Peoria Standard

Municipal officials in Stark county — including mayors, village board members, and school board members — are on the ballot on April 1, the first Tuesday in April.

A total of 94 candidates will compete for 46 municipal office positions, including 16 for city and village boards and two for school boards.

In the last consolidated election that happened in 2023, Stark county had 3,736 registered voters and 460 cast ballots, or 12.31% voter turnout.

The party listed for each individual in the table below reflects their voter history affiliation — i.e., the political party they’ve aligned with in recent elections. This is not necessarily the party they are officially running under in the current race.

Name	District	Position Running for	Affiliated Party
Addison Ryan	Essex Township	Trustee	Republican
Andrew Colgan	City of Toulon	Trustee	Republican
Angela Courtway	Village of Bradford	Trustee	Republican
Ann M. Orwig	School Board Unit #100	School Board	Republican
Barbara Allen	City of Toulon	Clerk	Republican
Barbara J. Cantwell	City of Toulon	Clerk	Republican
Brad Nelson	Goshen Township	Trustee	Republican
Bradley Kieser	School Board Unit #1	School Board	--
Bruce West	West Jersey Township	Trustee	Republican
Bryan Down	Goshen Township	Trustee	Nonpartisan
Chad Allen	City of Toulon	Road Comissioner	--
Chad Joos	Osceola Township	Trustee	--
Charles W. Reay Jr.	Valley Township	Trustee	Republican
Cheryl Hurst	City of Toulon	Toulon Library Trustee	--
Clayton Ryan	Essex Township	Trustee	--
Cliff Lane	Elmira Township	Clerk	--
Connie Jacobson	City of Toulon	Alderman	Republican
Daniel L. Hardman	City of Wyoming	Alderman	--
Danny Blakey	Goshen Township	Trustee	Republican
David F. Atteberry	Village of Bradford	Bradford Library Trustee	--
David Klumpp	Penn Township	Trustee	Republican
David Michael King	City of Toulon	Trustee	Republican
David Perkins	Elmira Township	Trustee	--
David Rumbold	City of Wyoming	Alderman	Republican
Deann K. Rewerts	City of Wyoming	Wyoming Library Trustee	Republican
Diane Baker	City of Wyoming	Clerk	Democratic
Donna Lefler	City of Toulon	Alderman	Republican
Emily Leezer	School Board Unit #100	School Board	--
Emma L. Kieser	Village of Bradford	Bradford Library Trustee	--
Erin Price	School Board Unit #100	School Board	Democratic
Gary Goodwin	Essex Township	Supervisor	--
Gregory Cline	West Jersey Township	Supervisor	--
Gregory Knowles	City of Toulon	Supervisor	--
Hollie Scott	Village of Bradford	Bradford Library Trustee	--
Ian Potter	City of Wyoming	Mayor	Republican
J. William Ellis	Osceola Township	Trustee	Republican
James Castagna	Goshen Township	Trustee	Democratic
James Mercer	City of Wyoming	Mayor	--
Jana Clancy	Elmira Township	Supervisor	--
Janet Currty	City of Toulon	Toulon Library Trustee	--
Jay Iliff	Penn Township	Trustee	Republican
Jessica Petersen	School Board Unit #1	School Board	--
Joan Mooberry	School Board Unit #1	School Board	--
Jodi Dienst	Valley Township	Clerk	Republican
Joe Day	Goshen Township	Trustee	--
Joe Winans	Goshen Township	Trustee	--
Johanna Mueller	Penn Township	Clerk	--
John Cler	Village of Bradford	Trustee	Republican
John E. Forstrum	Goshen Township	Road Comissioner	--
John W. Carroll	Essex Township	Road Comissioner	Republican
Joyce Scholl	Valley Township	Supervisor	--
Kathleen E. Hewitt	Village of Bradford	Bradford Library Trustee	Republican
Kevin Logsdon	Osceola Township	Road Comissioner	--
Kyle Kuhrts	City of Toulon	Trustee	Republican
Larry Hollis	City of Toulon	Mayor	Republican
Lucas Hermann	Valley Township	Trustee	--
Martha Chamberlain	Osceola Township	Supervisor	--
Mary Groter	Penn Township	Supervisor	--
Matt Bennett	Elmira Township	Road Comissioner	--
Matthew Plumer	West Jersey Township	Trustee	--
Michael Finnegan	City of Toulon	Assessor	--
Michael W. Cox	Essex Township	Road Comissioner	Republican
Michelle Owens	City of Wyoming	Alderman	--
Michelle Webster	West Jersey Township	Clerk	--
Mitchell Hulsey	City of Toulon	Alderman	--
Nathan Schaffer	Valley Township	Road Comissioner	--
Pamela Wulf	Goshen Township	Clerk	Republican
Pat Maher	City of Wyoming	Mayor	--
Paul Webster	West Jersey Township	Road Comissioner	Republican
Philip Daum	Essex Township	Clerk	Republican
Philip J. Nenadov	City of Wyoming	Wyoming Library Trustee	--
Ralph Moodie	Osceola Township	Clerk	--
Rex Alm	West Jersey Township	Road Comissioner	--
Reyna Barto-Colvin	School Board Unit #1	School Board	Democratic
Rick Heaton	West Jersey Township	Trustee	--
Robert Finney	City of Toulon	Toulon Library Trustee	Democratic
Ron Turnbull	Elmira Township	Trustee	--
Ronald Tuthill	City of Toulon	Trustee	--
Ryan Kelly	City of Toulon	Alderman	--
Sharon Cauthon	Village of Bradford	President	--
Sheri Code	School Board Unit #1	School Board	--
Steve Chesser	Penn Township	Road Comissioner	--
Steven Ehnle	Osceola Township	Trustee	Republican
Susan Howard	City of Wyoming	Wyoming Library Trustee	Republican
Tammy Main	Goshen Township	Supervisor	--
Terry Fritz	Penn Township	Trustee	Republican
Theresa M. Strode	City of Wyoming	Wyoming Library Trustee	--
Tim Schroeder	Elmira Township	Trustee	--
Tim Shaner	Elmira Township	Trustee	--
Timothy Shane	Essex Township	Trustee	Republican
Tony Carlton	Village of Bradford	President	--
Valerie Wagher	City of Toulon	Treasurer	Republican
Weston Stahl	Penn Township	Trustee	Republican
William J. Ringger	Osceola Township	Trustee	--