2021 WINNERS FOR MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN RECORDER

 

Johnboy Palmer was re-elected mayor of Monongah with 169 votes.

Sheila Runyan replaced Patty McCombs, Town Recorder for 20 years, who resigned for a successful run on the Town Council.

Top vote-getter for Town Council was Aaron Justice, with 111 votes, followed by Mike Parker with 110, current councilwoman Susan Sanders with 100, Roger Huffman with 99 and Patty McCombs with 92.

Susan Sanders, Aaron Justice and Roger Huffman were incumbents. Mike Parker is the only newcomer, although Patty McCombs is new to Town Council but a long-time fixture as Town Recorder.

Brenda Manzo, elected in 2019, was not a candidate. She has been married for 58 years to Danny Manzo, Class of 1957, who was on the 1955 Monongah High state football championship team.

Monongah election results

MAYOR
82 GREG VANDETTA

RECORDER
80 PATTY MCCOMBS

COUNCIL (5 elected)

86 JohnBoy Palmer

71 Brenda Manzo

62 Bill McCombs

55 Don Harris

44 Teena Ailstock

(not elected)

42 Bertha Wilson

42 Hooch Aldridge

36 William Bill Watkins

20 Lenny White

New councilwoman Teena Ailstock lost to Patty Steele McCombs in the 2015 election for Town Recorder.

JohnBoy Palmer was the top vote-getter in 2015, too. Don Harris finished 2^nd in 2015. Charles Parker was 3^rd. Bertha Wilson was 4^th. The late Warren Sloan was 5^th.

Frank Cosco and Susanne Carleson also ran.

Brenda Manzo, Bill McCombs and Teena Ailstock are the newest council members.

McCombs, Class of 1969, is Monongah’s water expert. Bill won the Monongah mayoral race several years ago when his name was drawn from a hat to break a tie with incumbent Don Harris. But after the state ruled that he couldn’t be both mayor and town water director, Bill resigned as mayor. 

Bill’s wife, Fairmont East grad Patty, broke the tie that put Greg Vandetta into the mayor’s chair. 

Monongah fire chief Harless McCombs, Class of 1976, is Bill McCombs’ brother. Harless is married to Monongah Middle School language arts teacher and children’s book author Lisa Myers McCombs, Class of 1977.

Mayor Greg Vandetta is Class of 1975.

Brenda Manzo is a Fairmont East grad, too. She’s married to Danny Manzo, Class of 1957.

Harris is president of the Monongah Community Employment Board.

Fairview High grad Bertha Wilson was the only incumbent not re-elected.

Palmer, Harris join 3 incumbents on Monongah Town Council

John Boy Palmer was the leading vote-getter for Monongah Town Council.

Incumbents Bertha Wilson and Warren Sloan were re-elected. Incumbent Charlie Parker is back, but he had to be a write-in candidate to do it.

Monongah Community Employment Board president Don Harris also is on the new Town Council.

Election Results
Mayor Greg Vandetta, unopposed, got 87 votes.
Recorder Patty McCombs was re-elected with 62 votes to 45 for Teena Ailstock.

For the five Town Council seats:

John Boy Palmer, 77 votes.

Don Harris, 61 votes.

Incumbent Charlie Parker, 57 votes.

Incumbent Bertha Wilson, 50 votes.

Incumbent Warren Sloan, 43 votes.

Finishing out of the money were Frank Cosco (41 votes), who has a sandwich shop in Fairmont, and Susanna Corilson (38 votes).

Members of the previous Town Council were Bill McCombs, Bertha Wilson, Charlie Parker, Sanford Carr and Warren Sloan.