The final unofficial election results are in. Muhlfeld elected mayor in Whitefish. Anderson, Hildner and Sweeney elected to Whitefish City Council. Saverud and Guiffrida elected in Kalispell. Karper, Plevel and Fisher elected in Columbia Falls.
Whitefish unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 53 percent
WHITEFISH MAYOR
(Projected winner) John Muhlfeld – 1,481 (64%)
Turner Askew – 812 (35%)
WHITEFISH CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) John Anderson – 1,316
(Projected winner) Richard Hildner – 1,316
Life Noell – 503
(Projected winner) Frank Sweeney – 1,263
Mary Vail – 1,057
Doug Wise – 1,014
WHITEFISH REFERENDUM 1
(Projected winner) Yes – 1,444
No – 738
Kalispell unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 28 percent
WARD 2
(Projected winner) Wayne Saverud (incumbent) – 671 (53%)
Chad Graham – 562 (44%)
Erik Jerde – 34 (3%)
WARD 4
(Projected winner) Phil Guiffrida III – 531 (66%)
Cecilia Lee – 270 (34%)
Councilor Kari Gabriel (WARD 1) ran unopposed. Randy Kenyon’s (WARD 3) challenger, Walter Keathley, stopped actively campaigning for health reasons.
Columbia Falls unofficial election results
VOTER TURNOUT: 16 percent
COLUMBIA FALLS CITY COUNCIL (top three elected to council)
(Projected winner) Julie Plevel (incumbent) – 250
Harvey Reikofski Jr. (incumbent) – 194
(Projected winner) Doug Karper (incumbent) – 270
(Projected winner) Darin Fisher – 248
Samantha Johnson – 225