Kosciusko County General Election
October 8, 2018 at 12:05 p.m.
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The Voters of Kosciusko County are notified in accordance with Indiana Code 3-8-2-19 that a general election will be held in the county on November 6, 2018, with the polls open for voting from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m., prevailing local time.
Based on the certified list supplied to me by the Secretary of State of Indiana, and declarations of candidacy filed in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk of this county,the following individuals will be placed on the general election ballot for nomination to the indicated offices:
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Mike Braun Republican
Joe Donnelly Democrat
Lucy M. Brenton Libertarian
SECRETARY OF STATE
Connie Lawson Republican
Jim Harper Democrat
Mark W. Rutherford Libertarian
AUDITOR OF STATE
Tera Klutz Republican
Joselyn Whitticker Democrat
John Schick Libertarian
TREASURER OF STATE
Kelly Mitchell Republican
John C. Aguilera Democrat
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT TWO
Jackie Walorski Republican
Mel Hall Democrat
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT THREE
Jim Banks Republican
Courtney Tritch Democrat
STATE REPRESENTATIVE- DISTRICT EIGHTEEN
David A. Wolkins Republican
Dee M. Moore Democrat
STATE REPRESENTATIVE-DISTRICT TWENTY-TWO
Curt Nisly Republican
JUDGE, KOSCIUSKO CIRCUIT COURT- 54TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Michael W. Reed Republican
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY- 54TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Daniel H. Hampton Republican
COUNTY AUDITOR
Michelle L. Puckett Republican
COUNTY RECORDER
Joetta Mitchell Republican
COUNTY SHERIFF
Kyle P. Dukes Republican
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Susan D. Engelberth Republican
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Robert M. (Bob) Conley Republican
J. Todd Weingart Democrat
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT ONE
Doug Heinisch Republican
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT TWO
Michael Long Republican
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT THREE
Ernest B. Wiggins Republican
Gary L. Schue Democrat
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT FOUR
Jon L. Garber Republican
David Morgan Democrat
CLAY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Helen Brown Republican
ETNA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Gary Sponseller Republican
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Trillia Gearhart Democrat
HARRISON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Tracy Moyer Republican
JACKSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Gwendolyn Ostrom Republican
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Beth Krull Republican
LAKE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Molly Bradford Republican
MONROE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Stephanie Cloud Republican
PLAIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Tyler Huffer Republican
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Julia A. Goon Republican
SCOTT TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Fred A. Slabaugh Democrat
SEWARD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Aime A. Hoffman Republican
TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Chris Francis Republican
Rebecca Burton Democrat
TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Julie Close Republican
Martha Stoelting Democrat
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Rebecca Alles Republican
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Dean Rhoades Republican
WAYNE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Jeanie Stackhouse Republican
Shari L. Benyousky Democrat
CLAY TOWN SHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Donald L. Morris Republican
Dan Ransbottom Republican
Daniel Willis Republican
Adam Hyde Democrat
ETNA TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Joe R. Mooney Republican
Steven L. Sechrist Republican
Tony Tribalski Republican
Patrick Morr Democrat
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
James L. Eades Republican
Buni Leininger Republican
Joseph Secrist Republican
HARRISON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
John E. Hart Republican
Steve Sponseller Republican
Gerald Weirick Republican
JACKSON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Marcia J. Dierks Republican
Ray P. Fisher Republican
Jill L. Slater Republican
Stanley Moore Democrat
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Dee Ann Beer Republican
Jane Hunsberger Republican
Robert Riley Republican
LAKE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Kathleen Lokotar Republican
Wayne Spratt Republican
Paul Sibray Democrat
MONROE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Donald L. Ellison Republican
Sonya L. Hathaway Republican
Patrick Landrigan Republican
PLAIN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Robert W. Bishop Republican
Craig Charlton Republican
Larry Kammerer Republican
Gaynor Worden Democrat
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Lila Christner Thompson Republican
Gordon R. Drake Republican
Connie S. Himes Republican
SCOTT TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Tom Besson Republican
John R. Mast Republican
Paul Parks Democrat
SEWARD TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Kevin N. Hohman Republican
Bruce Lankenau Republican
Allison McSherry Republican
TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Edwin (Ed) Clayton Republican
James M. (Jim) Rhodes Republican
James M. (Jim) Smith Republican
TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Dennis R. Darr Republican
John D. Heckaman Republican
William Dixon Republican
Victoria Carvey Morton Democrat
Jama Owens Brown Democrat
Tim Yeager Democrat
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Robert Beer Republican
Shane M. Bucher Republican
Stephen Unruh Republican
Vickie Marquart Democrat
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Bryan Bidwell Republican
James A. Craig Republican
Roger S. Thomas Republican
WAYNE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Gordon Nash Republican
Joshua Spangle Republican
Bruce A. Woodward Republican
Laura Deal-Decker Democrat
James R. (Jim) Falkiner Democrat
Lori Roe Democrat
MILFORD TOWN CLERK-TREASURER
Patricia Gall Republican
MILFORD TOWN COUNCIL
Robert C. Cockburn Republican
Joellen Free Republican
Douglas Ruch Republican
SYRACUSE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
Larry Siegel Republican
SYRACUSE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2
Paul Stoelting Republican
WINONA LAKE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
Jim Lancaster Republican
WINONA LAKE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 5
Rick Swaim Republican
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE TIPPECANOE VALLEY SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND FULTON COUNTIES, INDIANA
DISTRICT THREE
You May Vote for One (1)
Lacey Wise
DISTRICT FOUR
You May Vote for One (1)
Thomas J. (Tom) Bauters
Kristopher A. Fear
DISTRICT FIVE
You May Vote for One (1)
Craig A. Durkes
Todd L. Hoffman
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF TRITON SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND MARSHALL COUNTIES,INDIANA
DISTRICT ONE- TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP
You May Vote for One (1)
Teresa Barnhart
DISTRICT TWO- ETNA TOWNSHIP
You May Vote for One (1)
Andrew L. Cook
Steven D. Stichter
DISTRICT FOUR- TOWN OF BOURBON
You May Vote for One (1)
Kenneth Miller
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE WA-NEE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES, INDIANA
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Terry L. Graber
LOCKE TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Curt Flickinger
UNION TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Louis Bonacorsi
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF WARSAW COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA
DISTRICT NO.1
Vote for one (1) only
Michael (Mike) Coon
Wendy Fairchild
Keith E. Manuel
DISTRICT NO. 2
Vote for one (1) only
Heather Reichenbach
DISTRICT NO. 5
Vote for one (1) only
Jeremy Mullins
DISTRICT NO. 7
Vote for one (1) only
Bradly Johnson
FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE WAWASEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
YOU MAY VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN THREE (3) CANDIDATES
FOR DISTRICT 1
You May Vote for One (1)
Robert (Rob) Fisher
FOR DISTRICT 2
You May Vote for One (1)
Steven Baut
William D. (Bill) Cripe
Mary Lou Dixon
FOR DISTRICT 3
You May Vote for One (1)
Rebecca L. (Becky) Linnemeier
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF WHITKO COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND WHITLEY COUNTIES, INDIANA
DISTRICT FOUR
Vote for One (1) Only
Bill Patrick
Richard Jason Thomas
DISTRICT FIVE
Vote for One (1) Only
Annette J. Arnold
Dale Anthony Starkey
Jorell T. Tucker
Scott Werstler
STATEWIDE PUBLIC QUESTION #1
"Shall Article 10, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to require the General Assembly to Adopt balanced budgets for state government that do not exceed estimated revenues unless a supermajority of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members of the Senate vote to suspend the requirement?"
LOCAL PUBLIC QUESTION- WA-NEE SCHOOLS
"For the eight (8) calendar years immediately following the holding of this referendum, shall the Wa-Nee Community School Corporation impose a property tax rate that does not exceed nine and fifty-nine hundredths cents ($0.0959) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation and that is in addition to all other property
taxes imposed by the School Corporation for the purpose of funding improvements for the safety, security and well-being of the Wa-Nee students?"
INDIANA SUPREME COURT
Shall Justice Geoffrey G. Slaughter be retained in office?
INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 2
Shall Judge Robert R. (Bob) Altice, Jr. be retained in office?
Dated this 21st day of September, 2018.
Ann Torpy, Clerk
of Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts
10-10 hspaxlp
The Voters of Kosciusko County are notified in accordance with Indiana Code 3-8-2-19 that a general election will be held in the county on November 6, 2018, with the polls open for voting from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m., prevailing local time.
Based on the certified list supplied to me by the Secretary of State of Indiana, and declarations of candidacy filed in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk of this county,the following individuals will be placed on the general election ballot for nomination to the indicated offices:
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Mike Braun Republican
Joe Donnelly Democrat
Lucy M. Brenton Libertarian
SECRETARY OF STATE
Connie Lawson Republican
Jim Harper Democrat
Mark W. Rutherford Libertarian
AUDITOR OF STATE
Tera Klutz Republican
Joselyn Whitticker Democrat
John Schick Libertarian
TREASURER OF STATE
Kelly Mitchell Republican
John C. Aguilera Democrat
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT TWO
Jackie Walorski Republican
Mel Hall Democrat
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT THREE
Jim Banks Republican
Courtney Tritch Democrat
STATE REPRESENTATIVE- DISTRICT EIGHTEEN
David A. Wolkins Republican
Dee M. Moore Democrat
STATE REPRESENTATIVE-DISTRICT TWENTY-TWO
Curt Nisly Republican
JUDGE, KOSCIUSKO CIRCUIT COURT- 54TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Michael W. Reed Republican
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY- 54TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Daniel H. Hampton Republican
COUNTY AUDITOR
Michelle L. Puckett Republican
COUNTY RECORDER
Joetta Mitchell Republican
COUNTY SHERIFF
Kyle P. Dukes Republican
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Susan D. Engelberth Republican
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Robert M. (Bob) Conley Republican
J. Todd Weingart Democrat
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT ONE
Doug Heinisch Republican
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT TWO
Michael Long Republican
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT THREE
Ernest B. Wiggins Republican
Gary L. Schue Democrat
COUNTY COUNCIL- DISTRICT FOUR
Jon L. Garber Republican
David Morgan Democrat
CLAY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Helen Brown Republican
ETNA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Gary Sponseller Republican
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Trillia Gearhart Democrat
HARRISON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Tracy Moyer Republican
JACKSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Gwendolyn Ostrom Republican
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Beth Krull Republican
LAKE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Molly Bradford Republican
MONROE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Stephanie Cloud Republican
PLAIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Tyler Huffer Republican
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Julia A. Goon Republican
SCOTT TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Fred A. Slabaugh Democrat
SEWARD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Aime A. Hoffman Republican
TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Chris Francis Republican
Rebecca Burton Democrat
TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Julie Close Republican
Martha Stoelting Democrat
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Rebecca Alles Republican
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Dean Rhoades Republican
WAYNE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Jeanie Stackhouse Republican
Shari L. Benyousky Democrat
CLAY TOWN SHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Donald L. Morris Republican
Dan Ransbottom Republican
Daniel Willis Republican
Adam Hyde Democrat
ETNA TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Joe R. Mooney Republican
Steven L. Sechrist Republican
Tony Tribalski Republican
Patrick Morr Democrat
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
James L. Eades Republican
Buni Leininger Republican
Joseph Secrist Republican
HARRISON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
John E. Hart Republican
Steve Sponseller Republican
Gerald Weirick Republican
JACKSON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Marcia J. Dierks Republican
Ray P. Fisher Republican
Jill L. Slater Republican
Stanley Moore Democrat
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Dee Ann Beer Republican
Jane Hunsberger Republican
Robert Riley Republican
LAKE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Kathleen Lokotar Republican
Wayne Spratt Republican
Paul Sibray Democrat
MONROE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Donald L. Ellison Republican
Sonya L. Hathaway Republican
Patrick Landrigan Republican
PLAIN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Robert W. Bishop Republican
Craig Charlton Republican
Larry Kammerer Republican
Gaynor Worden Democrat
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Lila Christner Thompson Republican
Gordon R. Drake Republican
Connie S. Himes Republican
SCOTT TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Tom Besson Republican
John R. Mast Republican
Paul Parks Democrat
SEWARD TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Kevin N. Hohman Republican
Bruce Lankenau Republican
Allison McSherry Republican
TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Edwin (Ed) Clayton Republican
James M. (Jim) Rhodes Republican
James M. (Jim) Smith Republican
TURKEY CREEK TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Dennis R. Darr Republican
John D. Heckaman Republican
William Dixon Republican
Victoria Carvey Morton Democrat
Jama Owens Brown Democrat
Tim Yeager Democrat
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Robert Beer Republican
Shane M. Bucher Republican
Stephen Unruh Republican
Vickie Marquart Democrat
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Bryan Bidwell Republican
James A. Craig Republican
Roger S. Thomas Republican
WAYNE TOWNSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
Gordon Nash Republican
Joshua Spangle Republican
Bruce A. Woodward Republican
Laura Deal-Decker Democrat
James R. (Jim) Falkiner Democrat
Lori Roe Democrat
MILFORD TOWN CLERK-TREASURER
Patricia Gall Republican
MILFORD TOWN COUNCIL
Robert C. Cockburn Republican
Joellen Free Republican
Douglas Ruch Republican
SYRACUSE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
Larry Siegel Republican
SYRACUSE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2
Paul Stoelting Republican
WINONA LAKE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
Jim Lancaster Republican
WINONA LAKE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 5
Rick Swaim Republican
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE TIPPECANOE VALLEY SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND FULTON COUNTIES, INDIANA
DISTRICT THREE
You May Vote for One (1)
Lacey Wise
DISTRICT FOUR
You May Vote for One (1)
Thomas J. (Tom) Bauters
Kristopher A. Fear
DISTRICT FIVE
You May Vote for One (1)
Craig A. Durkes
Todd L. Hoffman
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF TRITON SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND MARSHALL COUNTIES,INDIANA
DISTRICT ONE- TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP
You May Vote for One (1)
Teresa Barnhart
DISTRICT TWO- ETNA TOWNSHIP
You May Vote for One (1)
Andrew L. Cook
Steven D. Stichter
DISTRICT FOUR- TOWN OF BOURBON
You May Vote for One (1)
Kenneth Miller
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE WA-NEE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES, INDIANA
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Terry L. Graber
LOCKE TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Curt Flickinger
UNION TOWNSHIP, ELKHART COUNTY
You May Vote for One (1)
Louis Bonacorsi
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF WARSAW COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA
DISTRICT NO.1
Vote for one (1) only
Michael (Mike) Coon
Wendy Fairchild
Keith E. Manuel
DISTRICT NO. 2
Vote for one (1) only
Heather Reichenbach
DISTRICT NO. 5
Vote for one (1) only
Jeremy Mullins
DISTRICT NO. 7
Vote for one (1) only
Bradly Johnson
FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE WAWASEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
YOU MAY VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN THREE (3) CANDIDATES
FOR DISTRICT 1
You May Vote for One (1)
Robert (Rob) Fisher
FOR DISTRICT 2
You May Vote for One (1)
Steven Baut
William D. (Bill) Cripe
Mary Lou Dixon
FOR DISTRICT 3
You May Vote for One (1)
Rebecca L. (Becky) Linnemeier
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF WHITKO COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION OF KOSCIUSKO AND WHITLEY COUNTIES, INDIANA
DISTRICT FOUR
Vote for One (1) Only
Bill Patrick
Richard Jason Thomas
DISTRICT FIVE
Vote for One (1) Only
Annette J. Arnold
Dale Anthony Starkey
Jorell T. Tucker
Scott Werstler
STATEWIDE PUBLIC QUESTION #1
"Shall Article 10, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to require the General Assembly to Adopt balanced budgets for state government that do not exceed estimated revenues unless a supermajority of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members of the Senate vote to suspend the requirement?"
LOCAL PUBLIC QUESTION- WA-NEE SCHOOLS
"For the eight (8) calendar years immediately following the holding of this referendum, shall the Wa-Nee Community School Corporation impose a property tax rate that does not exceed nine and fifty-nine hundredths cents ($0.0959) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation and that is in addition to all other property
taxes imposed by the School Corporation for the purpose of funding improvements for the safety, security and well-being of the Wa-Nee students?"
INDIANA SUPREME COURT
Shall Justice Geoffrey G. Slaughter be retained in office?
INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 2
Shall Judge Robert R. (Bob) Altice, Jr. be retained in office?
Dated this 21st day of September, 2018.
Ann Torpy, Clerk
of Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts
10-10 hspaxlp
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