Twenty-three candidates have filed petitions seeking fifteen seats that will be up for grabs next year on the Vermilion County Board.
Monday was the deadline for candidates to file petitions with the County Clerk indicating their desire to run.
Those who have filed include:
In District One….Todd Johnson, a Republican, and Democrat Amy Buttram. Johnson is an incumbent.
In District Two…Steve Miller and Dan C. Wright filed. Both are Republicans who currently serve on the County Board.
In District Three…Republican Joe Eakle filed seeking another term.
In District Four… there are four candidates running for two seats. A lottery on December 13th at 10:00 a.m. will decide whether Tim Mc Fadden or Gary Wright will be listed first on the March Primary ballot. Two others are also running in that district…Charles R. Sermersheim and Carl Lee Johnson. Johnson is a Democrat. Mc Fadden, Wright, and Sermersheim are Republicans.
In District Five…incumbent Crisi Walls and Robert ‘Jim’ Watson filed to run.
In District Six….incumbents Mark A. Steinbaugh and Lon Henderson are seeking to retain their seats on the County Board. They are both Republicans. William Donahue, a Democrat, hopes to win one of their seats.
In District Seven…County Board Vice-Chairman Craig Golden, a Democrat, is seeking re-election. Also running in District 7 are Republicans Mark Janesky, Joe Leonard, and Timothy Morgan.
In District Eight….two incumbents – Jerry Hawker and Phearn Butler – are hoping to retain their seats on the County Board. Hawker is a Republican and Butler is a Democrat. Also running in District Eight is challenger Bryan McDaniels.
In District Nine….Becky Stark is seeking another term. James ‘Mouse’ McMahon also filed seeking a seat on the County Board in District Nine.
Marla Mackiewicz did not file for another term in District four. And in Districts seven and nine – in addition to the regular terms – both have two-year unexpired terms to be filled.
