Aurora Advertiser
The unofficial results for the general municipal election in Lawrence County, Missouri, with all four precincts for the city and all nine precincts for the Aurora R-8 school district accounted for, are in.
Doyle Ferguson and Tony Kennedy ran unopposed for the two open City Council seats.
Current Aurora R-8 School District Board Members Mark McCully and Jeramie Grosenbacher ran unopposed but because of the bond issue with it, the state requires that an election must be held even with no one else filing for the open seats.
Robert Jung ran unopposed to be the Aurora Road Commissioner,
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Verona use tax fails, Aurora school bond issue passes
Tuesdays election resolved numerous bi-county races, some by the slightest of margins, in a year with many unopposed races.
County clerks tallied one of the lowest voter turnouts for Aprils vote in recent years. The Lawrence County count ran 9.13 percent with a little over 2,116 votes. Barry County did even more poorly, mustering only 6.7 percent turnout or 1,483 votes. A lack of contests at the municipal level contributed to apathy among voters.
Barry County cities
Purdy
The real change occurring from Tuesdays election will take place Monday night at the Purdy City Council meeting. West Three-term Ward Alderman Brian Bowers will resign to take the oath of office as mayor
Aurora City Council Candidate Q and A
Aurora Advertiser
The Aurora City Council is comprised of five At Large members elected on a non-partisan basis, all with three-year terms.
City Council appoints the City Manager, City Clerk and the City Treasurer.
This year, the terms of Mayor Doyle Ferguson and Councilman Don McWade expire with Doyle Ferguson and Tony Kennedy as the two candidates running for those seats. Below is a short Q and A with the two candidates for the two council seats.
Occupation?
Doyle Ferguson (DF): I am a business owner in Aurora.
Tony Kennedy (TK): I ve worked the last 21 years in IT. I m currently the Director of IT for Blackstone Investment Group, parent company of the LuggageWorks brand among many others.