Rockwell mayor, council candidates score resounding victory in Tuesday’s election

All results are unofficial until the votes are canvassed on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in both Cerro Gordo County and Franklin County.

Rockwell – 271 votes cast, 34.39 percent turnout

     Mayor

     William Sheldon, 150

     Donald Brown, 113

     Write-ins, 5

     City council (three at-large)

     James Bills, 169

     Tom Worley, 130

     Tim Brown, 121

     Larry Wentz, 74

     Lee Gossweiler, 60

     Tonia Rurup, 60

     Mark Waite, 56

     Mark Lowe, 54

     Tony Furbush, 40

     Nicole Meyer, 12

     Write-ins, 1

Thornton – 53 votes cast, 17.15 percent turnout

     Mayor

     Brian Crowell, 51

     Write-ins, 0

     City council (two at-large)

     Shelby Steenhard, 43

     Randall Bohman, 41

     Write-ins, 6

Swaledale (no candidates on ballot) – 45 votes cast, 34.35 percent turnout

     Mayor (most write-ins win seat)

     John Drury, 34

     Other write-ins, 11

     City council (top two vote-getters win seats)

     Roger Myhre, 28

     Darwin Hanson, 17

     Yvonne Reicherts, 16

     Other write-ins, 2

     Library levy

     Yes: 24 (55.81 percent)

     No: 19 (44.19 percent)

Meservey – 28 votes cast, 17.72 percent turnout

     Mayor

     Richard Miller, 25

     Write-ins, 3

     City council (two at-large)

     Patrick White, 25

     Scott Brown, 22

     Write-ins, 5

     Public measure – library

     Yes: 24 (88.89 percent)

     No: 3 (11.11 percent)

Dougherty – 17 votes cast, 37.78 percent of votes cast

     Mayor

     Lynn Nagel, 17

     Write-ins, 0

     City council (two at-large)

     Amy Noss, 17

     Nikki Nagel, 13

     Write-ins, 3

Sheffield – 341 votes cast, 40.31 percent turnout

     Mayor

     Nick Wilson, 215

     Sheri Bogue, 99

     Dennis Kingery, 25

     Write-ins, 0

     City council (two at-large)

     Mike McKee, 164

     J.C. McCaslin, 161

     Sean Cameron (write-in), 96

     Karl Sorenson (write-in, 71

     James Hagarty (write-in), 62

     Shirley Meints, 43

     Scattering of write-ins, 9