Laurie Goodrich will be Coralville's new mayor after defeating Ryan Swenka in the race to fill the city's top elected position.

Goodrich earned 2,117 votes (57.7%) to Swenka's 1,535 (41.8%), according to preliminary results from the Iowa Secretary of State's Office .

Goodrich, 70, has spent the past 40 years in Coralville. She served three terms as a city councilor before pursuing the mayor's seat. She moved to the area in 1984 and recently retired from the University of Iowa as an emeritus working with athletes and coaches through UI Athletes in Action .

Swenka, 35, was challenging for public office for the first time. He grew up just outside of North Liberty and works as a software trainer for Leapfrog Technologies, an education tech company based in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids cor

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