The spring election arrives April 7, and candidates have filed! With hours to go for filing candidacy, several had yet to return paperwork.
“We have yet to receive any completed filings at this time,” Stanley City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer Nicole Pilgrim said Friday via email of candidate filings.
Among those who have taken out papers are First and 8th Ward Alderperson Ben Wald as well as an unnamed female candidate, who didn’t give her name when picking up paperwork.
“She didn’t give me her name when she picked up the paperwork,” Stanley Deputy Clerk Maggie Keeku said of the unnamed second candidate for mayor.
Keeku said incumbent Mayor Mike Henke has not taken out paperwork.
As for ward alderperson at Stanley, three have taken out paperwork, all incumbents.
Keeku said Mark Fitzsimmons had taken out paperwork for the first and eighth ward alderperson, Terry Metzger for third ward alderperson, and Aaron Dickson for fourth and ninth ward alderperson. There is also a vacant seat in Ward 2 open. Dickson and Metzger had returned paperwork as of Monday.
As for Boyd, two candidates have taken out papers, Casey Dorn and Josh Walters, both for trustee. Walters has returned his candidacy papers while Dorn had not as of Monday morning.
For Stanley-Boyd Area School Board, three candidates have filed: Denise Hoffstatter (Area 2 - Delmar, Colburn, and Taft), Bob Geist (Area 3 - Village of Boyd), and Toni Seidl (Area 4 - City of Stanley)
Also on the April ballot meanwhile are county board posts.
For Chippewa County Board, local board seats up for election include those of James Ericksen (District 8 - City of Stanley), Matthew Peterson (District 10 - Delmar, Boyd, and Edson), Timothy Goettl (District 6 - Colburn, Goetz, Arthur, and parts of Delmar and Estella), and Pam Guthman (District 2 - Ruby, Lake Holcombe, Cornell, part of Estella). So far Ericksen, Goettl, and Guthman have all filed candidacy, with Peterson yet to return candidacy paperwork as of press time.
For Clark County Board, relevant board seats include Arlene Kodl (District 8 - Thorp township, parts of cities of Stanley and Thorp), Jill Hoff (District 7 - City of Thorp), Al Bower (District 13 - Worden, Butler, Foster North, Foster South, Part of Thorp township), Roy Tyznik (District 12 - Reseburg), and Joe Waichulis Jr. (District 6 - Withee township and part of Hixon). Kodl, Hoff, Bower, Tyznik, and Waichulis have all filed declaration of candidacy, campaign registration, and nomination. A full list of candidate filings and openings is available on the Clark County website at www.clarkcountywi.gov by clicking on “Government” followed by “Elections” and then “Candidates under the center “Prepare to Vote” space.
For Taylor County meanwhile the relevant county board seats are Darrell Thompson (District 16 - Taft Roosevelt, Maplehurst) and Lynette Rosemeyer (District 15 - Aurora, Ford). Thompson and Rosemeyer have both filed candidacy, the deadline still out at press time.
Closing out with Wilson and northwest Eau Claire County meanwhile the county board seat is currently held by Caleb Aichele (District 1 - Wilson, Ludington, Bridge Creek, Fairchild). Aichele has filed for re-election, with no other candidates at present.