Incumbent Eureka Mayor Kevin Coffey Keeps Leadership Role

Final for the evening of April 5, but unofficial, results from the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners indicate that incumbent Eureka mayoral candidate Kevin Coffey won with 1,391 votes, or a total of 72.33 percent.

Mayoral challenger Lee Kropp received 526 votes, or 27.35 percent.

Write-in candidates for the mayor's role in Eureka accounted for 6 votes, or 0.31 percent.

Coffey has served as mayor of Eureka for the past eight years. "It's great to have the (voting) results, and I'm proud to work for Eureka for four more years," he said. "It's a pleasure to continue serving."

He said 1,917 Eurekan voters was a fabulous turnout, especially considering that there were no national issues involved. "I suspect Eureka will have one of the highest percentage voter turnouts in the St. Louis area, and that's something that Eureka residents should be proud of," he said.

At tonight's Eureka board of aldermen meeting, Coffey mentioned that he wanted to speed up the process of discussing options for the municipality's water softening system this week.