Unofficial results of city elections held November 3
City elections were held statewide Tuesday, November 3. The unofficial results are printed below.
Harpers Ferry
Incumbent Mayor Jerry Valley won re-election in an uncontested race with 59 votes. Richard Smrcina won one of three open seats on the City Council with 63 votes, along with Betty Palmer (50) and Nancy Walleser (48).
Lansing
Incumbent Mayor Mike Brennan won re-election in an uncontested race with 117 votes. John Rethwisch received 92 write-in votes and Don Peters received 90 write-in votes to unseat incumbent Councilwoman Deb Volker, the only declared candidate, who received 60 votes. Public Measure A to increase the hotel/motel tax to seven percent passed with 95 votes in favor and 59 against.
New Albin
Incumbent Mayor Deb Stantic won re-election in an uncontested race with 135 votes. Alexie Grotegut won a seat on the City Council with 92 votes, along with Kathy Goetzinger with 86 votes and Ralph Nelson received 63 write-in votes to earn a seat on the Council. George Blair was elected to an at-large position on the City Council with 121 votes, along with Joshua Dreps with 107 votes, topping Michael Zeimet who received 13 votes.
Waterville
Incumbent Mayor Dave Monserud won re-election in an uncontested race with 24 votes. Mark Vanderkolk won election to the City Council with 26 votes, along with Kurt Rathbun, Joseph Weipert and Robbie Burrett with 23 votes each, and Matt Rathbun with 17 write-in votes.
Waukon
Duane DeWalle was elected as Waukon’s new Mayor with 265 votes to defeat Al Buege who received 186 votes. Ben Rausch received most votes in the election for the open at-large seat on the City Council to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Darrold Brink, ahead of Christine Enyart with 157 votes and Jean Brink with 92 votes; no winner has been declared in that election because a Waukon ordinance requires a run-off election when no candidate receives more than 50% of the total votes - the runoff election has been scheduled for December 1. John Lydon was elected to represent Ward 2 in an uncontested race with 135 votes. Dwight Jones was elected to an at-large seat on the Council in an uncontested race with 362 votes. Dennis Lyons, Kevin Hanson and Matt Goltz were all re-elected to the Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, another uncontested race.
