Anti-incumbent sentiments that reverberated across the nation on Election Day weren't as strong locally, but still present as mayors and city council members in several cities across the region were unseated by challengers. Budget deficits, high utility bills and joblessness weighed on the minds of voters as they headed to the polls Tuesday to decide on what course is best for their respective cities.
There's a lot to be said about being an incumbent. Not one lost re-election to The Missouri Bar Board of Governors. Voting closed at 10 a.m. Monday. There were contested races in six districts, including the Western and Southern appellate district diversity seats.
On its face, this shouldn't be a race. Yet everyone running for 19th House of Delegates District seat is acting as though it could be, including 50-year incumbent Lacey Putney.
Charleston's city levy passed by an overwhelming majority during Tuesday's primary election and one Democratic incumbent was defeated during a night that saw very low voter turnout. The levy was renewed, receiving 2,086 votes with 487 voters casting their ballots against the measure. The levy provides money to the city's general fund. It must be renewed every four years.
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Carmelette D. Rotella, vice president of the School Board, is the only incumbent among five candidates seeking the two seats to be filled on the board. Board member Robert J. Kazeangin Jr., whose term also is expiring, is not seeking re-election.
When incumbent District 4 County Commissioner Kathy Holian won in 2008, she was a relative unknown who beat out two well-connected Santa Fe natives -- nurse and union organizer Elizabeth "Dolly" Lujan and city fire inspector Mark Marquez. Holian got 41 percent of the vote. Lujan, her nearest challenger, got percent.
Three candidates are seeking the Republican nominations for Fayette County commissioner. They are incumbent Angela Zimmerlink and Marilyn Cellurale and David Lohr.
An incumbent on the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors who was bumped off the ballot and waged a write-in campaign lost his seat Tuesday to Republican Donald "Mac" Scothorn. Scothorn, 48, was unopposed on the ballot to represent the Valley District, a position Don Assaid held for two terms.
Three challengers are trying to unseat DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco in Tuesday's general election. Jim Caldwell, the former DeSoto County Schools security coordinator; Ronnie Pollard, a former deputy and owner and operator of Mid-South Security; and James Albert Riley, the former sheriff for 24 years, are the three Independent candidates trying to unseat the Republican incumbent.
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