Florence-Carlton School District Trustees
About 30% (1,195) of the registered voters (4,029) turned out for the Florence-Carlton May 5, 2020 school district elections. The top two candidates in the race for two open seats on the Board of Trustees were Bobbie Ketelhut with 674 (33.5%) votes and Lacy Janes with 631 (31.36%). They were trailed by Robert Cook with 471 (23.41%); Ckye Thomas with 225 (11.18%); and write-ins 11 (0.55%).
Florence Rural Fire District Trustee
In the Florence Rural Fire District election Dan Martin was elected, pulling in 637 (58.98%) votes to beat out his only opponent, Robert D. DeWitt, who brought in 439 votes (40.65%). Four votes (0.37%) were cast for write-ins.
Stevensville School District Trustees
Ben Meyer and Sean Lenahan took the two open seats on the Stevensville School District Board of Trustees with votes of 1,202 (43.96%) and 851 (31.13%) respectively. The third candidate in the race, Wm Todd Wohlman, garnered 645 (23.59%).
Lone Rock School District Trustee
The top two candidates in the Lone Rock School District elections who will fill open positions on the board were Gary Leese with 493 (36.87%) and Matthew Schaefer with 434 (32.46%). The third candidate, Brandon Williams, got 399 (29.84%) votes and there were 11 (0.82%) write-in votes.
Lone Rock School District Levy
The $103,855 school levy was approved by a vote of 609 (58.45%) in favor of the levy to 433 (41.55%). against it. The levy will go into General Fund operational costs, including deferred facilities maintenance, safety and security updates, updating curriculum materials, educational programming and enrichment, and technology updates/repairs.
“Lone Rock has always been funded at the state minimum of 80%,” commented Scott Stiegler, Lone Rock Superintendent. “Any additional funding above 80% of our maximum budget requires a vote of the local district residents. This is the first time that voters have approved a General Fund operational levy, and they did so by a 60% majority vote.
“This levy will be used to catch up on deferred maintenance, much needed curriculum updates, technology and security updates, and to maintain educational programming.
“The District thanks the voters for their approval. There is a lot of work that goes into this process and we want to thank all of those who contributed in so many ways. Thank you, Lone Rock Community, for supporting your students.”
Corvallis School District Trustees
In a relatively close race for one open seat, Tonia Bloom topped Carol Peterson by a vote of 931 (50.38%) to 894 (48.38%). There were a total number of 23 (1.24%) write-in votes.
All three candidates in the race for three open seats on the board gathered almost equal votes: Dan Wolsky 1,524 (34.72%) came out on top followed by Becky Anderson 1,423 (32.42%) and Shawn Boelman with 1,373 (31.28%).
Bitterroot Aquatic Center Ravalli County Park District Board
The top four candidates to win seats on the Bitterroot Aquatic Center (Park District #2) Board were Jeff Wolfe 2,249 (15.82%); Marilyn Wildey 1,951 (13.72%); Karen Savory 1,896 (13.34%); and Ryal Weber 1,889 (13.29%). Other candidates received: Amy Reed 1,750 (12.31%); Chris Porter 1,711 (12.03%); Ronald Frost 1,546 (10.87%); and Stephen Bergeron 1,080 (7.60%). 145 (1.02%) write-in votes were cast.