Most election races uncontested
Most of the April 2 city and school district elections will be uneventful matters, with only a handful of contested races, while no City of Marion positions are up for election. The filing deadline for candidates was noon Tuesday.
The only contested board of education race is in Peabody-Burns USD 398, where five candidates have filed for three at-large positions. The candidates are Shayla Clark, Travis T. Foth, Barry Peter, Jarrod Gaines, and Julia Ensminger.
Peabody has the only contested mayoral race, between Larry K. Larsen and Frank Doerrler.
Florence City Council has a race between Ed Robinson and Pam Wells for a seat representing Ward 2 on the council.
Larry D. Schmidt, Dean Snelling, and Larry C. Lindeman are vying for two Goessel City Council positions.
Burns City Council has two positions up for election and three candidates: Daniel S. Huls II, Mary Glenn, and Roland Boesker.
There are six candidates for five positions on Ramona City Council. They are James Thompson, A.J. Svoboda, Billy E. Alcorn, Jayme Brunner, Arthur Stroda, and Rachel Mealor.
There are more races with no candidates for office than contested races; 18 elected positions in Marion County will have to be filled by write-ins.
Full list of candidates
City of Burns
Mayor: Pat Nystrom.
City Council: Daniel S. Huls II, Mary Glenn, and Roland Boesker.
City of Durham
Mayor: None.
City Council (five positions): Verlin Sommerfeld, Gary Gerringer, R. Gene Duke, Edward Flaming, and Gary D. Unruh.
City of Florence
Mayor: Mary Shipman.
Council Ward 1: None.
Council Ward 2: Ed Robinson and Pam Wells.
City of Goessel
Mayor: Dave Schrag.
City Council (two positions): Larry D. Schmidt, Dean Snelling, and Larry C. Lindeman.
City of Hillsboro
Mayor: Delores Dalke.
Council Ward 1: Robert L. Watson.
Council Ward 2: Marlene Fast.
City of Lehigh
Mayor: None.
City Council (five positions): None.
City of Lincolnville
Mayor: None.
City Council (two positions): None.
City of Lost Springs
Mayor: None.
City Council (five positions): None.
City of Peabody
Mayor: Frank Doerrler and Larry K. Larsen.
City Council (two positions): Janice Woodruff and Tom Schmidt.
City of Ramona
Mayor: Byron Noeth.
City Council (five positions): James Thompson, A.J. Svoboda, Billy E. Alcorn, Jayme Brunner, Arthur Stroda, and Rachel Mealor.
City of Tampa
City Council (three positions): Wilburt E. Backhus and Paul H. Backhus.
Centre USD 397
Position 4: Richard L. Basore.
Position 5: Clay Simons.
Position 6: Jeff Bina.
Peabody-Burns USD 398
At-large (three positions): Shayla Clark, Travis T. Foth, Barry Peter, Jarrod Gaines, and Julia Ensminger.
Marion/Florence USD 408
Position 4: Jana Nordquist.
Position 5: Jan Helmer.
Position 6: Doug Regnier.
Hillsboro-Durham-Lehigh USD 410
Position 4: Mark Rooker.
Position 5: Joe Sechrist.
Position 6: None.
Goessel USD 411
Position 4: Lynette Duerksen.
Position 5: Kelly B. Booton.
Position 6: James Bryan Wiens.
Position 7, unexpired term: Kyle Funk.
Last modified Jan. 23, 2013