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Madison County certifies 2025 city and school election canvass; Bennington, Earlham winners listed
Summary
Elections staff presented canvass abstracts and certified results: Bennington city council and mayoral tallies were reported (Maxine Bussemus declared mayor); Earlham school director results were compiled and winners declared; abstracts were signed by canvassing officials.
Madison County election staff presented the second-tier canvass for the 2025 city and school elections and provided abstracts and canvas summaries for board signature.
Unidentified Speaker 4 said the county had already certified ballots cast in Polk County and explained the second-tier canvass compiles Madison County ballots with ballots from other counties where Madison County holds the largest taxable base for particular jurisdictions.
Reported results included the Bennington at-large city council race (total 53 votes): Jeff Bussemis 13, Rick Keeler 11, Deanna Bussemis 8, Denise Michael 5, Jasmine Pesley Larson 5, with 11 scattering; the Bennington mayor's race recorded 13 votes for Maxine Bussemus, who was declared the winner. For the Earlham school director at-large contest (total 1,125 votes), reported tallies were: Brandon DeBrock 159, Casey Henke 380, Nick Comas 186, Gregory Ocseff 369; Casey Henke and Gregory Ocseff were listed as elected and will serve four-year terms.
Canvass summaries and the top-page abstracts were provided for signature; election staff indicated they had the documents ready for the board to sign and certified the results in the record.
No objections or challenges to the reported tallies were raised during the meeting portion where the abstracts were presented.
Next steps: canvass abstracts will be signed and recorded as the final local certification for the reported jurisdictions.
