Candidates Set For Upcoming City Elections
Candidates filed their petitions to be on the city election ballot.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With just over a month to campaign, local candidates had until 5pm on Thursday evening to file their paperwork to be on the ballot in the upcoming city elections in November.
For Mayor, Denny Doud will be taking on the incumbent mayor, Dave Krutzfeldt.
In 1st Ward, the incumbent Aaron Ver Steeg will be challenged by two individuals. Lauren McMahan and David Allgood look to fill that seat.
In 3rd Ward, the wife of Mahaska County Supervisor Mark Doland, Jennifer Doland, will be challenging the incumbent Doug Yates.
In the At-Large race, two seats are up this year. The two incumbents, Scottie Moore and Tom Walling are being challenged by a trio of candidates. Most recognizable among those names is Jimmy Carter, who previously served on the Oskaloosa City Council. He is joined by Shaun Smith and Wyatt Russell.
Nomination papers were due by 5pm on Thursday evening, but candidates can still run a write-in campaign if they choose. Elections will be held on Tuesday, November 5th.
[…] Mahaska County, Iowa – The city elections will be held across the county on November 5th, 2013. Those candidates on the ballet collected the necessary amount of signatures to be placed on the ballot. Other candidates may run write-in campaigns for the various offices, but will lack the benefit of being listed on the ballot itself. Those included on the Oskaloosa ballot are listed HERE. […]