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The Saturday, May 4 election resulted in a changing of the guard at certain official positions within the county as well as the successful passing of a school bond for Columbus ISD that dominated much of the discussion leading up to the vote.
The topic of highest interest in Columbus was the results of the two propositions related to a proposed bond for the elementary School and the high School. Both props successfully passed.
Proposition A included funds to help CISD build new classrooms for Columbus Elementary as well as improve existing classrooms. Prop A passed by a relatively wide margin, as just about 63% of 1,272 voters chose in favor of the proposition. Over 800 voters selected in favor with 465 voters choosing against the proposition.
Proposition B was somewhat closer, although still featured a bit of a gulf between the results as this portion of the bond aimed to construct a new Career and Technology Building for Columbus High School students. With 1,276 total voters for the proposition topic, about 59% voted in favor of the new school funds.
Schools were a featured decision point in the county as both Columbus and Weimar School Boards held board member elections on May 4.
CISD held their election to fill two spots at once as voters selected their top two candidates on the ballot. The final results saw Carla Swindle Wiggs earn the most votes with 706 or just over 27% of the 2,023 voters who participated. Bo Schobel was not far behind with 669 votes or 26%. Cameron Frey finished with about 17% of the vote with 433 voters and Roman Footnick finished with just over 8% of the vote with 215 voters.
The position of Weimar School Board Trustee for 7 Place 3 will return to the incumbent Thomas Strickland after securing over 65% of the vote with 500 votes in his favor. Challenger Leah Newby secured 251 votes for about 33% of the vote.
Place 4 saw incumbent April Mikulenka return to her position with around 66% of the vote with 504 voters. Shannon Holland received over 33% with 256 voters.
There are to be some changes in the Weimar Municipal government as two council positions and the mayor position were up for election during this cycle.
Mayor Milton Koller will remain at the position after securing 277 votes for over 67% of the total voters. Challenger Todd Jacobs earned 29% of the vote with 119 votes in his favor.
City Council will have some changes in Place 2 and Place 4 as Kyle Christen and Carlton Tucker won those elections respectively.
Christen won in Place 2 with 63% of the vote after earning 259 of 402 total voters. Incumbent Stephen Helmcamp received just about 35% of the vote with 143 voters.
In Place 4, Tucker earned a close victory as 40% of the vote with 165 voters was enough to unseat Kevin “Catfish” Janecka who earned 145 votes and 35% of the total. Zach Sanchez finished at around 22% with 90 votes.
