With the deadline passing to register in the city-school elections on November 2nd, there are a few contested races in Guthrie County. The Menlo Mayor position is up for reelection this year and current mayor Lyle Griswold is running against two challengers with Douglas O’Brien and Carol Sheldahl. There are two seats up for election on the Guthrie Center City Council and there are three candidates, including incumbents Chuck Cleveland and Carolyn Masters, and newcomer William Wagner, IV.
As for school board election, there are five candidates for two Guthrie Center School Board positions, including Kris Langgaard, Laura Robson, Brian Sheeder, Mike Thomas and Matt VanMeter. The Panorama School Board a contested race between two candidates for District One seat with Daniel Scott and Cale Kastner.
A full list of Guthrie County candidates in the upcoming November 2nd city-school elections can be found.
Candidates
City of Bagley
For Mayor:
Ruth Riley*
For Council:
Deanna Gibson*
Jennifer Ingles*
TO FILL A VACANCY For Council:
John (Scott) Richardson
City of Bayard:
For Mayor:Thomas Wardyn*
For Council:
Arnold Kesselring*
Nathan McAlister*
Brandon Patrick
City of Casey:
For Mayor:
Nicholas Lindberg*
For Council:
Steve Battani
Rick Richter*
Theresa Schiller
TO FILL A VACANCY for Council:
Steve Nolte*
City of Guthrie Center
Michael A. Herbert*
For Council:
Chuck Cleveland*
Carolyn Masters*
William T. Wagner, IV
City of Jamaica:
Mayor
Tim McDermott*
For Council:
Michael Fagen*
H.D. Meinecke Jr*
Menlo:
For Council:
David Jacobson
James Paul Jones*
Dorothy J. Korradi*
Michael Merical
City of Panora
For Council:
Brian Dorsett*
Stan Landon*
Curtis Thornberry*
City of Yale
Steve Stanton *
For Council: Vote for No More Than Three
John Chase*
Guthrie County City/School Election
Clinton Deardorff
Richard Kipp*
Tim Walker*
TO FILL A VACANCY for Council:
Gerald McComb*
Guthrie County City/School Election
Tuesday November 2, 2021
*= Incumbent
Coon Rapids – Bayard Community School District
Randi Cretsinger
Chad Leighty*
Patrick McAlister*
Justin Mohr
Terry Wurzer
Guthrie Center Community School District
Jessica Carney
Guthrie County City/School Election
Tuesday November 2, 2021
Kris Langgaard
Laura Robson
Brian Sheeder
Mike Thomas
TO FILL A VACANCY for School Board:
Matt VanMeter*
Panorama Community School District
For Director District One:
Cale Kastner*
Daniel Scott
Guthrie County City/School Election
*= Incumbent
For Director District Two:
Lee White
Mark Cates