Sixth District Councilman Steve Stenger, D-Affton, narrowly edged Rep. Rick Stream, R-Kirkwood, in last week’s election for county executive, helped by late-reporting precincts in Ferguson and Spanish Lake that came in near midnight.

The 0.58-percent margin of victory — nearly 1,700 votes of more than 290,000 cast — hovered just above the trigger for an automatic recount.

Stenger received 138,922 votes — 47.71 percent — while Stream garnered 137,230 votes — 47.13 percent, according to unofficial results.

Other county executive candidates included: Libertarian Theo “Ted” Brown Sr., who received 8,046 votes; Constitution Party candidate Joe Passanise, who tallied 3,242 votes; and activist Zaki Baruti, who filed as a write-in candidate. A total of 3,713 write-in votes were cast.

Stenger, 42, 9322 Rambler Drive, 63123, is an attorney and certified public accountant at Klar, Izsak & Stenger LLC. He and his wife, Allison, have a young daughter.

Stenger, who served as prosecuting attorney for Cottleville from 2005 to 2008, was elected to the County Council in November 2008 and re-elected in November 2012.

Stream, 65, 1229 Lockett Lane, Kirkwood, is retired from the U.S. Department of Defense. He and his wife, Ellen, raised four grown children.

Stream served on the Kirkwood school board from 1992 to 2004 and has represented District 90 in the Missouri House since 2007.

Prosecuting Attorney

Democrat Bob McCulloch, who has served as county prosecuting attorney since 1991, was unopposed.

McCulloch received 221,378 votes. A total of 11,009 write-in votes were cast.

County Assessor

Jake Zimmerman, a Democrat who is St. Louis County’s first elected county assessor, was unsuccessfully challenged by Republican Andrew Ostrowski. Zimmerman was elected four years ago.

Zimmerman garnered 168,725 votes, while Ostrowski received 116,029 votes.

County Council

District 3

Republican incumbent Collen Wasinger of Town and Country was unopposed in her bid for a third, four-year term.

District 5

A Crestwood Republican was unsuccessful in her effort to unseat 5th District County Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights.

Jennifer Bird, who serves as the Gravois Township Republican committeewoman, challenged Dolan, who was elected to the council four years ago.

Bird received 19,407 votes and Dolan, the winner, garnered 25,944 votes.

Missouri House

District 91

Republican Michael Peters unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Jeanne Kirkton, D-Webster Groves, for the District 91 Missouri House seat.

Kirkton tallied 7,666 votes for the victory, while Peters garnered 5,156 votes.

Peters, a political newcomer who serves as pastor of Christ the King Church in Webster Groves, sought to unseat Kirkton, who won her fourth and final term in the House.

District 92

Republican Al Faulstich again unsuccessfully challenged Democratic Rep. Genise Montecillo for the District 92 Missouri House.

Montecillo received 6,033 votes, while Faulstich garnered 4,167 votes.

Montecillo was first elected to the Missouri House District 66 seat in 2010.

District 93

Republican Garrett Mees unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Bob Burns, a Democrat, for the District 93 Missouri House seat.

Mees, who has served on the Hancock Place school board since 2010, sought to unseat Burns, who was elected two years ago.

Burns garnered 3,425 votes, while Mees received 2,482 votes.

District 94

Former Rep. Cloria Brown, a Republican, unseated Rep. Vicki Englund, a Democrat who serves on the Lindbergh Board of Education, for the District 94 Missouri House seat.

Brown received 5,331 votes, while Englund garnered 4,240 votes.

Englund defeated Brown two years ago to win the seat. Four years ago, Brown defeated Englund for the District 85 seat. In 2008, Englund was elected to the District 85 Missouri House seat in 2008 by defeating Brown.

District 95

Rep. Marsha Haefner, R-Oakville, was unopposed in her re-election bid to the District 95 Missouri House seat. She received 10,150 votes.

Haefner first was elected to the House in 2010.

District 96

A Constitution Party candidate, Cynthia “Cindy” Redburn of Concord, unsuccessfully attempted to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Leara of Concord for the Missouri House District 96 seat.

Leara garnered 10,108 votes, while Redburn received 2,380 votes.

Leara has served in the House for six years.

Constitutional amendments

Constitutional amendment 2 — 1,015,966 “yes” votes and 395,812 “no” votes.

Constitutional amendment 3 — 338,255 “yes” votes and 1,097,941 “no” goes.

Constitutional amendment 6 — 414,955 “yes” votes and 983,615 “no” votes.

Constitutional amendment 10 — 789,900 “yes” votes and 600,033 “no” votes.