Two elected boards in Warren County will have shakeups following local elections April 2, as members of the board of directors for Warrenton Fire Protection District and Innsbrook Village Board of Trustees have been unseated by challengers.In the fire district, current board member Jim Sharp came in third place in a three-way race for two seats on the fire board. The newcomer for the board position, Rob Vogelgesang, narrowly took the most votes out of the three candidates. Coming close behind him was director Donald Owenby, who will retain his seat on the board.Vogelgesang previously told The Record that his priorities as a board member would be to improve the district’s financial stability, build on volunteer staff and push for more transparency from the board.A little over 1,600 people voted in the fire board race, out of about 10,700 registered voters, according to the county clerk’s office. With each person voting for up to two candidates, Vogelgesang got 969 votes, Owenby took 938, and Sharp received 679 votes.In Innsbrook, one of the three members of the village’s board of trustees seeking re-election will be replaced by a new face on the board. Newcomer Cynthia Bowers came in second place in the Election Day count, earning her one of the three available seats on the village board.Incumbents Jeff Thomsen and Trish Dunn retained their seats on the board. Incumbent Jerry Rust had the fourth-most votes, falling short of re-election.Bowers told The Record she wants to take a leadership role in the village to help provide for the needs and wants of a growing community. She said she would like to provide more oversight of conflicts of interests among elected officials.The vote tally from the Warren County Clerk’s Office showed Thomsen with 142 votes, Bowers with 139 votes and Dunn with 123 votes. With just over 200 voters each voting for three candidates, the winners of the race were the only ones to break 100 votes.All Election Day vote counts are unofficial until they have been certified by the Warren County Clerk’s Office, typically within a week of the election.Below are the results of other contested races for elected positions in Warren County. Races not listed here were uncontested. The results of several Warren County tax propositions are covered separately in this paper.TruesdaleFor Truesdale’s Board of Aldermen three people competed for two seats on the board, with incumbent Stanley Brookshier coming in third place and falling short of re-election. Newcomer Jerry Cannon passed Brookshier in the alderman race.However, because of the recent resignation of Alderman Shalene Blackwood, who was not up for election, a third seat is open on the board of aldermen. Mayor Chris Watson is considering appointing the third candidate in this election to Blackwood’s seat, meaning Brookshier likely will remain on the board.The Election Day vote count shows 27 votes for Brookshier, 48 for incumbent Robert Green, and 32 for Cannon.MarthasvilleAll three incumbents in races for mayor and two alderman seats in the city of Marthasville successfully retained their offices against challengers, with somewhat close margins.Mayor David Lange received 196 votes to remain at the head of the city government. David Endgington, the alternate candidate for the mayor’s seat, brought in 170 votes.In the city’s East Ward, incumbent Alderman Dan Grafrath had the widest margin of victory with 81 votes. Competitor Keith Theissen received 61 votes.For the Southwest Ward, incumbent Leo Meyer took election to his second term in office with 118 votes. Challenger Keith Hagedorn got 103 votes.Warren County school boardIncumbents Virginia “Ginger” Schenck and Allan Dreyer received broad support to remain on the board of education for the R-III school district, with 1,134 votes and 1,332 votes, respectively. Challenger Joe Lanigan had 667 votes.Wright City school boardTwo board of education members in the R-II school district successfully defended their seats against a newcomer candidate. Mary Groeper received 839 votes and Austin Jones had 763 votes. Challenger Dustin Ferrell garnered 537 votes.

Cynthia Bowers

Rob Vogelgesang