Candidates Announced for November City & School Elections

This year’s November general election will be a combined City & School Election – and the candidates have been announced.

Here’s what the races will look like in Delaware County:

Manchester:

• Council Member 1st Ward – Joseph Dittrick is challenging incumbent Dean Sherman, who is running as a write-in candidate 
• Council Member 3rd Ward – Incumbent Bill Scherbring is being challenged by Ronald Mortenson
• Council Member At-Large – Incumbent Tania Bradley is being challenged by Bryan Gray

Colesburg:

• Mayor Tom Forkenbrock is running for re-election 
• Nick Brown, James Diers and Roger Waterman are running for the three council spots
• Jared Diers is running to fill a vacant council seat

Delaware:

• Mayor Lonny Fishler is running for re-election
• Kevin Clark, Rick Lahr, Kevin Palmersheim, Barb Ries and Larry Tibbott are running for the five open council seats

Delhi:

• Joe Vorwald is running for mayor
• There are two council positions up for election, with Chasta Koopmann, La Rae Koopmann and Brenda Krumviede on the ballot

Dundee:

• Mayor Barb Robinson is running for re-election
• There are three open council spots, with Vernon Feldmann and Scott Gibbs running

Dyersville (on the Delaware County side):

• Jeff Jacque is running for a second term as mayor
• There are two candidates for the Council’s At-Large seat – Mike English and Austin Zuercher

Earlville:

• No one has filed to run for mayor or for the two open city council seats

Edgewood:

• Bruce Hemann is running for mayor
• Sarah Dugan and Michael Struble are running for the two council spots

Greeley:

• Mayor Dave Kruse is running for re-election
• No candidates have filed for the two city council seats

Hopkinton:

• There will be a contested race for mayor between incumbent Cathy Harris and challenger Craig Lange 
• There are also three open council positions, with Marcus Supple, Nicholas Hunter and Kelly Bush on the ballot

Masonville:

• Mayor Bill Alden is running for re-election
• Jerry Alden, Nellie Marting and Summer Penney are running for the three council seats

Ryan:

• Mayor Mike Corcoran is running for re-election
• Melvin Campbell and Sarah Fettkether are on the ballot for the two council spots

In addition to the city races, there are also several contested school board races coming up in November. Here is a look at what will appear on the Delaware County ballots:

West Delaware:

• Jon Worden is running for Director District #1
• Carl Johnson is running for Director District #2
• No candidates have filed for Director At-Large

Maquoketa Valley:

• Joseph Koopman is challenging incumbent Donna Kunde for Director District #2
• Pam Overman is running for the District At-Large 2-year term
• Dustin Mead is challenging incumbent John Zietlow for the District At-Large 4-year term

Ed-Co:

• Jeff Hoeger and Tammy Kirby are running for the two Director At-Large seats

Western Dubuque:

• Jessica Pape is running for Director District #2
• Jody Willging is running for Director District #4 
• Amanda Schlemme and Kari Krogman are running for Director District #5

Monticello:

• Four candidates are on the ballot for the two Director At-Large seats – Tony Amsler, Amanda Brenneman, John Schlarmann and Darin Siebels

North Linn:

• Ryan Benesch is running for Director District #1
• Matthew Michael is running for Director District #2
• Nick Breuer and Amanda Jo Krogmann are running for the two At-Large seats

Starmont:

• Four candidates are up for three open At-Large positions – Jason Gearhart, Douglas Puffett, Anthony Recker and Julie Uhlenkamp

The general election will be Tuesday, November 7th. Polls will be open from 7 am to 8 pm. 

In-person absentee voting will be available at the Delaware County Auditor’s Office October 18th through November 6th. The last day to request an absentee ballot by mail is October 23rd – that’s also when Pre-Election Day voter registration for this election will close.