Thursday was the deadline for nominations for the upcoming city and school board elections in November, and there are several contested races in Greene County.
According to the Greene County Auditor’s Office, one contested race will be for the three available seats on the Jefferson City Council. All three incumbents are running for re-election, including Harry Ahrenholtz, Pat Zmolek and Darren Jackson. The other two candidates are Mark Wright and Heath Enns.
There are also two contested mayoral races for Grand Junction and Scranton. The Grand Junction mayor candidates include incumbent Gerold Herrick and challenger Jason McDowell. The Scranton mayor candidates include David Dideriksen, Jerry Erwin and Jerold Boyd. Cole Gusthoff resigned as mayor last week due to personal reasons and will not seek another bid as mayor. Additionally, there are seven people running for three seats on the Grand Junction City Council.
As for school board elections, there is a contested race for the three available seats with the Greene County School Board. Only one incumbent is seeking re-election with Catherine Wilson and there are four newcomers, including Bonnie Silbaugh, Sean Sebourn, Cindi Daubendiek, Michelle Fields and Nicholas Lehman. The other two current board members with Dr. Steve Karber and Mike Dennhardt are not seeking re-election.
The full list of all the city council, mayoral and school board candidates for Greene County can be found below.
*Incumbent
City of Churdan
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Joleen Killeen*
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Two
Nick Christianson*
Heidi Geisler*
Mark Kersey
Mary Vogel
City of Dana
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Mandy Sims*
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Two
Christopher J. Vargas*
Anthony Sims*
City of Grand Junction
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Gerold Herrick*
Jason McDowell
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Three
Mark A. Renslow
Spencer Kirk
Lora Stoline Lyons
Paula Hoskinson
Michelle Hillman
Bailey Mount
Brain Pritchard
City of Jefferson
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Three
Harry Ahrenholtz*
Patrick Zmolek*
Darren Jackson*
Mark A. Wright
Heath Enns
City of Paton
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Steve Burrell
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Two
Diane Hanlon*
Zach Schweers
Council Member – Vote for No More Than One
To Fill a Vacancy
Jacob Bohnet*
City of Rippey
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Daniel Brubaker*
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Two
Donald Carpenter*
Garry Higgins*
City of Scranton
Mayor – Vote for No More Than One
Jerald R. Boyd
David M. Dideriksen
Jerry L. Erwin
Council Member – Vote for No More Than Two
No one turned in papers
Greene County School Board – Vote for No More Than Three
Catherine Carman-Wilson *
Bonnie Silbaugh
Sean Sebourn
Cindi Daubendiek
Nicholas Lehman
Michelle Fields
Paton-Churdan School Board – Vote for No More Than Three
Dennis Tilley *
Mitch Stream *
Zachary Schweers