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Interim West Bend Mayor Kristine
Deiss, left, cheers around her family and friends when she
hears the final tally during her party at The Binkery in
West Bend Tuesday night. Deiss became the first woman to be
elected mayor of West Bend.
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WEST BEND - Interim Mayor Kristine Deiss won Tuesday’s election
over Mike Christian, an events coordinator for Jeff’s Spirits on
Main, while two incumbent aldermen lost their Common Council seats
to challengers.
Richard Lindbeck, 63, a retired state patrol sergeant and
instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Oak Creek, won the
District 3 aldermanic seat away from three-term incumbent King
Riffel, 65, a retired West Bend police lieutenant and instructor at
Moraine Park Technical College.
Tony Turner, 45, an information systems consultant won the
District 1 seat over the incumbent Roy Justman, 59, a retired
painter-decorator and County Board supervisor.
Deiss, 60, acknowledged that while city voters’ responsiveness
to door-to-door campaigning was evident in the two aldermanic
district races, she deliberately ran a low-key campaign based on her
experience.
