Election Day – Local City & School Candidates

Today is Election Day – it’s a combined City and School Election.

Here’s a look at who is running 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 is 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. Here is a look at who 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, though Luke Imsland has announced he is running as a write-in candidate

Maquoketa Valley:

• Incumbent Donna Kunde is being challenged by Joseph Koopman for Director District 2
• Incumbent John Zietlow is being challenged by Dustin Mead for the District At-Large 4-year term
• Pam Overman is running for the District At-Large 2-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

Polls will be open today from 7 am to 8 pm. 

We’ll begin our election coverage immediately after the Iowa men’s basketball game tonight on KMCH, starting around 9 pm. 

Delaware County Auditor Carla Becker says tonight, they’ll only be reporting results of the candidates listed on the ballot. Becker says the results for the individual candidates listed as write-in votes will be balanced and made available on Wednesday or Thursday morning – which means we may not know the results of the Manchester City Council Ward 1 Race between Joe Dittrick and Dean Sherman until Wednesday or Thursday.