There are three types of city elections in Scott County, primary, winner take all (Chapter 45) and run-off. Buffalo, Davenport and McCausland are primary election cities, meaning that if there are more than two candidates for a seat then a primary election is held to reduce the number of candidates to two. In run-off elections if no candidate receives a majority of the votes then a run-off election is held between the two candidates who received the most votes. Only Walcott is a run-off city. Finally, winner take all elections, found in Iowa Code Chapter 45, are as the name implies, the candidate with the most votes wins, even if it is less than a majority of the votes. All other cities in Scott County are winner take all. More information can be found at: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/election_types.php
City elections will be held on November 8th, with only one primary election (Davenport’s 5th Ward) to be held on October 11th. Below is a list of all the candidates for city offices. An “i” behind a candidate’s name indicates incumbant. Voters may vote for the number of seats indicates within the parentheses ().
City of Bettendorf
Mayor: Bob Gallagher, Patricia Malinee, Dave Thede
Alderman – At – Large (2 seats): Lisa M. Brown (i), Judy Gackle, Chad A. Miller
1st Ward Alderman: Edward Dean Mayne (i), Thomas Nelson
3rd Ward Alderman: Debe LaMar (i)
5th Ward Alderman: Gary K. Koos, James Stewart (i), Scott Webster
Park Board Commissioner (3 seats): Frank Baden (i), Steve Gustafson, Don Wells (i)
City of Blue Grass
Mayor: Brinson Kinzer (i)
City Council (3 seats): Sandra A. Frericks (i), Brad Schutte, Bonnie Strong (i)
City of Buffalo
Mayor: Doug Anderson (i)
City Council (2 seats) : Judy Hammons (i), Danny Raney, Dave Stickrod,
City of Davenport
Mayor: Bill Gluba (i)
Alderman – At – Large (2 seats): Jason Gordon (i), Gene Meeker (i)
1st Ward Alderman: Nathan Brown (i)
2nd Ward Alderman: Bill Edmond (i)
3rd Ward Alderman: Bill Boom (i)
4th Ward Alderman: Raymond A. Ambrose (i)
5th Ward Alderman (Two candidates with the most votes from the October 11th Primary Election): Rodney Abbott, Sheilia Burrage, Jane Duax, Jordan Schneider, Kevin Spriet
6th Ward Alderman: Jeff Justin (i)
7th Ward Alderman: Barney Barnhill (i)
8th Ward Alderman: Mike Matson (i)
City of Dixon
City Council (2 seats): Amy L. Flynn (i), Write-In
City of Donahue
Mayor: Ken Schoenthaler (i)
City Council (2 seats): Adam Ganzer, Scott D. Wiley (i)
City of Eldridge
City Council (3 seats): Adrian Blackwell, Bernie Peeters (i), Steve Puls (i)
City of LeClaire
Mayor: Robert J. Scannell (i)
City Council (2 seats): Terri Applegate, Matthew W. Auliff, Mary Farmer (i), Judy Hartig
City of Long Grove
Mayor: Ida Weibel (i)
City Council (3 seats): Donald Abington Jr. (i), Nancy Carol Dalton, Cynthia C. Davis (i)
City of Maysville
Mayor: Write-In
City Council (5 seats): Kelly Johnson, Marilyn Ralfs (i), Marvin Reimers (i), Tawnya K. Stiles, Write-In
City of McCausland
Mayor: Damien Koehn (i)
City Council (3 seats): Lloyd R. Claussen (i), Robert A. McCaughey (i), Mike Ross (i),
City Council (To Fill a Vacancy – To end of term): Write-In
City of New Liberty
Mayor: Write-In
City Council (2 seats): Write-In, Write-In
City of Panorama Park
Mayor: David White
City Council (5 seats): Charlie Butler (i), Susan Hamilton-Trudell (i), Julie A. Naab (i), Andy White (i), Write-In
City of Princeton
Mayor: Brent Herman
City Council (3 seats): Brian D. Carter (i), Ann Geiger (i), Kevin M. Kernan (i)
City of Riverdale
Mayor: John J. Franklin
City Council (3 seats): Jim Beran, Cheryl J. Channon (i), Dean Arthur Halsey, Donna Hunt, Judith Krell, Douglas H. Littrel, Athena Smith
City of Walcott
City Council (3 seats): Tim Koehler (i), Lisa Mengler, Jacob Puck (i)
Contact information supplied by the candidates to the Auditor’s Office can be found at:
November 8th election – http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/candidates.php?election=20111108&party=ALL
October 11th election – http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/auditor/candidates.php?election=20111011&party=ALL
