Chaffee County Election Results November 7th, 2023

The votes are in. Here are the results of the November 7th election.

Buena Vista School Board

District 1

Brett Mitchell 1,952 51%
Casey Martin 1,882 49%

At Large 4-year term

Mallory Brooks 2,031 55%
Montana Brown 1,633 45%

At Large 2-year term

Paula Dylan 2,115 58%
Trinda Windle 1,543 42%

Norman Nyberg and George Richardson were unopposed

Salida City Council

Ward 2

Adriane Kuhn 432 49%
Aaron Stephens 452 51%

Ward 3

Jackie Berndt 305 40%
Alisa Pappenfort 467 60%

Mayor Dan Shore and Ward 1 candidate Suzanne Fontana were unopposed

Salida City Treasurer

Wayles Martin 1,041 45%
Ben Gilling 1,294 55%

City of Salida Ballot Question 300

(would repeals and replaces Salida’s short term rental taxes)

For 1,102 40%
Against 1,663 60%

Northern Chaffee County Library District Ballot Issue 6A

(would raise property taxes for the purpose of expanding the Buena Vista Library)

For 2,519 59%
Against 1,743 41%

In Chaffee County, 9,472 ballots were cast, or almost 60% of active voters in the county. That compares to only a 37% turnout statewide.

Statewide measures:

Proposition HH

(promised to reduce property taxes while doing away with Tabor refunds)

For 40%
Against 60%

Proposition II

(would let the state keep excessive tobacco tax collections and increase the tax on tobacco products)

For 67%
Against 33%

In other area Elections:

In the Custer County School Board race Reggie Foster wins with 25% of the vote.

In the Florence School Board race it was Beth Roman with 33% of the vote. Wining in the City of Florence City Council races: James Vanhoutan, Tammy Stone, and Gayle MacKinnon.

Preston Troutman is the Mayor of Canon City after picking up 58% of the vote.

The new Leadville mayor is Dana Greene, who defeated Luke Finken by only 4 votes. Also, both Lake County School ballot issues failed by large margins and Lake County voters said no to the Regional Housing Authority ballot issue.

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