These are the final, unofficial election results for South County from the April 2 election as of Wednesday morning, with 100% of precincts reporting. Look for continuing coverage online and in upcoming print editions of The Call.
There are 633,978 registered voters in the county; 103,648 ballots were counted for a 16.3%% voter turnout rate.
Lindbergh School’s Proposition R, a $150 million no-tax-rate-increase bond measure, won with over 70% of the vote. The bond will be used to fund continued facilities and safety improvements across the district, building on the work of 2019’s Prop R.
In the Mehlville School District, all four incumbents running for the board, Tori Behlke, Peggy Hassler, Patrick McKelvey and Jean Pretto, earned another term. Behlke and McKelvey will serve a three-year term, while Hassler and Pretto will serve a two-year term.
In Sunset Hills, Mayor Pat Fribis was reelected to her fifth term as mayor, while Casey Wong will serve another aldermanic term after defeating challenger Christine Lieber.
Municipal and school board races
Crestwood
Ward 1 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Jesse Morrison: 594 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 594
Ward 2 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Rebecca Now: 619 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 619
Ward 3 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Grant Mabie: 884 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 884
Ward 4 – Alderperson (uncontested)
John Sebben: 840 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 840
Crestwood Proposition A
Yes: 2,183 votes, 59.81%
No: 1,467 votes, 40.19%
Total Votes: 3,650
Grantwood Village
Trustee
Patricia Williams: 170 votes, 50.45%
Jennie Sloss: 167 votes, 49.55%
Total Votes: 337
Green Park
Ward 1 – Alderperson
Michael Broughton: 87 votes, 63.50%
Joshua Lang: 50 votes, 36.50%
Total Votes: 137
Ward 2 – Alderperson
Ronald J. Slattery: 89 votes, 55.28%
Kate McKay: 72 votes, 44.72%
Total Votes: 161
Ward 3 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Martin Finn: 51 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 51
Sunset Hills
Mayor
Patricia Fribis: 1,494 votes, 74.48%
Richard E. Gestring: 512 votes, 25.52%
Total Votes: 2,006
Ward 1 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Ann McMunn: 301 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 301
Ward 2 – Alderperson
Casey Wong: 353 votes, 56.94%
Christine Lieber: 267 votes, 43.06%
Total Votes: 620
Ward 3 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Cathy Friedmann: 458 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 458
Ward 4 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Lindsay Hof: 403 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 403
Lindbergh Schools
Lindbergh Schools – Director (two open seats)
Rachel Braaf Koehler: 6,086 votes, 30.34%
Megan Vedder: 6,053 votes, 30.18%
David Kirschner: 4,029 votes, 20.09%
David Randelman: 3,891 votes, 19.40%
Total Votes: 20,059
Lindbergh Schools Proposition R
Yes: 7,622 votes, 70.32%
No: 3,217 votes, 29.68%
Total Votes: 10,839
Mehlville School District
Mehlville School District R-9 – Director (two open seats, three-year term)
Patrick McKelvey: 4,452 votes, 27.60%
Tori Behlke: 4,414 votes, 27.37%
James L. (Simo) Simokaitis: 3,810 votes, 23.62%
Amy Summers: 3,452 votes, 21.40%
Total Votes: 16,128
Mehlville School District R-9 – Director (two open seats, two-year term)
Peggy Hassler: 4,301 votes, 25.99%
Jean Pretto: 3,787 votes, 22.88%
Bob Mahacek: 3,109 votes, 18.79%
Venki Palamand: 2,198 votes, 13.28%
Mike Moore: 2,158 votes, 13.04%
Sasha Schmittgens: 997 votes, 6.02%
Total Votes: 16,550
Other races of note
Metropolitan Sewer District – Proposition S
Yes: 55,522 votes, 55.79%
No: 44,002 votes, 44.21%
Total Votes: 99,524
Metropolitan Sewer District – Proposition W
Yes: 79,090 votes, 79.40%
No: 20,525 votes, 20.60%
Total Votes: 99,615
Affton Fire Protection District – Proposition F
Yes: 2,538 votes, 74.41%
No: 873 votes, 25.59%
Total Votes: 3,411
Lemay Fire Protection District – Proposition S
Yes: 597 votes, 65.32%
No: 317 votes, 34.68%
Total Votes: 914
Hancock Place School District – Director (two open seats, three-year term)
Mary Snowden: 141 votes, 37.90%
Connie Barton: 133 votes, 35.75%
Crystal Wright: 98 votes, 26.34%
Total Votes: 372
Rockwood R-VI School District – Director (two open seats, three-year term)
Phillip Milligan: 7,845 votes, 36.83%
Tamara Jo Rhomberg: 7,501 votes, 35.22%
Thomas Dunn: 5,952 votes, 27.95%
Total Votes: 21,298
Fenton
Ward 1 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Ralph Cruts: 156 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 156
Ward 2 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Ron Harrell: 157 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 157
Ward 3 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Robin Huels: 99 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 99
Ward 4 – Alderperson (uncontested)
Scott Maserang: 175 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 175
Fenton Proposition M
Yes: 549 votes, 77%
No: 164 votes, 23%
Total Votes: 713
Lakeshire
Mayor (Uncontested)
Timothy A. Seher: 91 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 91
Ward 1 – Alderperson (Uncontested)
Robert A. Bilzing: 60 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 60
Ward 2 – Alderperson (No candidate filed)
Ward 3 – Alderperson (Uncontested)
Melisa Husidic: 13 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 13
Shrewsbury
Ward 1 – Alderperson
Beth Parker: 281 votes, 64.75%
Keith Peters: 153 votes, 35.25%
Total Votes: 434
Ward 2 – Alderperson (Uncontested)
Garland Grant Diel: 208 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 208
Ward 3 – Alderperson (Uncontested)
Benjamin Stark: 189 votes, 100%
Total Votes: 189