GALLIPOLIS — Gallipolis residents voted in some new blood Tuesday to serve on the city commission.

Challengers Jay Cremeens and William Matt Johnson were the popular choices of city voters in yesterday’s election. Cremeens won 590 votes while Johnson netted 504.

City Commission President James A. Cozza retained his seat, picking up 385 votes. Vice President Carroll Snowden finished a distant fourth with 266 votes.

The new commission will feature Cozza, Cremeens and Johnson along with incumbents Jon Lynch and Bob Marchi.

Mel Carter, Scott Williamson and Brandon Twyman emerged as the top vote-getters in an extremely tight race for three seats on the Gallia County Local School District Board of Education.

Carter, a former longtime board member, picked up 1,525 votes. Williamson, the lone incumbent on the ballot, collected support from 1,437 voters, while Twyman garnered 1,328 votes.

Carter and Twyman will replace current board members Joyce Boothe and John Payne, who chose not to run for re-election.

Brenda J. Mershon received 1,286 votes. Billy Swain netted 1,255 and Amy Beth Barber finished 977 votes.

In the Gallipolis City School District school board race, longtime incumbents Lynn Angell (2,026 votes) and Timothy V. Kyger (2,523 votes) ran without opposition.

Four seats were available on each of the village councils in Centerville, Cheshire, Crown City, Rio Grande and Vinton. The following is the vote tally from each village council race on Tuesday:

• Centerville — Ted Perroud 33, Virginia Ann Daniels 31, Robert Terry 30, Brian Waugh 26.

• Cheshire — Glen Beebe 30, John Westfall 28, Mark Coleman 27, Leah C. Berger 25.

• Crown City — Kathy P. Johnson 111, James D. Lester 84.

• Rio Grande — Robert W. Allen 56, Cory E. Camden 53, Patty Weatherholt 51, Mark E. Neal II 43, David J. Brodeur 41, Timothy K. Divens 41.

• Vinton — Lance Brown 60, Brenda Burris 57, Richard E. Eblin 44, Charles R. Easter 43, Joshua Whealdon 34, Mary McCarley 28, Brandi Whealdon 24.

Township Trustee

Election Results

Addison (two to be elected) — Robert G. Rothgeb 432, Fred F. Burnett 361, J.P. Roberts, Jr. 133.

Cheshire (two to be elected) — Michael R. Conkle 139, J.D. Taylor 133.

Cheshire (unexpired) — Joe Dean Roush 144.

Clay (two to be elected) — Bobby A. Franklin 288, Ray Slone 253, Dale R. Fife 187.

Gallipolis (two to be elected) — Richard M. Bane 696, C. Ronnie Carmichael 564, Harry Dean Brownell 518.

Green (two to be elected) — Jamie Graham 773, Seth Montgomery 713, Tom Woodward 407, J. Garry Lewis 323, William L. Baker 196, Jerry L. Pinkerman 149.

Greenfield (two to be elected) — Roy McCarty 117, Hayden L. Hammond 98, Henry M. Bartels 75, Eric S. Shriver 70.

Guyan (two to be elected) — Nickie S. Swain 352, Roger A. Watson 309, Roy L. Jones 136, Ronald Bias 69.

Harrison (two to be elected) — Margaret Adkins 212, Donald E. Woodie 187, Thomas Mark Cummons 138, Dale E. Taylor 102.

Huntington (two to be elected) — Roger Shadwick 266, Rodney W. Alderman 185, Robert L. McClaskey 178.

Morgan (two to be elected) — Clarence R. Hash 189, Samuel O. Kemper 137, John R. Manley 123, Charles K. Smith 115.

Ohio (two to be elected) — James E. Waugh 117, James D. Green 106.

Perry (two to be elected) — Jeffrey A. Pope 210, Larry A. Fallon 188.

Raccoon (two to be elected) — Dwight Rees 325, Chuck W. Williams, Jr. 276.

Springfield (two to be elected) — Vaughan E. Taylor 401, Scott L. Howell 339, Jeannie F. Hampton 274, Jack L. Riley 236.

Walnut (two to be elected) — Richard L. Ingles 186, Wanda Hively 149.

Gallia-Vinton

Educational

Service Center

District 4 — Douglas W. Pugh 571.

District 6 — Stephen D. Saunders 649.

(On the Web: Gallia County 2009 election results at gallianet.net)