Editor’s note — Write-in candidates results were not known yet, and may need until canvass of election is completed. Results reported are unofficial until canvass of the election. Write-in candidates may be determined at the overall canvass of the election Nov. 21. Updated at 2:50 p.m. to reflect write-in totals known in Lisbon School Board election from Linn County.
Mount Vernon and Lisbon both showed up to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7, to elect city council members, mayor and school board members. While the statewide average turnout for the election was 16.68 percent, Mount Vernon’s two precincts and Lisbon had turnouts above that percentage.
Overall resultsFor the Mount Vernon School Board, Suzette Kragenbrink (973 votes), Kristin Elise Meyer (898 votes), Jeremy Kunz (897 votes) and Jason Clark (833 votes) were the top vote getters. Michael Brannaman (321 votes), Tim Keegan (480 votes), Doug Plotz (340 votes), Nathan Wolter (109 votes) and Greg Papin (347 votes) rounded out the field.
Lance Schoff (1,130 votes) also retained a seat on the Mount Vernon School Board to fill a vacancy.
For Lisbon School Board, Jen Caspers (226 votes) and John Prasil (186 votes) retained seats on the board, and write-in votes were 226. Robyn Aaron and John Baker were the two candidates for those write-in spot. On Friday, write-ins were announced for additional counties. Baker picked up 32 more votes in Cedar County, while Aaron picked up 15. In Jones County, Baker picked up an additional six votes, while two more votes were scattered in that race. Baker picked up an additional eight votes in Johnson County, and Aaron an additional six. The canvass of the election for all four counties will happen Nov. 21.
For Mount Vernon city council, Scott Rose (792 votes), Mark Andresen (756 votes) and Craig Engel (766 votes) were elected to the council, and mayor Tom Wieseler (905 votes) kept his seat as mayor.
For Lisbon city council, Kevin Steele (220 votes) and John Bardsley (199 votes) found seats on the Lisbon city council and mayor Doug O’Connor (228 votes) retained his seat.
Public measure D in Mount Vernon had 747 yes votes and 287 no votes, handily passing.
Mount Vernon 1 Mount Vernon 1 had 598 total ballots cast (37 via absentee) of their 1,674 registered voters, for 35.72 percent turnout. That beat turnout in the general elections in 2019 (which was lower than 20 percent) and 2021 (which was 30.22).
In the school board race, Suzette Kragenbrink (432 votes), Jeremy Kunz (398 votes), Kristin Elise Meyer (388 votes) and Jason Clark (370 votes) were the top vote getters. Michael Brannaman (107 votes), Tim Keegan (176 votes), Doug Plotz (128 votes), Nathan Wolter (40 votes) and Greg Papin (135 votes) rounded out the field.
Incumbent Lance Schoff (485 votes) retained a seat as well in the spot to fill a vacancy on the board.
Mark Andresen (418 votes), Scott Rose (444 votes) and Craig Engel (432 votes) each won a seat on the Mount Vernon city council, and mayor Tom Wieseler (508 votes) retained his seat as mayor.
Voters also voted strongly in favor of retaining Public Measure D (a levy for support of the fire department) with 409 yes votes to 177 no votes.
Mount Vernon 2Mount Vernon 2 saw 467 total ballots cast (26 via absentee) of the 1,743 registered voters for 26.79 percent turnout. That again beat turnout in the general election in 2019 (lower than 20 percent) and 2021 (21.14 percent).
In the school board race, Suzette Kragenbrink (361 votes), Jeremy Kunz (340 votes), Kristin Elise Meyer (337 votes) and Jason Clark (301 votes) were the top votes. Michael Brannaman (74 votes), Tim Keegan (139 votes), Doug Plotz (79 votes) Nathan Wolter (31 votes) and Greg Papin (78 votes) rounded out the rest of the field.
Lance Schoff (387 votes) retained a seat on the MV School board as well in a separate race.
Mark Andresen (338 votes), Scott Rose (348 votes) and Craig Engel (334 votes) each won a seat on Mount Vernon City Council and mayor Tom Wieseler (397 votes) retained his seat.
Voters also voted strongly in favor of retaining public measure D with 338 yes votes to 110 no votes.
Franklin TownshipFranklin Township had 429 total ballots (34 via absentee) of the 2,188 registered voters for 19.61 percent turnout, beating the statewide turnout. That was similar to 2019’s election, when turnout was under 20 percent for all three precincts. Franklin Township had 25.31 percent turnout in the 2021 election.
John Prasil (184 votes) and Jen Caspers (219 votes) retained seats on the Lisbon School Board, and there were 225 total write-in votes in the election. Robyn Aaron and John Baker were the two candidates for those write-in spot. According to the Linn County Auditor’s posts Wednesday afternoon, Robyn Aaron had 104 votes and John Baker had 99, but there were also a noted vote for J. Baker and 3 for Baker in the write-in spots in Linn County. An official canvass of that election will be Tuesday, Nov. 14 by the Linn County Board of Supervisors and Tuesday, Nov. 21, for all counties.
For city council Kevin Steele (220 votes) and John Bardsley (199 votes) earned seats and mayor Doug O’Connor (228 votes) retained his seat as mayor.
Mount Vernon school board in the Franklin township showed Suzette Kragenbrink (66 votes), Jason Clark (62 votes), Kristin Elise Meyer (61 votes), and Jeremy Kunz (61 votes) were the top vote getters. Michael Brannaman (42 votes), Tim Keegan 960 votes), Doug Plotz (48 votes), Nathan Wolter (15 votes) and Greg Papin (53 votes) completed the field.
BertramBertram City Council had Bill Mulholland (42 votes), James Unzetig (44 votes), John Robert Klimek (43 votes) and Louise Hall (53 votes), as well as a write-in candidate for the five seats. For write-in candidate for city council, Chris Price had nine votes, Sheila King 7. The race will be determiend during the canvass of the election.
Betram mayor was also a write-in candidate with 27 votes. Scott Flaherty had the most write-ins for mayor, with 7 votes (and one for Scott Flarathy and one for Scott Flegherty). SadieFarris had three, Steve Carpenter three and Chris Price 3. The election will be determined when canvass of the election is held Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Martelle Diane Fountain (45 votes), Jan James (41 votes) and Michael Reddington (41 votes) earned a seat on the Martelle City Council and Dave Fountain (45 votes) was elected mayor.