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 REESE BARTELL JENKINS
Round 3 BRETT PETERSEN JAKE CHRISTIANSEN

Round 1

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN 87 votes in the first round 27.97%
87 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON 97 votes in the first round 31.19%
97 votes
BRETT PETERSEN 64 votes in the first round 20.58%
64 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS 63 votes in the first round 20.26%
63 votes
Inactive Ballots All ballots are active in the first round

Round 2

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN Gained 25 votes 36.6%
112 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON Gained 14 votes 36.27%
111 votes
BRETT PETERSEN Gained 19 votes 27.12%
83 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS Eliminated: 63 votes redistributed to remaining candidates or became inactive
Inactive Ballots 5 ballots became inactive

Round 3

Candidate What changed Current total votes
JAKE CHRISTIANSEN Elected: Gained 60 votes 56.39%
172 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON Gained 22 votes 43.61%
133 votes
BRETT PETERSEN Eliminated: 83 votes redistributed to remaining candidates or became inactive
Inactive Ballots 1 ballots became inactive

JAKE CHRISTIANSEN

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 87.0 first-round votes. 27.97%
87 votes
Round 2 Gained 25 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. 36.6%
112 votes
Round 3 Elected. Gained 60 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. 56.39%
172 votes

GORDON A. ANDERSON

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 97.0 first-round votes. 31.19%
97 votes
Round 2 Gained 14 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. 36.27%
111 votes
Round 3 Gained 22 votes from BRETT PETERSEN. 43.61%
133 votes

BRETT PETERSEN

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 64.0 first-round votes. 20.58%
64 votes
Round 2 Gained 19 votes from REESE BARTELL JENKINS. Eliminated. 27.12%
83 votes

REESE BARTELL JENKINS

Round What changed Current total votes
Round 1 63.0 first-round votes. Eliminated. 20.26%
63 votes

Inactive Ballots

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

27.97%

87 votes

36.6%

112 votes

56.39%

172 votes
GORDON A. ANDERSON

31.19%

97 votes

36.27%

111 votes

43.61%

133 votes
BRETT PETERSEN

20.58%

64 votes

27.12%

83 votes
REESE BARTELL JENKINS

20.26%

63 votes
Inactive Ballots

0

ballots

5

ballots

6

ballots


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