04/09/2025
*** 10 p.m. UPDATES with addition of McDonald County numbers in Seneca and East Newton school issues; ADDS Crowder College Trustee results ***
Here are the final, yet unofficial results from today's municipal elections in Newton County:
Diamond School Board (top 2 take seats)
John Henson 200
Travis Ingle 129
William Brandon Poindexter 104
William Eric Transeau 73
Trisha Beckett 83
Jennifer Howard 44
Summer Shackles 19
Steve B-Nagy 10
Diamond Mayor
Jerry Albin 70
Jennifer Howard 39
Courtney Callis 24
LaDonna Hobbs 6
Diamond West Ward
Dayton Wicker 36
Daryl Foster 22
Diamond fire district tax levy
Yes 257
No 118
East Newton School Board (top 2 take seats)
(Newton County results only, still waiting on McDonald County)
Judy Harper 368
Riley Brown 343
Charles Cook 301
Brian Thornton 272
Shannon Trammell 258
East Newton tax extension
(Newton County results only, still waiting on McDonald County)
Yes 682
No 142
Fairview South Ward
Ana Vang 9
Deborah Price Billings 8
Billy W Mahurin 3
Melissa Knisley 2
Granby East Ward
Bobby Brooks 65
Mark Shaw 36
Neosho Proposition A
No 602
Yes 570
Seneca School tax extension
Yes 343
No 182
Seneca area fire district tax levy
No 144
Yes 127
Seneca Alderman Ward 2
Dustin Housley 29
Ryan Schauer 16
Jim Gilstrap 10
Stella Trustees (top 3 take seats)
Chris Jones 23
Mark Youngblood 23
Theresa Hammon 20
Rex Baxter 12
Crowder College Trustee (top 2 take seats)
Andy Wood 1,972
Rachel Elizabeth Dobbs 1,549
Mike Poore 1,220
