Election: Here's who won local races in Livingston County's Consolidated Election
Among the winners in Tuesday's Consolidated Election were Richard Runyon of Chatsworth and Kelly Eckhoff of Pontiac.
Runyon saw his re-election effort for Chatsworth village president succeed as he defeated challenger Michael Ifland with ease. Runyon garnered 79% of the vote to Ifland's 21%.
Eckhoff ran unopposed for Pontiac mayor after defeating incumbent Bill Alvey in the Feb. 25 primary.
Incumbent Jacob Medema and challenger Joseph Donald Highland finished in a dead heat with each claiming 50% of the vote for highway commissioner in Newtown Township.
Matthew Steidinger upset incumbent Mark Yoder with 63% of the vote for Fayette Township commissioner.
Incumbent Robin Bohm has won his position for Pontiac Township commissioner by defeating challenger Jeremy Haas with 59% of the vote.
Long Point and Pleasant Ridge townships had races with no incumbents. Matthew Mance defeated two other challengers for the highway commissioner post for Long Point. Mance had 54% of the vote. Brian Ruff had 33% and Randy Finck finished with 13%.
Derek Stephens topped Anthony Brown with 54% of the vote in Pleasant Ridge.
Cornell CCSD 426 residents said they do not want to raise the limiting rate for the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL). The referendum failed with 62% of voters saying no.
The three incumbents for the Flanagan Village Board won their seats back. Kim Wargo was the top vote-getter with 33%. Terrence Sullivan and Kristy Dodge each collected 25% of the vote. Challenger Allison Gray got 17%.
In Forrest, three incumbents faced two challengers for the three open village trustee seats and came out victorious.
Keith Beal was the top vote-getter with 26%. Incumbents Robert Haab and Ronald Steidinger finished with 24% and 19%, respectively. Brad Brucker (17%) and Brittany Steidinger (13%) were the challengers.
Erich Murphy is a reporter for the (Pontiac) Daily Leader. He can be reached at emurphy@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Pontiac Daily Leader: Election: Here's who won local races in Livingston County
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