Newton Town Council

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

The results of a ranked-choice voting election. | Download Raw Summary Data
Round Eliminated Winners
Round 1
Round 2 BRETT PETERSEN
Round 3 REESE BARTELL JENKINS JAKE CHRISTIANSEN

Round 1

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN 85 votes in the first round 29.41%
85 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON 90 votes in the first round 31.14%
90 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS 59 votes in the first round 20.42%
59 votes
BRETT PETERSEN 55 votes in the first round 19.03%
55 votes
Inactive Ballots All ballots are active in the first round

Round 2

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN Gained 25 votes 38.19%
110 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON Gained 13 votes 35.76%
103 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS Gained 16 votes 26.04%
75 votes
BRETT PETERSEN Eliminated: 55 votes redistributed to remaining candidates or became inactive
Inactive Ballots 1 ballots became inactive

Round 3

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN Elected: Gained 49 votes 56.18%
159 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON Gained 21 votes 43.82%
124 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS Eliminated: 75 votes redistributed to remaining candidates or became inactive
Inactive Ballots 5 ballots became inactive

JAKE CHRISTIANSEN

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 85.0 first-round votes. 29.41%
85 votes
Round 2 Gained 25 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. 38.19%
110 votes
Round 3 Elected. Gained 49 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. 56.18%
159 votes

GORDON A. ANDERSON

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 90.0 first-round votes. 31.14%
90 votes
Round 2 Gained 13 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. 35.76%
103 votes
Round 3 Gained 21 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. 43.82%
124 votes

REESE BARTELL JENKINS

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 59.0 first-round votes. 20.42%
59 votes
Round 2 Gained 16 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. Eliminated. 26.04%
75 votes

BRETT PETERSEN

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 55.0 first-round votes. Eliminated. 19.03%
55 votes

Inactive Ballots

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 0 first-round votes. 0
ballots
Round 2 Gained 1 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. 1
ballots
Round 3 Gained 5 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. 6
ballots
Candidate name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN

29.41%

85 votes

38.19%

110 votes

56.18%

159 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON

31.14%

90 votes

35.76%

103 votes

43.82%

124 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS

20.42%

59 votes

26.04%

75 votes
BRETT PETERSEN

19.03%

55 votes
Inactive Ballots

0

ballots

1

ballots

6

ballots


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