Lisa Burtenshaw elected as Idaho Falls Mayor; Brandon Lee elected to City Council
Curtis Jackson
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Lisa Burtenshaws won the runoff election for Idaho Falls mayor.
The unofficial results show Burtenshaw received 6,435 votes, or 53.1%, of the votes over Jeff Alldridge 5,663 votes, or 46.8%.
That’s a change from the November 4th election where Jeff Alldridge took a narrow lead with 5,599 votes, while Lisa Burtenshaw secured 5,537 votes.
“I’m excited to get to work,” Burtenshaw told Local News 8 after learning of her win. “I have listened to people along the campaign trail, and I know we have work to do with the community. I’m excited because we have great city employees. We have great directors in the city, and I know that we can. Accomplish the things that the community is asking us to do,” Burternshaw said.
In the Idaho Falls City Council race for Seat 2, Brandon Lee took 59.5% of the vote over Teresa Dominick’s 40.5%
12,107 ballots were cast on Tuesday compared to 11, 868 ballots cast in the November 4th election.