These are final unofficial election results for South County, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Look for continuing coverage this week online and in print.
The Mehlville School District’s Proposition S bond issue passed with 80 percent of the vote, as did Hancock Place School District’s Proposition R bond issue. For Mehlville, this marked the first time voters passed a bond issue since 1992. The district had been the only one in St. Louis County without a bond issue to fund facilities. The campaign committee supporting the ballot measure, the Mehlville-Oakville United Committee, posted on Facebook, “Prop S is a resounding victory with more than 80% of the vote. Our community came together for our schools and our kids. Voters, THANK YOU!”
Bonnie Stegman was re-elected to a fourth term on the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors over challenger Fred Baumgarth. She was first elected in 2005.
Green Park Mayor Tim Thuston was re-elected to a second two-year term over challenger Michael Broughton, a Ward 1 alderman.
In races for the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen, Christine Lieber won in Ward 2, Randy Epperson won in Ward 3 and Fred Daues won in Ward 4.
For other ballot measures, the Proposition U use tax passed in Sunset Hills and Proposition 1, which adds a new fee, passed in Crestwood.
Mehlville Proposition S
(Bond issue, 57 percent required to pass)
Yes – 80.13 percent
No – 19.87 percent
Total votes: 11,160
Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors
Bonnie Stegman – 73.57 percent
Fred Baumgarth – 26.43 percent
12,132 votes
Hancock Place School District Proposition R
(Bond issue, 57 percent required to pass)
Yes – 80.63 percent
No – 19.38 percent
Total votes: 320
Crestwood Proposition 1
(50 percent plus one needed to pass)
Yes – 80.71 percent
No – 19.29 percent
Total votes: 1,301
Green Park Mayor
Tim Thuston – 66.56%
Michael Broughton – 33.44%
Total votes: 302
Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen Ward 2
Christine Lieber – 58.42 percent
Marie Davis – 41.58 percent
392 total votes
Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen Ward 3
Randy Epperson – 56.1 percent
Andrew Tolch – 43.9 percent
369 total votes
Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen Ward 4
Fred Daues – 75.14 percent
Bruce Studer – 24.86 percent
370 total votes
Sunset Hills Proposition U – a use tax
(50 percent plus one needed to pass)
Yes – 58.59 percent
No – 41.41 percent
Total votes: 1,292
