Item: Larkin cruises, Henderson prevails: Incumbents win 3 of 4/Brian Walker, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Post Falls city incumbents almost made it a sweep during Tuesday’s election, taking three of the four positions. Mayor Clay Larkin and City Council members Ron Jacobson (seat No. 2) and Linda Wilhelm (No. 6) retained their seats. In the race for council seat No. 4, Betty Ann Henderson, wife of legislator Frank Henderson and CEO of Home Security Caretakers, knocked off incumbent Joe Bodman, a Spokane County Sheriff’s field training officer, 1,200-956. As expected by many, the tightest race was between Jacobson, Inland Northwest Bank senior vice president, and challenger Keith Hutcheson, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s police chief, with Jacobson winning 1,048-1,004.

• Complete Post Falls election results in drop-down box

Question: Were you surprised that Betty Ann Henderson unseated incumbent Joe Bodman and that incumbent Ron Jacobson barely held his seat?

 POST FALLS MAYOR
          (Vote for )  1
              (WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           Matthew J. Behringer.  .  .  .  .  .  .       254   11.60
           Steven A. Degon  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       288   13.15
           Clay Larkin.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,648   75.25
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,190

          POST FALLS CITY COUNCIL SEAT #2
          (Vote for )  1
              (WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           Keith Hutcheson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,004   48.93
           Ronald G. Jacobson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,048   51.07
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,052

          POST FALLS CITY COUNCIL SEAT #4
          (Vote for )  1
              (WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           Joe Bodman .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       956   44.34
           Betty Ann Henderson .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,200   55.66
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,156

          POST FALLS CITY COUNCIL SEAT #6
          (Vote for )  1
              (WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           Linda Wilhelm .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,291   61.24
           Bob E. Flowers.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       817   38.76
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,108

          LIBRARY DISTRICT POST FALLS CITY
          (Vote for )  1
              (WITH 16 OF 16 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           YES  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,655   73.43
           NO.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       599   26.57
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,254