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City council and school board elections in Marion and Warren Counties were held on Tuesday.

Candidates for city council in the cities of Ackworth, Bevington, Bussey, Cumming, Hamilton, Harvey, Marysville, Milo, New Virginia, Sandyville, St. Marys and Swan all ran unopposed. Carlisle, Hartford, Lacona, Melcher-Dallas, Norwalk, and Pleasantville featured contested races for at-large spots on their councils. 

Results for the Carlisle City Council were:
Daniel Carver – 30.22% (269)
Krista Beck – 23.82% (212)
Beth Sauter – 22.81% (203)
Andrya Carter – 22.47% (200)

Results for the Hartford City Council were:
Greogry Jennings – 26.21% (54)
Sophia Eckert – 25.73% (53)
Andrea Jors – 23.79% (49)
Steven Sutton – 21.36% (44)

Results for the Lacona City Council were:
Julie Stanley – 25.44% (58)
Lela Bales – 23.68% (54)
Larrie Williams – 18.42% (42)
Kaylene Gall – 16.67% (38)
Ron Clark – 15.79% (36)

Results for the Melcher-Dallas City Council were:
Leonard Mason – 31.38% (150)
David Johnson – 28.24% (135)
Dalton Lovell – 20.50% (98)
Mark Herold – 19.04% (91)

Results for the Norwalk City Council were:
Jason Brown – 22.58% (863)
George Meinecke – 22.11% (845)
Ed Kuhl – 19.36% (740)
Jeff Caldwell – 18.24% (697)
Andy Boerjan – 17.22% (658)

Results for the Pleasantville City Council were:
Aaron Hurt – 27.02% (204)
Kyle Patterson – 21.32% (161)
Rachel Lopez – 21.32% (161)
Brandon Pennington – 16.03% (121)
Chelsea Kain – 13.25% (100)

For school board elections, Southeast Warren had three candidates run unopposed for their three open district spots. Martensdale-St. Marys, Melcher-Dallas, Norwalk, PCM, Pleasantville, and Twin Cedars each had contested races for their respective school boards. 

Results for the two open district seats for the Martensdale-St. Marys School Board were:
School Board #4:
Heath Banks – 58.02% (47)
Brenda Halverson – 41.98% (34)

School Board #5:
Colleen Lynch – 56.82% (25)
Nicole Bunch – 43.18% (19)

Results for the Melcher-Dallas school board were:
Allen Rogers – 27.39% (172)
Matt Bennett – 22.13% (139)
Dean Lewin – 20.38% (128)
Jill Benz – 19.59% (123)

Results for the Norwalk school board were:
Kate Baldwin – 19.86% (899)
Michelle Kelly – 18.47% (836)
Jacob Heuser – 18.38% (832)
Daniel Doerfler – 18.36% (831)
Emily Blom – 16.41% (743)
Donald W. Cook – 8.00% (362)

Results for the PCM School Board were:
District 2:
Greg Ingle – 57.35% (624)
Scott Grass – 29.87% (325)
Rebecca Bartelma – 12.68% (138)

District 3:
Kelsey Fiorentin – 50.33% (541)
Brent Fridley – 49.58% (533)

District 4:
Rod DeHaai – 53.92% (578)
Arica Brinegar – 45.71% (490)

District 5:
Jeremy St. Peter – 78.62% (842)
Brandon Teeple – 21.29% (228)

District 7:
Steve Nearmyer – 62.16% (680)
Samantha Van Wyk – 37.84% (414)

Results for the Pleasantville School Board were:
Carol Beier – 31.03% (484)
Mark Core – 24.87% (388)
Ammie McGraw – 18.53% (289)
Whitney Holz – 8.91% (139)

Results for the Twin Cedars were:
Mike Weldon – 28.00% (147)
Jade Mockenhaupt – 26.67% (140)
Casey Crozier – 24.00% (126)
MaKenzie Burk – 21.14% (111)

Find full results for city council and school board elections in Marion County here.

Find full results for city council and school board elections in Warren County here.