Democrats sweep Carbondale township seats in county races
In Carbondale township and companion Jackson County races, Democrats won every listed post. Supervisor results show Robert Kelley and clerk Virginia Dreher leading, with majorities over Republicans. highway, tax assessor, and four-trustee races also swung Democratic, while several write-ins appeared in other townships.
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Democrats
Carbondale
Robert
Bob’ Kelley
B. Joe Barringer
Virginia Dreher
Pat Tindall
Vernell Bloodworth
Ralph R. Richart
John Randall Parrish
Gerald W. Compton
John S. Holmes
Charles Leming
Clara McClure
Evelyn R. Engleking
Nelson R. Gilman
Atlas Laster Jr
Maurine S. Olson
Jackson County
Somerset
Dennis Fager
James B. Scuras
Charles
Chuck’’ Fager
Ann Hopkins
Marvin Wright
Eldon D. Ellis Sr
David Arbeiter
Paul Ruble Jr
Marion R. Nash
Robert B. Mills
Ruben Laupe
Ben Reiman
Robert Boudet
James
Jim’’ Sandage
Ruth McCann
Ernest R. Miller
Mary
Mickey” Korando
Murphysboro
Earl B. Summers
Henry Wasmer
Jack Davis
Graves Gipson
Bill Carlisle
Kenneth E. Moore
Lowell Q. Heller
Ron Reeder
Frank C. Eovaldi
John Sauer
Theodore
Borgsmiller
Ashton R. Doody
James McCann
John Newsome
Raymond Blaise
Lou Ditzler
Bernie L. Weithorn
Carlos ‘‘Bud’’ Hiller
Robert Runion
Gerald D
Jerry’’ Stearns
John J. Stearns
Benny Jones
Gale Garver
Bob Schorn
Donald Lepore
Tom Nisbet
Bill Bates
Bill Kuhnert
Grover Davis
Pomona
Jacqueline Grammer
Cheryl Wright
Robert A. Noble
Freddie R. Stearns
Ralph Hubert Wilmouth
Glenda S. Noble
Curt Stearns
Ruby Stearns
Gary Lee Grammer
Louie Teller
Kenneth D. Jarrett
Betty Kranawetter
Harlyn E. Beckman
Genn J. Schlimpert
Arlene Heins
Walter Miesner
Maria J. Young
Steven Krause
Gary Korando
Kinkaid
Shelby Slusher
William T. Phillips
Mary J. Morgan
Ronald A. Cross
Ralph Clover
Mack Jarrett
Lucille East
Michael Boegler
Bettie Falkenberry
Everett Gray
Beulah Clover
Emery E. Bond
Vergennes
Ora
Fred J. Phoenix
Loretta J. Schneider
Sand Ridge
Grand Tower
Frankie Cripps
Robert Evans
Merl Dean Baltzell
Eugene A. Hoekel
Richard L. Ford
Degognia
Levan
Fountain Bluff Townships
William D. Morgan
Miacielski Keeps Chester Ward 1 Seat In Tight Race
Tony Stevens reports Chester voters chose Ward 1 alderman Michael Welge over Elmer Mehrer by 268 to 265 after Precinct 3 reporting. Mayor Maciejski won re election 1,265 to 981 over Gardiner as Alms captures Ward 3 seat.
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Tony Stevens
Chester
Welge
Mehrer
Maciejski
Gardiner
Makanda Village Elects Seven on M for M Slate
Makanda swept the field Tuesday with the M for M ticket winning all seven contested seats. Winners include Bill Wheatley for mayor Cecilia Cottingham for village clerk Joanne Simpson Wayne Heern James McEvers for four year trustees and Norris Hagler Walt Brieschke for two year trustees.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Makandans
Makanda
M For M
Bill Wheatley
Cecilia Cottingham
Joanne Simpson
Wayne Heern
James McEvers
Norris Hagler
Walt Brieschke
Valley
Wheetley
Jesse Ro
Wan
Rowan
Sharon Hefler
Heern
Simpson
McEvers
Ann Craig Oschmann
Hagler
Brieschke
Jay H. Ross
Clover defeats Hale in tight Jackson County election
Mayor Tom Hale lost re election 149 to 184 for challenger Bernard Clover. Ward 2 alderman went to Ronald Stricklen 25, Richard Ford 13, Charles Burdick 64. Ward 1 saw Curtis Clutts 56 and John Biudworth 88. Several officials unopposed including Clerk Lois Hanson, Treasurer Wilma Cavaness, and Ward 3 and Ward 4 aldermen. Other counties and towns listed show party wins, write ins, and council races with multiple candidates and term results.
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Tunney Ellet
Hale
Clover
Jackson County
Ava
Eugene Wilson
John Wanless
Barbara Jones
Thomas C. Carter
Margie Heiman
Keith E. Gale
Richard McGriff
Allen Cross
Aaron Pulcher
Park Board
Shirley Wilson
William Kuhlman
Dana Barlow
New mayor of St. Louis faces tough fiscal push
Vince Schoemehl, at 34 the youngest St. Louis mayor in a century, won with about 66 percent of the vote over Jerry Wamser. He pledged to tackle a shaky city budget, acknowledging a severe fiscal challenge as turnout fell short of officials’ expectations.
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St. Louis
Vince Schoemeh
Schoemenl
Jerry Wamser
Wamser
Regis tops three-man race for Christopher mayor's office
Regis won a full term as Christopher mayor with 574 votes defeating Anthony Pechenino who had 352 and George Antonelli with 324. Regis, who previously served as alderman and filled the mayoral unexpired term, pledged to address water and sewer woes, the street program and drainage ditches while noting Christopher’s austerity mandate.
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William Keith
Sam Dickerson
Jess van Meter
Edna Hatcher
Jerry Williams
Keith
Elkville
Regis
Christopher
B.J
John
Anthony Pechenino
George Antonelli
Pechenino
Antonelli
Ernest ‘‘Blackie
Moro
Pecherino
Dean Overturf
Grogan
F. Scott Richard
Harry Leming
William Collier
Fayetta Kirkpatrick
Water and Sewer Department
John Q
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Townships
Daniel J. Fager
Frederick R. Alstat
William D. West Sr
Norval D. Ebersohl
Charles W. Young
Howard L. Hicks
Lawrence F. Dietz
Marie L. Warren
Betty J. Williams
Alice Faye Perryman
Bertha Barwick
Milford Morgan
Earl Maple
Ruth Clark
Alma L. Boucher
Republi
Dorothy Rohlfing
Tom Bess
Mary Lou Reames
Violet Hobbs
Naomi Easton
Ruby Snider
Robert E. Masers
George Cady
Louis Willis
John Wayne Bludworth
Guy Wills
Thomas F. Hale
Harold Wilson
Robert L. Houston
David A. Wells
Fountain Bluff
Miacielski
Alms
Dale Lochead
Neal Decker
Frank Derickson
Neil Birchler
Eleanor Brumhoffer
Charles Mueller
Cottingham
Campbell Hill
Wilbert Ehlers
Robert Vogt
Orville Froemling
Lawrence Ehlers
Don Jersahen
Bonnie David
Frances Bollman
Carbondale Park
Carbondale Park District Board of Commissioners
Charles Warren
Alice Mitchell
Larry Jacober
Jacober
Donald Dalessio
Douglas McEwen
de Soto
Illinois
Jim Pribble
Oscar Brown
Margaret Breeden
Carl Payne
L. Gene Clarke
Sandra Bullar
Dowell
Kenneth Gallup
Stephen Foster
Albert G. Roth
Stan Bremer
Ross Bedar
Gorham
Alvin Stone
William Shufflebarger
Stone
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Shufflebarger
Jackson County Board
Lucille Thurman
Willa Shufflebarger
Tony van Pelt
Ray Doerr
Ronald Seyferth
Paul Cochran
Kenneth Fisher
Donald Wisely
Doerr
Seyferth
Cochran
Fisher
O.R. Walley
B. J. Regis