Newly elected Mayor of Washington Jaron Rosien (right) shakes hands with Pete Schaefer at the Washington County Courthouse Tuesday night. Photo by Sally Y. Hart

The ballots have been counted and the new mayor of Washington is Jaron Rosien.

He won with 1,018 votes, while Pete Schaefer received 279 votes. For Washington, in the at-large council race Elaine Moore won with 782 votes over Evie Richardson with 411. The Ward 4 seat will be held by Fran Stigers who had 144 votes, followed by Bob Gaal with 100 and Chris Gault with 77. The Ward 2 seat will again be held by Steven Gault who ran for reelection unopposed and received 161 votes.

Area Results:
Ainsworth
Mayor – Troy McCarthy – 36
Council (elect 3)
Jared Waters – 43
Tim Bean – 39
Virginia Schuerman – 30

Brighton
Mayor
David Hagans – 45
Robert Farley – 31

Council (elect 2)
Rose Jaynes – 112
Charles Emry – 52
David McCartor – 33

Crawfordsville
Mayor – Craig Davey 51

Council (elect 3)
Gene Miller – 49
Cory Hogue – 44
Sheila Baker – 26
Catherine Williams – 21
Carolyn Steele – 18

Kalona
Council (elect 3)
Mark Robe – 147
Craig Spitzer – 142
Joe Schmidt – 141
Ronald Slechta – 56

Riverside
Mayor
Allen Schneider – 154
Joseph Graff – 59

Council (elect 2)
Andy Rodgers – 116
Tom Sexton – 107
Ralph Schnoebelen – 104
Edgar McGuire – 82

Wellman
Mayor – Ryan Miller – 64
Council (elect2)
Shannon McCain – 59
Mark Philpot – 59

West Chester
Mayor – Chad Peiffer – 18
Council (elect 5)
Steven Lippard – 19
Ruth Lankford – 18
Vanessa Wasson – 18
Andrew Barnhart – 17
Ron Carey – 17