Shown from left and in the order of the number of votes received Tuesday for three seats on the Gladstone City Commission are Joe Thompson, Whitney Maloney and Steve O'Driscoll. (Daily Press file photos)

GLADSTONE — Incumbents Joe Thompson and Steve O’Driscoll, along with newcomer Whitney Maloney, were elected Tuesday to the Gladstone City Commission.

Left out in the four-candidate race for three seats was Mike O’Connor.

The three will serve four-year terms alongside commissioners Judy Akkala and Brad Mantela.

Thompson has been on the commission since 2015 and has served as mayor since 2017. O’Driscoll first was appointed to the commission in June 2024, filling a partial term opened by the departure of Greg Styczynski.

The open seat Maloney secured was created when Robert Pontius chose not to seek reelection.

Thompson received 621 votes, or 29.49% of the total cast; Maloney 609, or 28.92%; O’Driscoll 510, or 24.22%; and O’Connor 366, or 17.38%. There were no write-in votes.

Tuesday saw 842 of 4,555 registered voters turn out, or 18.49% turnout in Gladstone. The majority — 535, or 63.54% — voted absentee by mail, while 307, or 36.46%, voted in person Tuesday.

The mayoral advisory measure favored retaining Thompson as mayor, with 381 votes, or 45.25%. A commission appoints the mayor, though it usually follows the mayoral advisory vote.

Also on the mayoral advisory ballot were Akkala with 179 votes, or 21.26%; Mantela, who has been the mayor pro-tem for several years and earned 161 votes for 19.12%; and O’Driscoll, who gained 119 votes, or 14.13%. There were two write-in votes.

The newly-elected commissioners will be officially sworn in at an organizational meeting of the Gladstone City Commission after the state certifies the election. The state’s deadline to certify is Nov. 24. If certification comes early, the new members could be sworn in at the regular commission meeting Nov. 24; otherwise, swearing-in would will probably happen Dec. 8.

When Maloney introduced herself to the public during a voter forum in October, she said small business support will be a goal. She owns Superbloom Coffee House, is on the Delta County Opioid Task Force, is a Child Advocacy Center board member and is a mother of three.