Harrison Keegan, Alissa Zhu, Claudette Riley, and Thomas Gounley

News-Leader

9:01 p.m. — Summary results were published to the Greene County Clerk's Office website at about 8:50 p.m., with 75 of 78 precincts reporting.

Springfield mayor race: Ken McClure 68 percent, Kristi Fulnecky 32 percent.

Springfield Public Schools bond issue: Yes 51 percent, No 49 percent. The measure needs 57.1 percent yes to pass.

Springfield City Council General A: Jan Fisk 69 percent, Jesse Coulter 21 percent, Allen Kemper 10 percent.

Springfield City Council Zone 1: Phyllis Ferguson 61 percent, Thomas Quinn 39 percent.

Springfield City Council Zone 2: Dr. Tom Prater 72 percent, Helen Gunther 28 percent.

Springfield City Council Zone 4: Craig Fishel 67 percent, Debra Brady 33 percent.

Springfield City Council General B: Craig Hosmer 75 percent, Curtis Montgomery 25 percent of the vote.

7 p.m. — The polls closed on election day in Greene County, and the candidates are now awaiting the results.

On the ballot Tuesday were the mayor and city council races in Springfield as well as a major bond issue for Springfield Public Schools.

Mayoral candidate Kristi Fulnecky is having a watch party Tuesday night at Metropolitan Grill in south Springfield. A few other City Council candidates who align with Fulnecky have also said they plan on attending.

There is also a watch party at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield. That watch party is for supporters of the Springfield Public Schools bond, and several municipal candidates have said they might attend, including mayoral candidate Ken McClure.

Zone 1 City Council candidate Phyllis Ferguson is also having a watch party at the American Legion Post 676 at Kearney Street and Clifton Avenue.

People who opposed the school district bond are having a watch party at the Lamplighter Inn at the corner of Glenstone Avenue and Sunshine Street.

Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller told the News-Leader about 5 p.m. the average turnout in what he considers the county's "bellwether precincts" was 16.1 percent.

Schoeller said it appears the overall countywide turnout could end up in the 15 to 18 percent range he forecast prior to Tuesday. Schoeller said that there are some polling places within city limits that had hit 25 percent turnout as of 5 p.m.

The highest turnout in a recent April election was in 2015, when 23.86 percent of registered voters in Greene County cast a ballot. Most years, however, are well under that mark.

If Greene County reaches a turnout of 15.7 percent or greater, it would be the second-highest turnout in April in the last decade.

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