Candidates file for November city elections

By Jim Blow
Valley Journal
Filing for the Nov. 3 municipal election ended July 2 at the Lake County Election Office.
It appears a primary election will not be necessary, since none of the races have enough candidates to force a primary. A primary must be held if:
• there are four or more candidates in three or more of the wards;
• there is any office that has five or more candidates; or
• the municipal governing body passes a resolution within 10 days of the close of filing stating that a primary election must be held.
Candidates filing for election include:

Polson
• Mayor – Pat Devries and Lou Marchello (incumbent) for a four-year term.
• Commissioner Ward 1 – Ronald E. Boyce is unopposed for one four-year term position.
• Commissioner Ward 2 – two candidates, Murat Kalinyaprak and Michael F. Lies (incumbent) filed for one four-year term position, and two candidates, Judith G. Preston and Jules Clavadetscher (incumbent), filed for one two-year term position.
• Commissioner Ward 3 – filing for one four-year term position is Fred C. Funke (incumbent) and Ken Siler.

Ronan
• Mayor – incumbent Kim Aipperspach is unopposed for the four-year term position.
• City Judge – filing for the four-year term position is Justin Bartels, Lauri A. Johns and Thomas F. Paro.
• Councilman Ward 1 – filing for the one four-year term position is Ellen R. Kaphammer and Penelope Ann Ross (incumbent), and unopposed for the one two-year term position is Keoki R. Lopezdevictoria.
• Councilman Ward 2 – unopposed for one four-year term position is Marcia Lynn Ganieany.
• Councilman Ward 3 – filing for one four-year term position is Paul Soukup and Richard (Dick) Jungers (incumbent).

St. Ignatius:
• Mayor – filing for the four-year term position is Charles Gariepy (incumbent), John Mitchell and Joseph Mitchell.
• Judge – incumbent Sharon Richardson is unopposed for the four-year term position.
• Councilman – four candidates seeking to fill the two four-year term positions include Clarence "Mack" McConnell, Daren M. Incashola, Rod Arlint (incumbent) and Roger D. Lemon.