November 2025 Unofficial Election Results—Wilcox, Daniels and O'Neill Reign Victorious in Commissioner Race
Government-Politics
Following five strenuous months of campaigning, unofficial results for the November 2025 election have finally arrived. According to Park County election administrators, three seats contested for Livingston City Commission have been secured by Jessica Wilcox, Cindy Daniels and Kemp O’Neill in a narrow election comprising 8,185 votes across seven registered candidates on 3,899 total ballots.
The incoming commissioners will assume office January 1st, 2026, filling two seats vacated by Karrie Kahle and Torrey Lyons, and an additional seat previously held by incumbent candidate Quentin Schwarz, who had previously served two terms. Daniels, Wilcox, and Kemp will join seated commissioners James Willich and Melissa Nootz in a non-partisan capacity for four years terms set to expire in January 2030.
Wilcox, who received the most votes amongst all candidates, captured 19% of the total votes submitted for city commissioner (1,607 of 8,185 votes), a relatively negligible disparity eclipsing Daniels and Kemp by 1,430 and 1,344 votes, respectively. Rebecca Bird narrowly missed a seat on the commission by 233 votes, receiving 1,111 votes.
The battle between candidates Carol Meredith and Belinda Schweigert for Livingston City Judge ended 1,615 to 1,205 with Meredith emerging victorious. Meredith, replacing Judge Holly Hoppy, will take the bench beginning on January 1st, 2026.
The Shields Valley Elementary School Bond, worth 10.5 million dollars intended to fund major renovations to Wilsall Elementary School, passed 461 to 352—56% to 44% in marginal fashion. The estimated total number of mils is 76.83, increasing annual property tax assessments by $58.39 per $100,000. Funding for intermittent project-based renovations to Clyde Park High School raised through an active capital campaign, currently totaling between 1.3 and 1.5 million dollars, is now available as a result of the bond passing.
Renovations to the elementary school are set to begin next Spring though, according to school district officials, a majority of large-scale improvements are slated for Spring 2027.
Carol Amunrud and Joshua Koch were elected to Clyde Park Town Council, earning 98 and 43 votes, respectively, in a narrow race garnering a mere 192 total votes.
Results must be certified by election administrators before made official. Unofficial results are available at https://www.parkcounty.org/uploads/files/pages/171/UNOFFICIAL-RESULTS.pdf.
This article will be updated in light of new information.