April 17, 2007 – Despite Tuesday's ideal weather, the voter turnout was generally light throughout the region. The low turnout and updated technology allowed most counties to have the unofficial results tabulated before 10:00pm. Here are the results of referenda and contested elections:
HANCOCK COUNTY REFERENDUM
Shall a half-cent sales tax be imposed
to pay for law enforcement needs?
YES 27%
NO 73%
COLCHESTER REFERENDUM
Shall the city impose a half-cent sales
tax to pay for street maintenance for a
period of eight years?
YES 49%
NO 51%
NAUVOO-COLUSA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Shall the education fund tax rate be
increased from $2.00 to $2.65, providing
an extra $275,000 per year?
YES 46%
NO 54%
LaHARPE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Shall the district establish an ambulance
tax at a maximum rate of 30-cents?
YES 85%
NO 15%
NAUVOO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Shall an ambulance tax with a maximum
rate of 30-cents be established?
YES 74%
NO 26%
MULTI TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR REF
(MTA PROP)
Shall the tax levy be increased beyond
what P-TELL allows in order to increase
the assessor's pay?
YES 44%
NO 56%
FULTON COUNTY REFERENDUM
Shall the county collect a tax for
maintaining a county nursing home?
YES 55%
NO 45%
VILLAGE OF AVON
Shall the tax rate for police protection
be increased from .075% to .60%?
YES 47%
NO 53%
CITY OF CANTON REFERENDUM
Shall the city adopt the managerial form
of city government?
YES 35%
NO 65%
WYTHE TOWNSHIP
Shall the road equipment and building fund
tax rate be increased from three-and-a-half
cents to ten-cents, generating an extra
32-hundred dollars per year?
YES 46%
NO 54%
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Shall the general corporate tax fund rate
be increased from 45-cents to 65-cents,
providing an extra 89-hundred dollars?
TOTAL PRECINCTS
PRECINCTS REPORTING
YES 48%
NO 52%
VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Shall the district issue 645-thousand
dollars in bonds for a working cash fund?
YES 57%
NO 43%
RUSHVILLE MAYOR
vote for one
LYNN SMITH 38%
SCOTT THOMPSON 62%
RUSHVILLE ALDERMAN - WARD 4
vote for one
KAREN DISERON 50.2%
WILLIAM DUGGER 49.8%
BLANDINSVILLE - VILLAGE PRESIDENT
vote for one
MARILYN MOORE 61%
GARY SMITH, JR 18%
JESSE TAYLOR 21%
BLANDINSVILLE - TRUSTEE
vote for three
MONTE MASON 28%
TIM SHIELDS 19%
ALAN WHITMAN 25%
BECKY CRAMER 27%
DALLAS CITY - MAYOR
vote for one
LILA GITTINGS 29%
RUTH HIGGINS 71%
COLCHESTER - 3rd WARD ALDERMAN
vote for one
WARREN ABBOT 43%
ROBERT BICE 57%
CITY OF CARTHAGE - WARD 1
vote for one
LATORAH FLOYD 36%
SEAN CAMPBELL 64%
CITY OF WARSAW - WARD 3
vote for one
DICK CLARK 54%
ALAN LEFFLER 46%
CITY OF LaHARPE - WARD 1
vote for one
BRIAN LOVELL 58%
MARCIA STILLER 42%
VILLAGE OF AUGUSTA
vote for three
CAROL KERKER 29%
EUGENE FINK 7%
JOYCE HILAND 35%
DAVID McQUAID 28%
VILLAGE OF BOWEN
vote for three
DAVID CAMPBELL 29%
GLENADENE WEBSTER 35%
RONALD VEST 10%
PAUL HENRY 27%
CITY OF NAUVOO - WARD 1
vote for one
MICHELE SNYDER 25%
DAVID KOECHLE 75%
CITY OF NAUVOO - WARD 3
vote for one
KORY KRAUS 81%
JANICE MATLOCK 19%
VILLAGE OF WEST POINT
vote for three
KENNETH ROYER 32%
JOHN MORRILL 15%
B. EARLENE HOMAN 28%
DEBBIE MANN 24%
VILLAGE OF FERRIS
vote for three
ROBERT DUFFY 30%
GILBERT DUFFY 27%
TIM SQUIER 17%
THOMAS SNODGRASS 26%
VILLAGE OF IPAVA - TRUSTEE
vote for three
LEANN BAUM 30%
MARTIN DANNER 29%
JOSH HAYES 27%
JOHN CALLEAR, JR 14%
CITY OF LEWISTOWN
ALDERMAN - WARD 1
vote for one
DAROLD RICHARDSON 58%
RICHARD KLINEDINST 42%
CITY OF LEWISTOWN
ALDERMAN - WARD 2
vote for one
LARRY DEMOTTE 32%
ROGER WEESE 68%
VILLAGE OF ASTORIA - TRUSTEE
vote for three
WALTER DON DEWEES 29%
WALTER DANNER 25%
ROBERT HAARE 24%
ROY PARRY 23%
CITY OF CUBA
ALDERMAN - WARD 2
vote for one
CHARLES BARRICK 46%
JANICE BIRCHFIELD 57%
CITY OF MONMOUTH
ALDERMAN - WARD 4
vote for one
DAN HEATHERLY 59%
MARK NUCKLES 41%
STRONGHURST VILLAGE TRUSTEE
vote for three
LAWRENCE NEFF 24%
JUANITA JARVIS 17%
CHRIS COOK 30%
ANGELA MYERS 28%
GLADSTONE VILLAGE TRUSTEE
vote for three
MIKE HOPKINS 21%
BYRON SEBASTIAN 23%
DARLENE MANES 21%
JEREMY DeWITT 5%
HAZEL STUART 8%
FLORENCE STEWART 13%
LINDA SEITZ 10%
LOMAX VILLAGE TRUSTEE
vote for three
GREGORY WEBSTER 27%
CHARLES HAWLEY 12%
BRIAN GRISHAM 16%
RONALD VanNIEWAAL 22%
JAMES ROSENBOOM 23%
CITY OF BEARDSTOWN
ALDERMAN - WARD 1
vote for one
CHRISTOPHER RICE 26%
RANDY TAAPKEN 74%
CITY OF BEARDSTOWN
ALDERMAN - WARD 2
vote for one
REBECCA ZIMA 14%
KATHERINE VITALE 57%
TANYA LOGAN 29%
SPOON RIVER COLLEGE
vote for two
BETTY TAYLOR 38%
FRED BENSON 30%
GAYLE BLODGET 32%
WEST PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT 3
vote for one
SUE DANNER 53%
MATT MENCEL 47%
BUSHNELL-PRAIRIE CITY SCHOOL DIST
vote for three
BRAD COATES 28%
KERRY KING 9%
JERRIE WALTERS 21%
RONALD PROMISSON 20%
CLINT SINNETT 21%
HAMILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
vote for three
JERROD LEFFLER 27%
DAVID SADEGHI 20.5%
MARK MENN 21.4%
TOM SCHILSON 31%
WARSAW SCHOOL DISTRICT
vote for four
JANICE GOODING 14.8%
TODD HARDY 22%
TONYA THURMAN 20%
NICHOLAS CAPALDO 15%
JONATHON HOFMEISTER 17%
ROBERT HARMON 11%
NAUVOO-COLUSA SCHOOL DISTRICT
vote for three
BEN O'DELL 12%
TERRY KNOKE 23%
LANE SINELE 21%
JAMES BOYLES 27%
TRENT JEFFRIES 6%
JOSEPH STEVENSON 11%
SCHUYLER-INDUSTRY SCHOOL DIST
DISTRICT 5
vote for one
DIANE SETTLES 58%
JEFF ERVIN 42%
SCHUYLER-INDUSTRY SCHOOL DIST
DISTRICT 7
vote for one
KIM CLEMENTS 41%
JEFFREY BURTON 59%
ASTORIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
vote for four
STEVE MUSSON 15%
TIMOTHY STEVENS 12%
NANCY BURNETT 15%
SHANE KIMBRO 4%
CHRIS SOUTHWOOD 27%
SAMMY BOLLINGER 19%
NEAL WRIGHT 8%
MONMOUTH-ROSEVILLE SCHOOL DIST
vote for three
EDWARD THOMPSON 13%
BRAD LARSON 15%
RUSS JENSEN 14.1%
JERRY KINNEY 14.3%
DAVID REID CLARK 23%
AARON SIKORSKI 12%
MARK RICHARDSON 8%