by Heather Dunkin and Stephanie Sterner.