Tergin elected Jefferson City mayor

Becomes second female mayor in city's history

Jefferson City mayor-elect Carrie Tergin gives a nervous smile as she receives an update on the mayoral race during her election night watch party at Revel Catering in the historic Lohman Opera House building on Tuesday night, April 7.
Jefferson City mayor-elect Carrie Tergin gives a nervous smile as she receives an update on the mayoral race during her election night watch party at Revel Catering in the historic Lohman Opera House building on Tuesday night, April 7.

Carrie Tergin will be the next mayor of Jefferson City.

Tergin won Tuesday's election with roughly 41 percent of the vote in Jefferson City. Tergin was one of six candidates seeking the office, winning with 2,872 ballots cast for her.

Tergin said the win felt amazing and showed how hard she, and her team, worked during the campaign.

"Wow, I just, wow," Tergin said after hearing the news. "I am so thrilled that this is what Jefferson City wants. We just want to move forward together, and I'm just so thrilled that they have that kind of confidence in me."

Tergin said she would waste no time in getting started, adding she has a list of things to do already.

"I'm ready to hit the ground running," Tergin said.

Tergin, a former 4th Ward councilwoman, said she primarily campaigned on positive leadership and building partnerships with other entities and organizations in the area. Tergin had previously said the biggest challenges facing the city include maintaining public safety on limited resources, moving forward on the conference center and multipurpose building, and redeveloping the old Missouri State Penitentiary.

"This is about all of us together, working as a community," Tergin said. "I'm ready for Jefferson City to move forward together with me."

Current 3rd Ward Councilman Bob Scrivner received roughly 29 percent, or 2,057 votes, of the vote Tuesday. Scrivner said he wanted to thank everyone who supported him Tuesday and helped with his campaign, as well as congratulate Tergin on her victory.

"She ran a good campaign," Scrivner said. "It was a really kind of a friendly campaign among us."

Edith Vogel, a former 2nd Ward councilwoman, received about 17 percent of the vote, or 1,191 votes. Vogel said she felt alright after the results came in, adding that everyone ran a good campaign and she entered simply to give people another choice.

"It is what it is," Vogel said. "It was a good campaign."

Roy Viessman received roughly 6 percent of the vote, or 466 votes. Leonard Steinman received about 3 percent of the vote, or 219 votes, and Richard S. Groner received about 2 percent of the vote, or 176 votes.

See additional Mid-Missouri results in our politics section.