PEKIN, Ill. – Government bodies in Tazewell County will be seeing some turnover.
The only contested race in Morton was on the school board where four candidates fought for three four-year seats.
All of the incumbents won re-election. Amanda Leman received the most votes with 30% of the vote, followed by David Cross and Andrew Roth with 27% each. Cathryn Stump came in last with 16%.
The Tremont School Board will see one new member. Incumbent Kevin Ulrich led with 23% of the vote, followed by challenger Robert Ropp and incumbents Drew Gierich and Kevin Smith. Challenger Dana Stuber fell short with 16% of the vote.
There will be a new trustee on the North Pekin Village Board. Four candidates battled for three four-year seats, with challenger Gloria Arrington receiving the most votes. Incumbents Terri Plemons and Sarah Swibold won re-election. Challenger Sharon Rast fell short of winning a seat by five votes.
Bill Atkisson won re-election for a two-year term over challenger Harold Rast with 65% of the vote.
The Delavan City Council saw an incumbent lose. Challenger Douglas Bury defeated Jeffrey Johnson for a four-year term in Ward 3. Ward 2 incumbent Brent Nafziger won re-election over Adam White for a two-year term. There will be a new face in Ward 1 after no incumbents chose to run for the four-year seat. Joshua Lusher defeated James Horath in Ward 1.
In Creve Coeur’s only contested race, incumbent Norma Dison won a two-year seat on the Village Board over challenger William Ringel.
There were no incumbents who ran for two seats on the North Pekin/Marquette Heights School Board. Kristine Hasty was the top vote getter with 41% of the vote, followed by Ryan Richardson at 32%. Derek Curless received 27% and fell short of election by 24 votes.
