Mayors of Twin Falls, 1907-2019(may beincomplete!) FredA. Voigt 1907C.O. Meigs 1912-13ShadHodgin 1923RichardE. Bobier 1927-33DuncanM. Johnston 1933-37LemA. Chapin 1937-39JoeK. Koehler 1939-43BertA. Sweet 1943-47HerbertG. Lauterbach 1947-49RulonJ. Schwendiman 1949-52J.H. Latimore as of 1953A.F. Nelson as of 1954-55FrankFeldtman 1971WinstonJones 1975PaulOstyn 1977EmeryPeterson as of 1985ElaineSteele as of 2001LanceClow 2002-03GlendaDwight 2005LanceClow 2006-09DonHall as of 2011GregLanting as of 2013ShawnBarigar as of 2019 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1907 Apr 2:FredA. Voigt, elected unopposed. 1911 Apr 4:GeorgeS. Aldrich (Citizens), elected;CharlesD. Thomas (People's), defeated. 1913 Apr 1:C.O. Meigs (Citizens), elected;J.J. Pilgerrim (Ind), defeated;J.C. Crawford (Socialist), defeated. 1919 Apr 22:WilliamH. Eldridge, elected;J.A. Crom, defeated. 1921 Apr 26:P.W. McRoberts (City Manager Plan), elected;T.F. Warner (Citizens), defeated;T.O. Boyd (Ind), defeated. 1923 Apr 3:ShadHodgin, elected;W.M. Manning, defeated. 1925 Apr 7:EdgarL. Ashton, elected;E.J. Finch, defeated. 1927 Apr 5:RichardE. Bobier, elected;W.Orr Chapman, defeated. 1929 Apr 2:RichardE. Bobier, elected unopposed. 1931 Apr 7:RichardE. Bobier, elected;T.J. Lloyd, defeated. 1933 Apr 4:DuncanM. Johnston, advanced to runoff;RichardE. Bobier, advanced to runoff;CharlesD. Thomas, defeated;O.C. Hall, defeated. 1933 Apr 25:DuncanM. Johnston, elected;RichardE. Bobier, defeated. 1935 Apr 3:DuncanM. Johnston, elected;BertA. Sweet, defeated. 1937 Apr 6:LemA. Chapin, elected;DuncanM. Johnston, defeated. 1939 Apr 4:J.H. Blandford, advanced to runoff;JoeK. Koehler, advanced to runoff;O.C. Hall, defeated. 1939 Apr 25:JoeK. Koehler (Independent Progressive), elected;J.H. Blandford, defeated. 1941 Apr 1:JoeK. Koehler (Independent Progressive), advanced to runoff;LemA. Chapin, advanced to runoff;ReeseM. Williams, defeated. 1941 Apr 22:JoeK. Koehler (Independent Progressive), elected;LemA. Chapin, defeated. 1943 Apr 6:BertA. Sweet (People's), elected;JoeK. Koehler (Independent Progressive), defeated. 1945 Apr 3:BertA. Sweet, advanced to runoff;EdwardBabcock (People's Progressive), advanced to runoff;O.J. Bothne, defeated. 1945 Apr 24:BertA. Sweet, elected;EdwardBabcock (People's Progressive), defeated. 1947 Apr 1:HerbertG. Lauterbach (Progressive Citizens), elected unopposed. 1949 Apr 5:RulonJ. Schwendiman (Citizens), elected;HerbertG. Lauterbach (Progressive Citizens), defeated. | |
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