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Wyoming elects Vanderwood as its next mayor

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
WKTV Managing Editor
joanne@wktv.org


Wyoming City Council Member Kent Vanderwood was elected the city’s next mayor during the Aug. 2 primary election. Vanderwood received 56 percent of the casted votes. (Supplied)

At this week’s primary election, Wyoming voters determined the city’s next mayor, Kent Vanderwood.

“Normally in a primary, there is usually a narrowing of the number down for candidates but in our city charter there is a little asterisk to this in that if a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, they automatically win the seat,” said Wyoming City Clerk Kelli VandenBerg.

Vanderwood took 56 percent of the casted votes in Aug. 2 primary, receiving 5,635 votes. Current mayor pro tem and candidate Sam Bolt received 3,033 votes and newcomer Cliff Tompkins had 1,144 votes.

Vanderwood, who current serves as a council member, said he was pleased with the results of the primary and sees this as an opportunity to prepare for the role of mayor.

“This gives me a lot of time to prepare as I will be able to meet with the current mayor, city staff, the city manager,” he said. “It gives me an opportunity to get oriented to the mayor duties.”

VandenBerg said turnout for the primary was about 22 percent of the city’s registered voters which was what her office was expecting.

“What was a surprise is that in the past we have seen more absentee ballots in an election and this year it was much more balanced,” she said.

For the Nov. 8 general election, Wyoming residents will be deciding between three candidates to fill two council member at-large seats, which are four-year terms. Those candidates are Rob Arnoys, Renee Hill and Robert Kilgo. Sheldon DeKryger is running unopposed for the first ward council seat. 

VandenBerg said the elected officials, including mayor elect Vandenwood, would take office in the beginning of December.

Meijer loses to Gibbs

In the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives, current Congressman Peter Meijer lost his bid for the Republican nomination which went to newcomer John Gibbs. Gibbs had 36,527 votes to Meijer’s 35,395 votes. Gibbs will face Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten in the Nov. 8 general election for the seat.

State House races

For the 80th District State House of Representatives, Democratic Phil Skaggs edged out Lily Chong-Schulting, 5,202 to 4,626 for the Democratic nomination. Skaggs will face Republican nominee Jeffrey Johnson in November.

For the 82nd District State House of Representatives, candidate Kristian Grant had the most votes, 3,884, in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination. Also seeking the nominations were Robert Womack, who received 3,821, and Salim Mohammed Al-Shatel, who received 1,301.

 

The Republican nomination for the 82nd District was between two candidates, Ryan Malinoski and William Alexander. Malinowski beat out Alexander, 2,640 to 1,527.

Malinowski and Grant will now face each other for the 82nd District House seat in the Nov. 8 general election.

In the 83rd District State House of Representatives, current Wyoming Councilmember John Fitzgerald won the Democratic nomination with 2,567 to Jose Flores’ 2,037 votes. Fitzgerald will now face Republican candidate Lisa DeKryger for the season in the November election.

Kent County Commission races

Current 10th District Kent County Commissioner Emily Post Brieve won the Republican nomination with 2,615 votes over her challenger Bill Hirsch, who received 2,127 votes. Brieve will face Democratic challenger Julie Humphrey in November.

In the 12th District Kent County Commission seat, Lee White won the Republican nomination with 1,135 votes over candidate Adam R. Palaces, who had 959 votes. Lee faces current commissioner and Democratic candidate Monica Sparks in November.

Tom McKelvy took the Republican nomination for the 13th District Kent County Commission seat. McKelvy has 1,591 votes to candidate Nick Prill’s 1,169. McKelvy will face Democratic candidate and current commissioner Michelle McCloud in the Nov. 8 general election.

For complete primary election results for the entire county, visit the Kent County Clerk’s office’s election results page.

2016 Election results: US Rep, State House, Kent County Commission, Wyoming City

We The People 2016The unofficial election results from Kent County. Winners are in blue.

 

City of Wyoming

2nd Ward

Marissa K. Postler 3,479

Richard Kent Pastoor 2,873

 

3rd Ward

Robert D. Postema 5,168

Rusty Richter 3,683

 

Member At Large

Dan Burrill 18,474

 

Kent County Commission

7th District

Republican Stan Ponstein 8,312

Democrat Logan Arkema 5,069

 

8th District

Republican Harold Voorhees 8,831

Democrat Franklin Cornielle 5,341

 

9th District

Republican Matt Kallman 11,558

Democrat Keith F. Courtade 4,914

 

10th District

Republican Emily Post Brieve 12,201

 

12th District 

Republican Harold K. Mast 5,739

Democrat Christian Allen 5,292

 

13th District

Democrat Betsy Melton 7,942

Republican Jessica Ann Tyson 7,382

 

Prosecuting Attorney

Republican Chris Becker 167,451

Democrat Alida J. Bryant 119,923

 

Kent County Sheriff

Republican Lawrence A. Stelma 174,260

Michael B. Scruggs 118,244

 

Clerk/Register of Deeds

Republican Lisa Posthumus Lyons 158,132

Democrat Chris Reader 115,122

Libertarian James Lewis 16,007

 

Treasurer

Republican Kenneth D. Parrish 165,841

Democrat Jody Betten 118,164

 

Drain Commissioner

Republican Ken Yonker 159,616

Democrat Rachel Hood 127,812

 

State Legislature 72nd District

Republican Steven Johnson 18,981

Democrat Steve Shoemaker 15,923

 

State Legislature 77th District

Republican Tommy Brann 27,946

Democrat Dana Knight 14,526

 

2nd District Congress

Republican Bill Huizenga 41,374

Democrat Dennis B. Murphy 28,486

Libertarian Erwin J. Haas 2,030

Green Matthew A. Brady 1,276

U.S. Taxpayers Ronald E. Graeser 509

 

3rd District Congress

Republican Justin Amash 132,639

Democrat Douglas Smith 89,569

U.S. Taxpayers Ted Gerrard 5,695