Election results-Fridolph and Lester win contested races, Stanton School public measures pass

Final unofficial election results have been tallied in Montgomery County.

In the Red Oak Mayors race, Tim Fridolph was the inner with 451 votes. John Haidsiak, who withdrew from the race a few weeks ago, remaineon the ballot and recieved 173 votes, there were 54 write-ins.

In the race for Red Oak City Council At-Large, Jeanice Lester was the winner with 443 votes while John Gross received 234 votes. There were five write-ins.

Terry Koppa won the uncontested race for Red Oak City Council Ward 2 with 177 votes; there were five write-ins.

For Red Oak City Council Ward 1, Levi Franks was uncontested and received 175 votes. There were three write-ins.

The three winners in the Stanton Council At-Large Race were Chris Stephens with 181 votes, Justin Rhamy with 159 votes, and Jeff Sebeniecher with 131 votes. Wes Royal finished fourth with 89 votes.

The Villisca Mayor's Race was uncontested and Marilyn Halda received 73 votes. There were three write-ins.

For Villisca City Council At-Large, there were two spots but only one candidate filed paperwork to be on the official ballot. Vince Abraham received 65 votes, and there were 14 write-in votes.

Jane Albertie was uncontested in the race for Villisca City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy and received 68 votes. There were four write-ins.

In the City of Elliott Mayor's race, Mike Carson ran uncontested, receiving 31 votes. There were two write-ins.

No candidates officially declared a run for the two Coburg City Council At-Large seats. There were 18 write-in votes.

In the City of Grant Mayor's race, Clay Amos ran uncontested for the post and received 10 votes.

For Grant City Council At-Large, there were five open seats and three declared candidates. Erin Amos, Zelda Swartz, and Lyn Sliger each received 10 votes, and there were 14 write-ins.

The last of the city races were in Coburg. No candidates officially declared a candidacy for Coburg Mayor. There were nine write-in votes.

In the Coburg Council At-Large race, no candidates made official declarations to run for the two open seats. There werr 18 write-in votes.

In the school elections, three candidates were running for the three seats for Red Oak School Board Director At-Large. Bret Blackman received 548 votes, Kelly Osheim received 542 votes, and Bryce Johnson received 526 votes.

Ricky Rohrig was running unopposed to for the Red Oak School Director At-Large To Fill a Vacancy, and received 625 votes. There were 11 write-ins.

In the Contested Race for Stanton School Director At-Large, four candidates were vying for three seats. The top vote getters were Ryan Hart, who received 266 votes, while Cameron Lewellen received 263 votes, and Jackie Hoyt received 213 votes. Alex Cabbage was in fourth place with 201 votes.

For Villisca School Director At-Large, two candidates were running for two seats. Thomas Gourley received 88 votes and Leland Shipley received 87 votes. There were two write-ins.

For Griswold School Director At-Large, there were two seats and two declared candidates. Robert Peterson received 54 votes and Aaron Houser received 38 votes.

For Griswold School Director District 3, Christian Vanscyoc was unopposed and received 64 votes.

For East Mills School Director District 1, there were two candidates for one seat. Matthew G. Urban received 2 votes and Kent Harry Poncelow received 2 votes.

For East Mills School Director District 2, Justin Zeitner received one vote.

For East Mills School Director At-Large, Dana Carter received one vote.

For Essex School Director At-Large, three candidates were on the ballot for two seats. Bryan Nelson and Rebecca Franks received two votes and Heidi Hossle received zero votes.

Finally, Shenandoah School Director At-Large was also on some of the ballots. No votes were received for candidates Jean L. Fichter, Adam Van Der Vliet, or Clint Wooten.

Also on the ballot were several public measures for the Stanton School District, some of which would allow for upgrades to the districts buildings.

Stanton Schools Public Measure QA received 234 yes votes and 126 no votes.

Stanton Public Measure QB received 224 yes votes and 134 no votes.

Stanton Schools Public Measure PX received 249 yes votes and 106 no votes.

Stanton School Public Measure PY received 258 yes votes and 96 no votes.

For Iowa Western Community College Director District 4, Chris Blake received 60 votes and there were two write-ins.

For Iowa Western Community College Public Measure SE, there were 43 yes votes and 25 no votes.

Finally, for Southwestern Community College Director District 5, Kevin Britten, running unopposed, received 935 votes.