City/School Election Results Official Following Wednesday’s Canvass

The City results of the City/School Election in Delaware County were made official on Wednesday. The results have not changed since the unofficial tallies last week.

Manchester

Connie Behnken was re-elected as Manchester Mayor with 930 votes, defeating Joe Dittrick’s 387 votes.

Mary Ann Poynor was re-elected to Manchester City Council’s 2nd Ward seat with 304 votes, defeating Curt Meiner, who garnered 185. And Dianne Hammell won the Manchester City Council At-Large seat, defeating incumbent Linda Schmitt 721 to 574 votes.

Delhi

No one filed to run for Delhi mayor this year, though three people consistently showed up as write-in votes. A Special Precinct Board tallied the write-ins last Thursday and those results stand, with Joe Vorwald re-elected Mayor with 63 votes. Former Delhi mayor Greg Preussner, who was recently charged following a state audit of the City of Delhi, finished in second with 59 votes. And Rose Downs finished in third with 50 votes. 

The three candidates elected to the Delhi City Council include Aran Klostermann with 122 votes, Al Freiburger with 117 and Craig Davis with 104. Ben Davis received 88, with two-write ins also received a number of votes – Barb Wall with 67 and Dan O’Connell with 65. 

Ryan

Mike Corcoran was re-elected as Ryan Mayor with 60 votes, though Seaver Gentz received 49 votes as a write-in. 

There were three open spots on the Ryan City Council, with two candidates running – Lorraine Gaffney received 75 and Matt Marbach received 67. Jeff Carroll is also elected as a write-in with 46 votes. 

Earlville

In Earlville, no candidates had filed to run for Mayor or City Council this election. Shannon Richardson was elected Mayor with 14 write-in votes, while Garlyn Glanz received 7 write-ins. For City Council, the write-ins elected include Anthony Giorgenti with 24, Dean Conrad with 19 and Dale Smock with 14. 

Hopkinton

Craig Lange was re-elected as Hopkinton Mayor with 138 votes. 

Four candidates were running for two open positions on the Hopkinton City Council, with the winners including Douglas Melchert with 107 and Janet Buckner with 86. 

Dundee

Barb Robinson was re-elected as Dundee Mayor with 29 votes. Dylan Ronnebaum and Tiffany Schmelzer were elected to the Dundee City Council, with 26 and 24 votes respectively.

Delaware 

Lonny Fishler won the Delaware mayor’s seat with 14 votes. Five candidates were elected to the Delaware City Council, including Kevin Palmersheim with 15 votes, Kevin Clark 14, Barb Ries 14, Larry Tibbott 14 and Richard Lahr 13. 

Colesburg 

Tom Forkenbrock was re-elected Colesburg Mayor with 37 votes. Steve Schilling and Jared Diers won seats on the Colesburg City Council, with 37 and 32 votes respectively.

Greeley

David Kruse was re-elected Greeley Mayor with 13 votes. The two candidates who filed to run for Greeley City Council were elected – Michael Schmitz with 14 votes and Kimberly Goranson with 9. A third position was open, with write-in Kate Kruse winning the seat with 8 votes.

Masonville

Bill Alden won the Masonville mayor’s seat with 16 votes. Elected to the Masonville City Council were Crysten Gallup with 16 votes, Gerald Alden with 15 and Nellie Marting with 11. 

Delaware County Auditor Carla Becker says the Tier 2 Canvass will be held next Tuesday, November 18th at 9 am for Edgewood, West Delaware and Ed-Co.