Creighton Law 2L Elected as Mayor of Southwest Iowa City
Sidney, Iowa – Peter Johnson, a 2L student at the Creighton University School of Law, was recently elected mayor of Sidney.
The 27-year-old Fremont County, Iowa, native was one of three write-in candidates seeking to replace incumbent Paul Hutt, who will hand the gavel to Johnson at the end of December. Johnson received 62% of the mayoral vote, receiving 150 votes to the combined 92 votes received by his opponents.
Johnson, whose father Jon graduated from Creighton Law in 1977, said that being elected mayor of his hometown was “special.”
“It’s a thrill,” he said. “I grew up in Sidney. I remember going to the city pool, the city library, growing up as a beneficiary of these services and facilities, so to have the town turn around – the teachers that taught me – and to win by such a margin, to have the town recognize your education and ability to do the job, in such a resounding way, was really something special for me.”
Johnson credited his years at Creighton’s law school for preparing him for public service.
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