Politics & Government

Hancock Easily Wins Sixth Term as Fenton Mayor; Lindbergh, Rockwood Races Decided

Lindbergh voters elect Kienstra, Bee, Englund; Rockwood voters favor Kinder, Smith, Doell. County Assessor nod goes to Zimmerman

Dennis Hancock was easily re-elected Tuesday, receiving 73 percent of the vote to win his sixth term in the Fenton mayor's seat. He was opposed by the Fenton collector, Carol Brennan.

Fenton also asked voters to allow it to appoint a city collector in a ballot proposal called Proposition 1. It passed easily. The city was forced to go to the voters to, in effect, abolish the collector's office. The collector has no duties and is paid a salary of $1

In the Lindbergh School District, Kathleen Kienstra and Donald Bee were returned to the board. They will be joined by Vicki Lorenz Englund.

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Keith Kinder and Stephen Smith retained their seats on the Rockwood School District Board of Education. Newcomer Matt Doell will join them.

Jake Zimmerman cruised to victory in the race for the new St. Louis County Assessor post against L.K. "Chip" Wood. Zimmerman garnered 64 percent of the vote.

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The vote totals (all final, unofficial) follow:

Winners are indicated in bold

Fenton Mayor

  • DENNIS J. HANCOCK. . . . . . . . 567   (73.26%)
  • CAROL BRENNAN . . . . . . . . . 205  (26.49%)

Fenton Proposition 1

  • YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 528  (73.03%)
  • NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 195  (26.97%)

Lindbergh Board of Education

  • KATHLEEN KIENSTRA. . . . . . . 4,095 (21.04%)
  • DONALD BEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,591 (18.45%)
  • VICKI LORENZ ENGLUND. . . . 3,487 (17.92%)
  • JOSEPH SARTORIUS . . . . . . . . . . 3,153 (16.20%)
  • LESLIE J. WEISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,921 (15.01%)
  • GEORGE REZABEK. . . . . . . . . . . 2,192 (11.26%)

Rockwood Board of Education

  • KEITH KINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,922 (24.41%)
  • STEPHEN D. SMITH . . . . . . . . . . 5,005 (17.65%)
  • ROGER A. STOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 (11.49%)
  • KEVIN PAUL MABIE . . . . . . . . . . . 2,721 (9.60%)
  • MATT DOELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,650 (19.93%)
  • MICHAEL (MIKE) GELLER . . . . . . 4,693 (16.55%)

St. Louis County Assessor

  • Jake Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,356  (63.67%)
  • L.K. "Chip" Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,645  (36.15%)


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