Five of the seven seats of the Cass County Board of Commissioners were contested today, with the incumbents officers fending off their challengers. The winners earned the right to serve on the board for two-year terms of office.

District 3 Commissioner Skip Dyes and District 4 Commissioner Roseann Marchetti both ran uncontested for their seats.

Below are the unofficial results for the races:

District 1 Winner: Robert Wagel (R)

Wagel, the current chair of the board, successfully fended off Democrat James Jerue in the first district race, by a vote of 1,206 to 778.

The Republican won all four voting precincts in his district, which includes Silver Creek and Wayne Townships, as well as part of LaGrange Township and a portion of the City of Dowagiac.

Wagel previously defeated Jerue in 2012 to retain his seat, by a vote of 1,758 to 1,254.

District 2 Winner: Dixie Ann File (R)

File beat Democrat Judy Helpingstine to retain her seat on the board, by a vote of 1,315 to 658.

File carried all four of the district’s voting precincts in her victory. The district includes Marcellus, Newberg, Penn and Volinia Townships.

District 5 Winner: Robert Ziliak (R)

Incumbent Commissioner Ziliak trounced Democrat Paullean D Washington to retain the district five seat, by a vote of 1,253 to 597.

The district includes Milton Township and part of Howard Township.

District 6 Winner: Bernie Williamson (R)

Incumbent Williamson defeated Democrat challenger Asali Kelly by a vote of 1,088 to 702.

Williamson, the current vice chair of the board, carried all three voting precincts in the district, which includes portions of Howard, Jefferson and LaGrange Townships.

District 7 Winner: E. Clark Cobb

Rounding out the commissioner races was incumbent Democrat E. Clark Cobb’s victory over challenger Wendy Alexander Glaser, who ran without party affiliation, by a vote of 851 to 353.

Cobb, the sole Democrat of the county board, won all four of his voting precincts. District seven includes the City of Dowagiac and Pokagon Township.