Warsaw, Claypool, Silver Lake Elections A Month Away
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
The general election for Warsaw and towns of Claypool and Silver Lake is a month away.
The general election is Nov. 6, and polls will be open from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m.
Polling locations for Claypool voters will be at the Claypool Lions Building, 201 E. Calhoun St. Silver Lake residents will vote at Gospel Hill Silver Lake Food Pantry, 303 S. Jefferson St. Warsaw will vote at Center Lake Pavilion in Central Park.
The primary for the general election was May 8.
Winona Lake does not have any contested races so a general election will not be held, according to Chief Deputy Clerk Ann Torpy.
Jerry Opperud is running as an independent candidate for Warsaw mayor against current mayor Ernie Wiggins.
Opperud previously ran against Wiggins in the 2003 election. Wiggins has served as Warsaw's mayor since 1997.
Madeline "Elaine" Call is seeking a seventh term as the city's clerk-treasurer and is running unopposed.
James Breading filed as an independent candidate for the city District 3 seat. Breading ran for the seat seven years ago. Breading faces councilman George Clemens, who is seeking a third term.
Cindy Dobbins filed as an independent candidate for the District 4 seat. She faces councilman Jerry Patterson, who is seeking a third term on the city council.
Joe Thallemer is seeking a third term on the council as an at-large member. Kyle Babcock is seeking an at-large seat on the council for the first time.
Councilman Jeff Grose is unopposed in seeking a third term for the District 1 seat.
Charles Smith is running a third term for the Warsaw City Council District 2 seat and is unopposed.
Bill Rhoades is seeking a third term on the council, and is running for the District 5 seat unopposed.
There also are races for the Claypool and Silver Lake town councils. There are three positions and one clerk-treasurer position open on each of the town councils.
Candidates running for the Claypool town council include Republicans Donald Miller II and Larry Neher and Libertarian David Dills.
In the Silver Lake town council general election, clerk -treasurer Angela Glass, Republican, faces Independent candidate Teresa Howell.
Candidates running for the Silver Lake town council include Republicans Linda Baker, Shannon Blocher and Ronald Jones and Democrats Gale Owens and Shawn Shilling.
