By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The filing period for candidates in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 election has closed, drawing dozens of incumbents and would-be office holders to local races for everything from mayoral and city council contests to fire, recreation and cemetery districts to school boards.
In Sandpoint, six candidates are running for three seats on the City Council: Amelia Boyd, Pam Duquette, Deb Ruehle (incumbent), Kyle Schreiber, Grant Simmons and Elle Susnis. Meanwhile, three candidates are vying for Sandpoint mayor: Jeremy Grimm, current City Council President Kate McAlister and Frytz Mor.
Photo by Ben Olson.
In the Lake Pend Oreille School District, three candidates are running for one open seat in Zone 1: Rebecca Holland, Jenn McKnight and Scott Wood, while incumbent Trustee Chair Geraldine Lewis is running unopposed for reelection in Zone 4.
Elsewhere in the county, candidates are running mostly unopposed or as incumbents for commissioner positions in the Coolin Cavanaugh Bay, East Priest Lake, Northside, Sagle, Sam Owen Fire, Spirit Lake Timberlake, West Pend Oreille, West Priest Lake and Westside fire districts, as well as the Bay Drive Recreation District Board and West Bonner Cemetery Maintenance District.
The Lakeland School District Board of Trustees has one position open per zone, with contested races in two zones: Randi Bain (incumbent) and Kyle Olmstead in Zone 1 and Thomas “T.J.” Barnhart, Ramona Grissom (incumbent) and Cherish Hansen in Zone 2.
In the hotly contested West Bonner County School District Board of Trustees, three seats are up for grabs, with Zone 1 candidates Alan Galloway and Margaret Hall (incumbent), Elizabeth Glazier and Troy Reinbold (incumbent) in Zone 3 and Carlyn Barton (incumbent) and Kathy Nash in Zone 5.
Below are the candidates for municipal offices:
Clark Fork City Council (two positions): Sharon Banning (incumbent), Tanya Becker (incumbent), Tel Thompson
Dover City Council (two positions): Keith Congleton, Steven Haynes, Dan Parkin (incumbent)
East Hope mayor: Deborah Field
East Hope City Council (two positions): Pam Brockus, David Rost, Don Wells (incumbent), Scott Wieman
Kootenai mayor: Nancy Lewis (incumbent)
Kootenai City Council (one position open for each seat): Seat 2 — Stephen Ferris, Seat 4 — Daniel Schock (incumbent)
Oldtown City Council (three positions): Susan Jones (incumbent)
Ponderay mayor: Steve Geiger (incumbent)
Ponderay City Council (two positions): Brad Mitton (incumbent), Brenda Thompson (incumbent)
Priest River mayor: Jeff Connolly (incumbent)
Priest River City Council (two positions): Sandy Brower, Douglas Wagner (incumbent), Ann Yount (incumbent)
For more information about all things election related, visit voteidaho.gov or bonnercountyid.gov/departments/elections.
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