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Mayors of Twin Falls, Idaho

Mayors of Twin Falls, 1907-2019 (may be incomplete!)
Fred A. Voigt 1907 C. O. Meigs 1912-13 Shad Hodgin 1923 Richard E. Bobier 1927-33 Duncan M. Johnston 1933-37 Lem A. Chapin 1937-39 Joe K. Koehler 1939-43 Bert A. Sweet 1943-47 Herbert G. Lauterbach 1947-49 Rulon J. Schwendiman 1949-52 J. H. Latimore as of 1953 A. F. Nelson as of 1954-55 Frank Feldtman 1971 Winston Jones 1975 Paul Ostyn 1977 Emery Peterson as of 1985 Elaine Steele as of 2001 Lance Clow 2002-03 Glenda Dwight 2005 Lance Clow 2006-09 Don Hall as of 2011 Greg Lanting as of 2013 Shawn Barigar as of 2019

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1907 Apr 2: Fred A. Voigt, elected unopposed.
  • 1911 Apr 4: George S. Aldrich (Citizens), elected; Charles D. Thomas (People's), defeated.
  • 1913 Apr 1: C. O. Meigs (Citizens), elected; J. J. Pilgerrim (Ind), defeated; J. C. Crawford (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1919 Apr 22: William H. Eldridge, elected; J. A. Crom, defeated.
  • 1921 Apr 26: P. W. McRoberts (City Manager Plan), elected; T. F. Warner (Citizens), defeated; T. O. Boyd (Ind), defeated.
  • 1923 Apr 3: Shad Hodgin, elected; W. M. Manning, defeated.
  • 1925 Apr 7: Edgar L. Ashton, elected; E. J. Finch, defeated.
  • 1927 Apr 5: Richard E. Bobier, elected; W. Orr Chapman, defeated.
  • 1929 Apr 2: Richard E. Bobier, elected unopposed.
  • 1931 Apr 7: Richard E. Bobier, elected; T. J. Lloyd, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 4: Duncan M. Johnston, advanced to runoff; Richard E. Bobier, advanced to runoff; Charles D. Thomas, defeated; O. C. Hall, defeated.
  • 1933 Apr 25: Duncan M. Johnston, elected; Richard E. Bobier, defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 3: Duncan M. Johnston, elected; Bert A. Sweet, defeated.
  • 1937 Apr 6: Lem A. Chapin, elected; Duncan M. Johnston, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 4: J. H. Blandford, advanced to runoff; Joe K. Koehler, advanced to runoff; O. C. Hall, defeated.
  • 1939 Apr 25: Joe K. Koehler (Independent Progressive), elected; J. H. Blandford, defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 1: Joe K. Koehler (Independent Progressive), advanced to runoff; Lem A. Chapin, advanced to runoff; Reese M. Williams, defeated.
  • 1941 Apr 22: Joe K. Koehler (Independent Progressive), elected; Lem A. Chapin, defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 6: Bert A. Sweet (People's), elected; Joe K. Koehler (Independent Progressive), defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 3: Bert A. Sweet, advanced to runoff; Edward Babcock (People's Progressive), advanced to runoff; O. J. Bothne, defeated.
  • 1945 Apr 24: Bert A. Sweet, elected; Edward Babcock (People's Progressive), defeated.
  • 1947 Apr 1: Herbert G. Lauterbach (Progressive Citizens), elected unopposed.
  • 1949 Apr 5: Rulon J. Schwendiman (Citizens), elected; Herbert G. Lauterbach (Progressive Citizens), defeated.
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