Heading into general election, Troup hopes to become 12th consecutive mayor since 1933 to win re-election after first term

February 26, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

Quincy Mayor Mike Troup addresses the crowd in the basement of Tower of Pizza after Tuesday's primary election. | David Adam

QUINCY — Mike Troup’s victory over Dan Brink on Tuesday in the Republican mayoral primary keeps alive the chance of him becoming the 12th consecutive mayor in Quincy since 1933 to win re-election after his first term in office.

Troup is campaigning for his second term in office and will run against independent Linda Moore in the general election on April 1. Troup defeated Democrat Nora Baldner to earn his first term in office in 2021.

Republican Emmett Wilson, who won the 1931 campaign over incumbent Democrat Frank Jasper, was upset by 3^rd Ward Democratic alderman Leo Lenane in the 1933 mayoral race. Every mayor since Lenane — 11 of them — has served two terms in office. (Lenane did it twice, winning election in 1933 and 1937, then again in 1953 and 1957.)

Democrat George Meyer Jr., a former Adams County sheriff, was elected in a special mayoral race on Oct. 15, 1946, defeating Republican Sam Schneidman by a vote of 8,515 to 6,569. The race was necessary after Schneidman’s brother, Edward, died in a fire that swept Chicago’s LaSalle Hotel on June 5, 1946. Edward Schneidman, a Republican, was first elected as mayor in 1941 and re-elected in 1945, defeating Lenane each time.

After Meyer served the remainder of Edward Schneidman’s term, he then won re-election in 1949.

Mayoral Elections in Quincy: 1917-2021

1917: R-John Thompson (6,961 votes) def. D-William Abbott (5,172)
1919: D-Phil J. O’Brien (5,439 votes) def. R-John Thompson (4,529) and I-George Schmitt (2,318)
1921: D-Phil J. O’Brien (6,406 votes) def. R-John Thompson (3,456) and Farmer-Labor candidate Joseph McIntyre (3,191)
1923: R-William Smiley (9,145 votes) def. D-Phil J. O’Brien (6,919)
1925: D-Frank Jasper (8,559 votes) def. R-William Smiley (8,470)
1927: R-Charles Lee Weems (8,040 votes) def. D-Frank Jasper (6,314)
1929: D-Frank Jasper (7,419 votes) def. R-Roy Seeley (6,218)
1931: R-Emmett Wilson (8,745 votes) def. D-Frank Jasper (6,829)
1933: D-Leo Lenane (9,505 votes) def. R-Emmett Wilson (8,516)
1937: D-Leo Lenane (8,867 votes) def. R-Ernest Koch (8,209)
1941: R-Edward Schneidman (11,453 votes) def. D-Leo Lenane (8,702)
1945: R-Edward Schneidman (7,315 votes) def. D-Leo Lenane (6,340)
1949: D-George Meyer Jr. (9,445 votes) def. R-William Kettler (7,375)
1953: D-Leo Lenane (8,813 votes) def. R-Richard Koch (7,779)
1957: D-Leo Lenane (9,715 votes) def. R-Roy Wilcox (5,789)
1961: R-Wes Olson (9,201 votes) def. D-Leo Lenane (7,957)
1965: R-Wes Olson (8,445 votes) def. D-Walter Terwelp (6,487)
1969: D-Don Nicholson (8,031 votes) def. R-Wes Olson (6,640)
1973: D-Don Nicholson (6,974 votes) def. R-Richard Northern (6,909)
1977: R-David Nuessen (8,127 votes) def. D-Joe Bonansinga (6,641)
1981: R-David Nuessen (7,817 votes) def. D-Kenneth Bickhaus (1,904)
1985: D-Verne Hagstrom (5,912 votes) def. R-Richard Magliari (5,885) and I-Frank Wells (102)
1989: D-Verne Hagstrom (7,012 votes) def. R-Gary Peters (6,461)
1993: D-Chuck Scholz (6,044 votes) def. R-Bill Hoffman (5,689) and I-Ursula Flinspach (468)
1997: D-Chuck Scholz ran unopposed
2001: D-Chuck Scholz (8,706 votes) def. R-Mike Farha (2,489)
2005: D-John Spring (6,254 votes) def. R-David Nuessen (5,476)
2009: D-John Spring (5,268 votes) def. R-Dave Bellis (4,487)
2013: R-Kyle Moore (5,690 votes) def. D-John Spring (4,402)
2017: R-Kyle Moore (4,484 votes) def. I-Jeff VanCamp (4,204)
2021: R-Mike Troup (4,954 votes) def. D-Nora Baldner (3,179)