Belleville Mayor Patty Gregory lost her reelection bid on Tuesday to City Clerk Jenny Gain Meyer by a wide margin — 62% to 36%.
Alton Mayor David Goins earned a second term in a tight three-way race with former Mayor Brant Walker and Alderman Raymond Strebel.
Goins garnered 39% of the vote, while Walker and Strebel tallied 32% and 29%, respectively.
Godfrey Village President Mike McCormick won his fifth term in office, beating Beth Jones and village Trustee Craig Lombardi. McCormick got 59% of the village’s vote, compared to 29% for Lombardi and 11% for Jones.
The mayors of Cahokia Heights and Granite City both fended off organized write-in candidates to earn second terms.
Cahokia Heights Mayor Curtis McCall Sr. won another term over write-in candidates Corey Dickerson and Michael Simmons with 72%, compared to 27% split between the two.
Granite City Mayor Mike Parkinson beat Kim Benda 87% to 13%.
In the last two municipal elections, between 13% and 17% of voters cast ballots in St. Clair and Madison counties. On Tuesday, that share increased in Madison to more than 18% and stayed roughly the same in St. Clair at 14%, according to the clerks of both counties.
Meanwhile, in Quincy, Linda Moore unseated Mayor Mike Troup 58% to 42%.
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