April 24, 2025
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Dowd retains Rock Falls City Council 3rd Ward seat

By Charlene Bielema
Election 2024
"I Voted" stickers sit on a table at the Holloway Center in Dixon on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

"I Voted" stickers sit on a table at the Holloway Center in Dixon on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Alex T. Paschal)

MORRISON — Steve Dowd has retained his Rock Falls City Council 3rd Ward seat, winning reelection over challengers Austin Zink and Mary McNeill.

Dowd received 80 votes, or 52.29% of the vote, to Zink’s 41 and McNeill’s 32, according to unofficial election results as of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Dowd, a retired Northwestern Steel and Wire worker, was first elected in 2021 by defeating 12-year incumbent Jim Schuneman.

Voter turnout stood at 12.6% in Ward 3. A total of 169 ballots were cast by the 1,341 registered voters residing in that ward, according to Whiteside County unofficial election results.