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Final election results: New faces coming to school board, local city councils

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The final results from Tuesday’s election are in. Here’s how the local races turned out:

SM USD 512 POS 2
MARY SINCLAIR 5884 77.35%
JAMES LOCKARD 1712 22.51%

SM USD 512 POS 4
LAURA GUY 3168 60.17%
CRAIG K DENNY 2088 39.66%

SM USD 512 AT-LG 6
HEATHER OUSLEY 20775 66.11%
MANDI SERRONE HUNTER 10581 33.67%

FAIRWAY MAYOR
MELANIE HEPPERLY 737 74.97%
JAMES POPLINGER 243 24.72%

FAIRWAY WARD 1
KELLY-ANN BUSZEK 160 57.55%
MATHEW BOWEN 117 42.09%

FAIRWAY WARD 2
DAN BAILEY 147 65.04%
JD FAIR 79 34.96%

LENEXA WARD 1
JOE KARLIN 814 64.20%
AARON BORGHARDT 443 34.94%

LENEXA WARD 2
BILL NICKS 809 57.50%
STACY KNIPP 595 42.29%

LENEXA WARD 3
COREY HUNT 900 55.97%
LOU SERRONE 704 43.78%

LENEXA WARD 4
MANDY STUKE 922 56.46%
MICHAEL ELLIOTT 709 43.42%

MERRIAM MAYOR
KEN SISSOM 1144 73.29%
ERIC JACKSON 413 26.46%

MERRIAM WARD 1
SCOTT DIEBOLD 191 63.88%
DENNIS M MILES 107 35.79%

MERRIAM WARD 2
BRIAN KNAFF 166 49.70%
PATTY NEWKIRK 166 49.70%

MERRIAM WARD 4
DAVID NEAL 304 53.62%
CHERYL MOORE 261 46.03%

MISSION WARD 1
HILLARY PARKER THOMAS 225 73.05%
BURTON TAYLOR 83 26.95%

MISSION WARD 2
ARCIE ROTHROCK 159 55.40%
STEVE BETZOLD 128 44.60%

MISSION WARD 4
SOLLIE FLORA 360 54.88%
SUZANNE GIBBS 260 39.63%
BILL NICHOLS 36 5.49%

MISSION HILLS AT-LG
BARBARA K NELSON 572 45.76%
BILL BRUNING 554 44.32%
CHARLES PAYNE 121 9.68%

OP MAYOR
CARL GERLACH 14097 63.24%
CHARLOTTE O’HARA 8152 36.57%

OP WARD 1
LOGAN HELEY 2523 71.41%
DAVE JANSON 1002 28.36%

OP WARD 2
CURT SKOOG 2773 67.88%
CHANNING WOLFE 1301 31.85%

OP WARD 3
JIM KITE 2436 60.52%
DEBBIE TAYLOR 1582 39.30%

OP WARD 4
GINA BURKE 1905 51.43%
TERRY GOODMAN 1795 48.46%

OP WARD 6
CHRIS NEWLIN 1667 54.73%
DAVID WHITAKER 1375 45.14%

PV WARD 1
JORI NELSON 620 70.86%
Write-in Votes 255 29.14%

PV WARD 6
TERRENCE GALLAGHER 329 59.17%
SCOTT KRAMER 224 40.29%

RP MAYOR
MIKE KELLY 1112 70.25%
ROGER A COOPER 467 29.50%

RP WARD 2
JEN HILL 213 51.95%
LEONARD TOCCO 197 48.05%

RP WARD 3
CLAUDIA MCCORMACK 327 79.37%
LINDA MAU 85 20.63%

SHAWNEE WARD 1
MATTHEW ZIMMERMAN 1286 54.84%
DANIEL P PFLUMM 1057 45.07%

SHAWNEE WARD 3
JUSTIN ADRIAN 1095 51.29%
DAVE MYRES 1037 48.57%

SHAWNEE WARD 4
LINDSEY CONSTANCE 1426 55.72%
TONY NOBLE 1132 44.24%

WESTWOOD AT-LG
JASON P HANNAMAN 289 22.30%
LISA CUMMINS 287 22.15%
JEFF HARRIS 273 21.06%
JAYME TEBOW 208 16.05%
THOMAS W SCOTT 177 13.66%
PAM MERRIGAN 61 4.71%

WW HILLS AT-LG
KAREN SHELOR SEXTON 75 18.29%
ROSEMARY PODREBARAC 68 16.59%
MARY B BECKER 66 16.10%
JOHN WEEDMAN 63 15.37%
LUDWIG G VILLASI 51 12.44%
EDWARD GOGOL 49 11.95%
GEORGE SAND 37 9.02%
Write-in Votes 1 0.24%

About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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