Snider, Sprague lead race for two JWCC Board seats; voters ask city to continue opt-out electrical aggregation

QUINCY — Unofficial results as of midnight Tuesday had long-time Adams County Board member Kent Snider and incumbent Andy Sprague in the lead to fill two spots on the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees.

Vote totals had been collected Tuesday night from eight of the nine counties that John Wood Community College serves — Adams, Brown, Pike, Calhoun, Cass, Morgan, Scott and Schuyler. However, results from Hancock County were unavailable.

Snider had collected 5,436 votes and Sprague had 4,629 votes. Christopher Holtschlag, a special education co-teacher at Quincy High School, had 4,341 votes, and Elizabeth Cash, a paraeducator in the Unity school district, had 3,830.

Holtschlag outdistanced Sprague in Adams County, collecting 3,613 votes to 2,877 for Sprague. However, Sprague received 1,459 votes in Pike County, while Holtschlag had 491.

The top two vote-getters will serve six-year terms.

Quincy voters also elected to have the city continue to operate an opt-out electrical aggregation program, with 4,003 votes in favor (61 percent) and 2,490 votes against (38 percent). 

The adoption of an ordinance calling for the end of the electrical aggregation program for the city of Quincy was tabled by the Quincy City Council until May 5. The program, which will enroll all electric customers unless they specifically remove themselves from participation, was suspended by aldermen in October 2024. 

The makeup of the Quincy Board of Education will remain the same because no races were contested on Tuesday. Tim Davis, Damion Dodd and Rachael Petty each ran unopposed for the School Board. 

The makeup of the Quincy City Council will be different next month, even though no races were contested on Tuesday. No one ran against Greg Fletcher (R-1), Dave Bauer (D-2), Tony Sassen (R-4) and Richie Reis (D-6). Michael Adkins won a Republican primary in the 3^rd Ward over three other candidates, while Laura McReynolds won a Republican primary in the 5^th Ward over long-time alderman Mike Rein. Incumbent Jack Holtschlag defeated Brennan Hills in a Democratic primary in the 7^th Ward.