After county residents flocked to the polls during the November presidential election, the exact opposite occurred at the April 7 municipal election. According to unofficial results, the voter turnout was only 8.5 percent, the lowest in the last three years. Only 1,793 of the county's 21,077 registered voters cast a ballot. During the highly anticipated November election, the county had a 74.25 percent turnout, one of its highest for a presidential election. In last April's municipal election, the turnout was less than 20 percent, but higher than the April 2007 figure of 8.98 percent. The Innsbrook precinct had the most traffic in the county with 230 of 452 (50.88 percent) registered voters hitting the polls. Voter turnout also was higher in Wright City compared to other precincts due to two hotly contested aldermen races and a school bond issue this year. Ward 2 had 21.17 percent cast a ballot. County Clerk Barb Daly reported no problems throughout the day. "It was very slow," she said. "It was a very quiet day." Several political newcomers will be taking the oath for the first time following victories Tuesday night. The Wright City Board of Aldermen will welcome two new members. Tom Black, who lost a bid for mayor last April, knocked off incumbent and write-in candidate Dave Walter in Ward 1. Unofficially, Black had 110 votes to Walter's 28. In Ward 2, Jamey Abercrombie had 88 votes to win a seat on the board. He defeated James Toothman (54) and Jason Walker (18). In a three-way battle for two spots on the Wright City R-II School Board, incumbent Alice Klem and newcomer Laura Mary Marsh won. They will serve three-year terms. Marsh had the most votes with 542, while Klem and Rhonda Butterfield followed with 508 and 284, respectively. In the Warren County R-III School Board race between three candidates, the final spot narrowly went to Wilbert "Bill" Hawley. He recorded 465 votes to Brian Meine's 461. Meine was running a third time after losing his re-election bid last April. David Housewright, who won in his first attempt for public office, had the most votes in the school board race with 521. Housewright and Hawley will each serve three-year terms. In a race for one position on the Wright City Fire Protection Board of Directors, Keith Thompson soundly defeated incumbent Robert Mallery. Thompson had 676 votes to Mallery's 211. Thompson will serve a six-year term. Re-elected to six-year terms on the Warrenton Fire Protection Board of Directors were Steve Reese and Scott Determann. Reese collected 527 votes and Determann had 509. Challengers Mike Kendall and Rodney Haupt followed with 201 and 122 votes, respectively. In Truesdale, newcomer Shalene Blackwood captured an at-large position with 29 votes and defeated former mayor Ray Gibson, who had 12 votes. Voters in Innsbrook elected three new trustees. Peggy Morris (207), Jeff Thomsen (178) and Jerry Rust (140) will each serve two-year terms. A fourth candidate, Gregory Hoeltzel, finished with 94 votes. Voters in the R-II District also approved a $3.5 million no-tax increase bond issue to air condition the elementary school gymnasium and remainder of the high school. The money will also be used to improve the athletic facilities by constructing an eight-lane, all-weather track, installing irrigation systems on the football and baseball/softball fields, upgrading the practice fields and adding more parking. The measure, known as Proposition KIDS (Keep Improving District Schools) passed 508-340. It needed a four-sevenths majority for approval. Several candidates ran unopposed. The individuals who were re-elected were Truesdale Mayor Murray Bruer, Truesdale Aldermen Adriane Null and Donald McGee, Warrenton Aldermen Phil Tallo (Ward 1), Beth Kendall (Ward 2), John Clark (Ward 3), Marthasville Mayor Dale Verges, and Marthasville Aldermen Jason Kober and Keith Hagedorn, and Pendleton trustees Chris Pottebaum Sr., Karen Carr and Rebecca Kilpatrick.