Fulton County Ohio Media

It has been almost four weeks since the November 4^th election where the voters of the Village of Swanton were asked to fill four seats on the Village Council.  Three candidates, Patricia Pilliod, Dave Pilliod, and Noah Kreuz, received enough votes to be officially elected as members of the Swanton Village Council beginning on January 1, 2026.  A fourth candidate, Stephen Kasprzak, had the lowest number of votes and was eliminated.

The vote totals received by incumbent candidate Patrick Messenger and candidate Deacon D. Dzierzawski, in both Fulton County and Lucas County, were close enough to trigger, by law, an automatic recount.  Initially, Mr. Dzierzawski held a two-vote lead over Mr. Messenger in Fulton County balloting, while Mr. Messenger garnered four more votes than Mr. Dzierzawski in the Lucas Couty portion of the election.

In the recently completed and certified recount in Fulton County, Mr. Dzierzawski’s advantage increased to six votes.  However, Lucas County has not yet conducted their recount.  It is scheduled to be held by the Lucas County Board of Elections on Tuesday, December 2^nd with final results expected the following day.

All six candidates were mailed letters notifying them of the recount and were invited to attend and monitor the proceedings.