Early Voting Results - G.I. City Council

GRAND ISLAND – Five people were apparently elected to the Grand Island City Council Nov. 3, representing Ward 1 through Ward 5.

Election results were posted on the Hall County Election Commissioner’s website at 1:49 a.m. Nov. 4. 24 of 24 precincts were reporting, with provisional votes outstanding. 

Two of the five wards had two contestants, with only one to be elected.

In Ward 4, Laura Gamboa Urrego received 810 votes (59.47 percent), compared to Jodi Moore, who received 539 votes (39.57 percent). There were 13 write-in votes cast, and 1,362 total votes cast.

In Ward 5, Lindsey Jurgens received 1,403 votes (63.31 percent), compared to Doug Lanfear with 790 votes (35.65 percent). Lanfear was an incumbent. There were 23 write-in votes cast, and 2,216 total votes cast.

In Ward 1, incumbent Jack Sheard was unopposed and received 2,952 votes (97.94 percent). There were 62 write-in votes cast, and 3,014 total votes cast.

In Ward 2, newcomer David L. Plond received 2,583 votes (98.48 percent). There were 40 write-in votes cast, and 2,623 total votes cast. Plond was unopposed.

In Ward 3, incumbent Jason Conley was unopposed and received 1,221 votes (96.98 percent). There were 38 write-in votes cast, and 1,259 total votes cast. 

Sheard, 48, was elected to the Grand Island City Council in 2022. He has worked as an account executive at IdeaBank Marketing in Hastings for six years, and has been an owner for the past three years. 

Prior to that, he worked for Grand Island Public Schools (Marketing and Communication Coordinator, 2012-2020); Grand Island Independent (Online Director, 2010-2012); Grand Island Independent (Presentation Editor, 2005-2010); Waterloo-Cedar Fall Courier (Iowa) (Lead Designer, 2002-2005) and South Bend Tribune (Indiana), (Front Page Designer, 2000-2002).

Plond, 65, is chairman of the Hall County Republican Party. He is territory director for Scouting America (Mid American Council). He did not respond to an email requesting information about his employment history.

Conley, 49, was first elected to the Grand Island City Council in 2018. He works for the Hall County Department of Corrections. He did not respond to an email requesting information about his employment history.

Gamboa Urrego, 29, Gamboa Urrego is director of community engagement at Stuhr Museum and has worked in that position since May 2025. Prior to that, she worked for Nebraska Civic Engagement Table (Greater Nebraska Community Organizer, November 2023 to May 2025); University of Nebraska Medical Center (clinical research coordinator, December 2022 to November 2023), Multicultural Coalition (paralegal and community liaison, July 2021 to December 2022), and Grand Island Public Schools (migrant education facilitator, June 2020 to July 2021).

Jurgens, 41, has been the executive director at Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity for 2.5 years. Prior to that, she was the program coordinator at Leadership Unlimited for three years. 

Lanfear, 76, was elected to his first term on the City Council in 2022.