Marion and Ralls County Election Results

April 5, 2023 | By Megan Duncan Muddy River News Correspondent

HANNIBAL, Mo. – One Hannibal School Board member will keep his seat while two new members will take a place at the table.

Blane Mundle was re-elected to the board with 1,813 votes. Mundle spent 28 years in education as a teacher, coach and principal with the Hannibal Public School District before retiring in.

Jeff Evans was elected to the board with 1,517 votes. Evans has been a family physician for 25 years and a parent to five past or present students in the Hannibal School District.

Stacey Graves was elected to the board with 1,517 votes. Graves is a retired teacher after 39 years with 31 of those at the Hannibal Public School District.

Evans and Graves replace Brad Kurz and Michael Holliday.

Other candidates:

LaDonna Hampton: 778 votes

Anna Lemon 1,104

Marijuana Tax

Marion and Ralls County and Palmyra and Hannibal voters voted to add a 3% sales tax sales tax on all tangible personal property retail sales of adult marijuana

Proposition A

The proposed tax increase to 25 cents on county nursing home tax for Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Palmyra.

Yes: 1,955 46.37 %

No: 2,262 53.63 %

Proposition R

Hannibal voters approved the recycling tax of $1.90 per month to continue the city recycling service with 2 Rivers Industries.

Yes: 1,130 60.49%

No: 738 39.51 %

Voters from Center and Perry voted not to conduct annual elections if the number of candidates is equal to the number of positions to be filed.

New London voters approved a $5,000,000 bond proposal to expand and improve the city’s wastewater and drinking water systems.

City Government:

Hannibal City Council: 5th Ward Colin Welch; 6th Ward Jeffrey Veach