Many smaller Missouri cities elected new mayors Tuesday night.
The City of Lake Ozark was always going to have a new mayor as the incumbent did not run for re-election. Local business owner David Ridgely won easily, capturing nearly three-quarters of the votes cast. Ridgely said in a Facebook post that his biggest priority is improving the roads in the tourism-heavy city.
In the Moniteau County city of California, real estate company owner Mike Staton unseated incumbent mayor Lanny Ash, collecting more than 69% of the vote.
And the Morgan County city of Stover had a race that could result in a recount, with Clayton Judd appearing to defeat Michael Lowe by just two votes, with an unofficial count of 92 to 90.
Correction: A previous version of this story had the winner of the Stover mayoral race flipped. Clayton Judd beat Michael Lowe by two votes, not the other way around.
