(Posted Aug. 24, 2015)
By Kristy Zurbrick, Madison Editor
The fall election will be a busy one for Madison County.
The Madison County Board of Elections met Aug. 17 and certified 83 candidates for the Nov. 3 ballot.
Additional candidates could be added to the tally as West Jefferson council looks to fill a recently vacated seat in Ward 3. The elections board granted an extended deadline of Sept. 3 for anyone wishing to run for the unexpired term.
Also, most races on the November ballot are open to write-in candidates. The deadline to file paperwork to run as a write-in is Aug. 24.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election is Oct. 5. For more information, go to electionsonthe.net/oh/madison/# or call the elections board at (740) 852-9424. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Township candidates
For each of Madison County’s 14 townships, one seat for fiscal officer and one seat for trustee are up for election. The exceptions are Range and Stokes townships, which also have seats up for election for unexpired terms.
• Canaan Township
– Fiscal officer—Kimberlie A. Schrock
– Trustee—Don J. Schrock
• Darby Township
– Fiscal officer—M. Elaine Wilcox
– Trustee—Roger D. Weeks
• Deercreek Township
– Fiscal officer—Erin K. Morris
– Trustee—Mark Modlich
• Fairfield Township
– Fiscal officer—Vickie S. Timmons
– Trustee—Donald Wayne Francis
• Jefferson Township
– Fiscal officer—Darci L. Carmody, Amy L. Forrest, Kathryn M. Looby, Priscilla A. Neighborgall, W. Scott Popplewell, Arnette A. Simpson
– Trustee—Jeffrey N. Pfeil
• Monroe Township
– Fiscal officer—Connie S. Troyer
– Trustee—no candidates
Note: One individual, David E. Gallimore, filed a petition for the trustee seat, but the elections board rejected his petition for being incomplete.
• Oak Run Township
– Fiscal officer—Rochelle R. Kimbler
– Trustee—Wayne C. Holland
• Paint Township
– Fiscal officer—Cynthia L. Mace
– Trustee—Bruce A. Davison
• Pike Township
– Fiscal officer—Lila L. Stewart
– Trustee—Aaron L. Boerger
• Pleasant Township
– Fiscal officer—Katheryn L. Endres
– Trustee—Lewis Conway
• Range Township
– Fiscal officer—Luana J. Barker
– Trustee (full term)—Mark A. Anthony
– Trustee (unexpired term)—Dennis K. Marshall
• Somerford Township
– Fiscal officer—Pamela C. Hochadel
– Trustee—Jim Moran
• Stokes Township
– Fiscal officer—Ramona Porter
– Trustee (full term)—Christopher Vallery
– Trustee (unexpired term)—Jim Noble
• Union Township
– Fiscal officer—Karen S. Geyer
– Trustee—Matthew D. Furbee, Brian M. Lanigan
School board candidates
- Jefferson Local School District (three seats up for election)—David Willis Harper, Margaret Hiss. Note: Three other individuals filed petitions to run for this race, however their petitions were rejected by the elections board for being incomplete. Those individuals are Michael K. Branham, Michael E. Quinn and Edward Shepherd.
- Jonathan Alder Local School District (three to be elected)—Steve E. Votaw, Jason Warren, Thomas D. Bichsel, Christina S. Blacka
- London City Schools, full terms (two to be elected)—Curtis O. Brooks, Paul E. Maynor, Jonathan M. Stahl
- London City Schools, unexpired term (one to be elected)—Darryl D. Brown, Matthew J. Congleton
- Madison-Plains Local Schools (two to be elected)—Robert Lee Butz, Mark W. Mason, Ken Morlock
Village of Midway candidates
- Clerk/treasurer (one to be elected)—Jennifer L. Hall
- Council member (two to be elected)—Renee L. Hall, Tina P. Kelley
Village of Mount Sterling candidates
- Mayor (one to be elected)—Charles W. Neff
- Council member (two to be elected)—Lowell G. Anderson, David L. Timmons, Thomas Carl Ward
Village of Plain City candidates
- Mayor (one to be elected)—James W. Eudaily, Michael Lane, Darren A. Lee
- Council member (two to be elected)—Kerri L. Ferguson, John A. Rucker
Village of South Solon candidates
- Mayor (one to be elected)—Joseph L. Haney, David Karkan
- Council member (two seats up for election)—Jeffrey L. Glispie
Village of West Jefferson candidates
- Mayor (one to be elected)—Steve J. Johnston, Ray A. Martin
- Council member at-large (three to be elected)—Michael W. Conway, Douglas R. Eakins, Jim King, Richard A. King, Herman E. Stanley
City of London candidates
- Auditor (one to be elected)—Kathleen Hensel
- Law director (one to be elected)—Zahid H. Siddiqi
- Mayor (one to be elected)—Patrick J. Closser
- Council president (one to be elected)—Jennifer Hitt
- Council-at-large (three to be elected)—Megan M. Douglas, Roger T. Morris, Joshua E. Peters, Brenda S. Russell
- Council Ward 1 (one to be elected)—Trint R. Hatt
- Council Ward 2 (one to be elected)—Richard D. Minner
- Council Ward 3 (one to be elected)—Lora A. Long
Note: David J. Jackson filed paperwork to be recognized as a write-in candidate for the Ward 3 seat, but the elections board did not certify his candidacy because he did not meet the one-year residency requirement.
- Council Ward 4 (one to be elected)—Rex Castle
