Election Summary Report

City / School Election
Benton County, Iowa
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

CITY

Official Results

Registered Voters 17,790 – Total Ballots 3,469 : 19.50%

City of Atkins

Mayor

Bruce Visser 243 84.38%
(Write-in vote, if any) 45 15.62%

City Council – Vote For 3

Samantha Petersen 264 34.15%
James Koehn 206 26.65%
EJ Bell 148 19.15%
Michael Stewart 95 12.29%
(Write-in vote, if any) 60 7.76%

City Council – To Fill A Vacancy – Vote For 1

Julie DeMeulenaere 202 69.90%
Heather Rinderknecht 71 24.57%
(Write-in vote, if any) 16 5.54%

City of Belle Plaine

City Council At-Large

Mitch Malcolm 219 97.33%
(Write-in vote, if any) 6 2.67%

City Council Ward 1

Lyle Morrow 65 56.03%
Jacki McDermott 51 43.97%

City Council Ward 3

Judy Schlesselman 57 95.00%
(Write-in vote, if any) 3 5.00%

Park Commissioner

Tracy Papesh 215 97.73%
(Write-in vote, if any) 5 2.27%

City of Blairstown

Mayor

Rodney Kubichek 24 53.33%
(Write-in vote, if any) 21 46.67%

City Council – Vote for 3

Brian Hagen 84 47.46%

Bradley M. Davidson 63 35.59%
Luke Becker 5 2.82%
Marty Kimm 4 2.26%
(Write-in vote, if any) 21 11.86%

City of Garrison

Mayor

Garrett Flickinger 65 98.48%
(Write-in vote, if any) 1 1.52%

City Council – Vote for 3

Robert Decker 45 24.46%
Allan Ray Lindsey 44 23.91%

Tina Rommann 42 22.83%
Danielle Auen 28 15.22%
Alex J. Schmuecker 15 8.15%
(Write-in vote, if any) 10 5.43%

City of Keystone

Mayor

Mark W. Andresen 79 85.87%
Mike Seeck 6 6.52%
Erin Janss 5 5.43%
(Write-in vote, if any) 2 2.17%

City Council – Vote for 3

Mary Kay Hennings 77 33.62%
David Lee Monson 75 32.75%

Kathy Janss 73 31.88%
(Write-in vote, if any) 4 1.75%

City of Luzerne

Mayor

John W. Brandt 20 80.00%
Jennifer Mason 4 16.00%
(Write-in vote, if any) 1 4.00%

City Council – Vote for 5

Kelly Kendall 24 21.43%
Barbara A. Shields 22 19.64%
Kyla Buttikofer 22 19.64%
Lorin Potter 18 16.07%
Dwight Glinsmann 11 9.82%
Jeani Brandt 8 7.14%
(Write-in vote, if any) 7 6.25%

City of Mt. Auburn

Mayor

Tosha McGarvey 40 57.14%
Jessica Helms 29 41.43%
(Write-in vote, if any) 1 1.43%

City Council – Vote for 5

Dean Vrba 63 21.21%
Beth Hendryx 58 19.53%
Alisha Burmeister 58 19.53%
Mercedes Bickel 50 16.84%
Cody Lundry 42 14.14%
Austin Brase 14 4.71%
(Write-in vote, if any) 12 4.04%

City of Newhall

Mayor

Doug Boddicker 127 52.92%
Jan Mattson 111 46.25%

(Write-in vote, if any) 2 0.83%

City Council – Vote for 5

Douglas Charles Rinderknecht 158 16.02%
Doug Wendel 126 12.78%
Ben Seeck 118 11.97%
Mart Campbell 114 11.56%
Bruce Cross 107 10.85%
Rachel Messer 101 10.24%
Darlene DeVries 97 9.84%
Mark Lnenicka 62 6.29%
(Write-in vote, if any) 103 10.45%

City of Norway

Mayor

Bruce E. Volz 70 95.89%
(Write-in vote, if any) 3 4.11%

City Council – Vote for 3

Ron Miller 59 40.41%
Robby Miller 56 38.36%
Martin Schulte 5 3.42%
Kelly Leudki 4 2.74%
(Write-in vote, if any) 22 15.07%

City Council – To fill a vacancy

Kevin Frese 68 93.15%
(Write-in vote, if any) 5 6.85%

City of Shellsburg

Mayor

Lonnie M. Speckner 89 80.18%
(Write-in vote, if any) 22 19.82%

City Council – Vote for 3

Lori Travis 110 35.37%
Sharon Harvey 95 30.55%
Shadoe Vogt 91 29.26%
(Write-in vote, if any) 15 4.82%

City of Urbana

Mayor

Gary Benson 179 47.61%
Mitch E. McDonough 180 47.87%
Regina Warnke 13 3.46%
(Write-in vote, if any) 4 1.06%

City Council – Vote for 2

Joshua Holthaus 222 37.06%
Armin Martin 222 37.06%
Michael Benson 149 24.87%
(Write-in vote, if any) 6 1.00%

City of Van Horne

Mayor

Pat Gorkow 114 95.80%
Jarred Childs 5 4.20%

City Council – Vote for 3

Amy L. Knaack 111 35.46%
Kimberly Fisher 109 34.82%
Jim Parmenter 86 27.48%
(Write-in vote, if any) 7 2.24%

City of Vinton

Mayor

Bud Maynard 430 61.87%
Kord Sellers 258 37.12%
(Write-in vote, if any) 7 1.01%

City Council – At large

Rylie Pflughaupt 525 94.42%
(Write-in vote, if any) 31 5.58%

City Council Ward 1

Ron Hessenius 173 95.05%
(Write-in vote, if any) 9 4.95%

City Council Ward 3

Valerie Bearbower 122 70.11%
Jeff Holmes 42 24.14%
(Write-in vote, if any) 10 5.75%

City Council To Fill A Vacancy Ward 4

Bethany Gates 145 92.95%
(Write-in vote, if any) 11 7.05%

City of Walford

Mayor

Bill Voss 138 58.23%
Randy Bauer 98 41.35%
(Write-in vote, if any) 1 0.42%

City Council – Vote for 2

Ashley Grimm 130 27.96%
Amy Ellis 129 27.74%
Todd Gibbs 110 23.66%
Lonny D. Goodwin 88 18.92%
(Write-in vote, if any) 8 1.72%

To Fill A Vacancy City Council

Aaron Voss 190 92.23%
(Write-in vote, if any) 16 7.77%

SCHOOL

Belle Plaine School

Director At-Large – Vote for 2
Rima K. Johnson 228 50.55%
Valerie Coffman 215 47.67%
(Write-in vote, if any) 8 1.77%

Benton Community

Director District 4

Cynthia Phillips 106 96.36%
(Write-in vote, if any) 4 3.64%

Director District 5

Theresa Ludeking 80 100.00%

Director District 6

Brenda Werning 116 98.31%
(Write-in vote, if any) 2 1.69%

Vinton Shellsburg School

Director At-Large – Vote for 2

Kimberly Schirm 664 33.52%
Jennifer A. Birker 576 29.08%
Braxton A. Morrison 418 21.10%
Audra Piotti 313 15.80%
(Write-in vote, if any) 10 0.50%

Director District 1

Darin Humiston 684 65.45%
Justin Nosbisch 355 33.97%
(Write-in vote, if any) 6 0.57%

Kirkwood Community College

Director District 1

Keith Stamp 352 95.65%
(Write-in vote, if any) 16 4.35%

Director District 6

Joel G. Thys 1,436 64.11%
Bruce A. Gardner 789 35.22%
(Write-in vote, if any) 15 0.67%

Urbana Public Library Public Measure

YES 177 47.07%
NO 199 52.93%

Benton Community School District Public Measure

YES 851 82.94%
NO 175 17.06%