Local elections will be held in Marion County on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The following are the positions and candidates that will be on ballots throughout the county.
Burns
Mayor: Mike Hammann, running unopposed.
City Council: Mary Strotkamp, Roland Boesker, Eugene L. Pearson.
Durham
Mayor: R. Gene Duke, running unopposed.
City Council (five seats): Nancy Wedel, Shirley Flaming.
Florence
Mayor: Robert B. Gayle Jr., Heather Burstein.
Ward 1 Council (one seat): Gary “Mac” McCall, Kenneth W. Hoffman.
Ward 2 Council (one seat): Mark E. Slater, Calvin M. Pendergrass, John Burstein.
Goessel
City Council (three seats): Amanda Voth, Ariel Kraus, John P. Stucky.
Hillsboro
Mayor: Lou Thurston, running unopposed.
Ward 1 Council (one seat): Blake Beye.
Ward 2 Council (one seat): Ronald Wilkins.
Marion
Mayor: Michael F. Powers, running unopposed.
City Council (two seats): Amy M. Smith, Ruth C. Herbel, Timothy J. Baxa, Kevin Burkholder (unexpired term).
Peabody
Mayor: Leslie Thouvenell, Catherine Weems, Lindsay J. Hutchison.
City Council (three seats): Linda Martinez, Kevin R. Burke, Alan Gillen, Draxa Langley, James C. Philpott.
Ramona
City Council (three seats): Paul Alcorn, Arthur Stroda, Mark Falley.
Board of Educations
USD #397 Seats 1, 2, 3, 7: Voting Plan C – District Method in all elections
Position 1 – entirely in MN: Thieen Antoszyk
Position 2 – MN & DK (Hope Twp): Nathan G. Brunner
Position 3 – MN & DK (Lyon Twp): Michelle D. Hajek, Amanda Pagenkopf
Position 7 – MN, DK (Hope & Lyon), MR, & CS: Lance Diepenbrock
USD #398 (all at large) Seats 1, 2, 3, 7: All regular positions on all ballots as a grouping; Unexpired term; separate race on all ballots; MN, CS, BU, HV
Candidates: Teddy G. Dover, Paige Barnes, Hope Reynolds, Brian Simmonds, Travis L. Wilson. Korie Marie Hatton, Unaffiliated, Pos. 4 unexpired.
USD #408 Seats 1, 2, 3, 7: Voting Plan B; By position – but on all ballots for general; MN, CS
Position 1: Justin Dameron
Position 2: Nick Kraus
Position 3: Amy Soyez, Mitch Guetterman
Position 7: Roman Hofer, Jillian Edmundson, Bryant Gutsch
USD #410 (all at large) Seats 1, 2,3, 7: Voting Plan A – all at large; list as grouping on ballot; entirely in Marion County.
Candidates: Jared D. Jost, Sarah Fenske, Roderick Wayne Koons, Jimmy Janzen, Jim Paulus, Ashley Kleiber.
USD #411 Seats 1, 2, 3, 7: Voting Plan B; By position – but on all ballots for general; MN, HV, MP.
Position 1: Sara Hiebert
Position 2: Paige Conquest
Position 3: Bryant Miller
Position 7: Kyle Funk
District Boards
Imp. Dist. #1 Eastshore Director (three seats): Cliff Hodson, Brad Gorsuch, Allen Albright.
Imp. Dist. #2 Co. Lake Director (three seats): Kathryn Shockley, Ed Burnett, Greg Wyatt.
Imp. Dist. #3 Pilsen Director (three seats): None
Chisholm Trail Ext. Dist. #20 Director (two seats): Lyman Adams.
