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Mayors and Postmasters of Mountain Home, Idaho

Mayors of Mountain Home, 1949-2023 (may be incomplete!)
Raymond Harris 1951-53 Willis M. Carrie 1955-57 Edwin G. Bailey 1957-59 Charles Freeman 1960-61 Phillip W. Gridley 1961-63 Frank Pearce 1964-69 Vernon W. Everett 1973 Nelson Olds 1978-81 Roy Bledsoe 1982-83 Stuart Olbrich 1983 Don Etter 1984-95 Rich Sykes 2020-23

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1949 Feb 26: John B. Glasby, elected unopposed.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Raymond Harris, elected unopposed.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Raymond Harris, elected unopposed.
  • 1955 Apr 26: Willis M. Carrie, elected.
  • 1957 Apr 23: Edwin G. Bailey, elected; Willis M. Carrie, defeated.
  • 1959 Apr 28: Edwin G. Bailey, elected; Phillip W. Gridley, defeated; Orville O. Mabe, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 25: Phillip W. Gridley, elected; Charles Freeman, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Frank Pearce, elected; Phillip W. Gridley, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Frank Pearce, elected; C. C. Campbell, defeated; Frank Ulrey, defeated; E. E. 'Buck' Garner, defeated; Ken Spicklemier, defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Frank Pearce, elected; Eli Yerkovich, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Vernon W. Everett, elected; Ted J. Mikolajczyk, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Nelson Olds, elected; Troy Penland, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Roy Bledsoe, elected; Nelson Olds, defeated; Ted J. Mikolajczyk, defeated.
  • 1983: Roy Bledsoe, resigned.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Don Etter, elected; Jim Birchfield, defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Don Etter, elected; Gary Becker, defeated; Barbara Moseng, defeated.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Don Etter, elected; Blue Becker, defeated; Barbara Moseng, defeated.
  • 1995 Nov 7: Don Etter, elected; Joe McNeal, defeated; Gary Becker, defeated.
  • 2019 Nov 5: Rich Sykes, elected; James Schipani, defeated; Tim Standish, defeated.
  • 2023 Nov 7: Rich Sykes, elected; Misty Pierce, defeated; Shaun I. Brazell, defeated; Scott R. Conner, defeated.

    Postmasters at Mountain Home, 1891-1981 (may be incomplete!)
    L. A. Underwood as of 1891 J. A. Purtill as of 1893 William J. Turner as of 1899-1901 Joseph D. Sullivan 1938-39 Joseph D. Sullivan 1939-60 Vernon W. Everett 1960-61 Lou Berriochoa 1961-62 Lou Berriochoa 1962-81

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