Who is running in the Nov. 2 elections for Linn and Johnson counties?

Candidates hoping to serve Linn and Johnson County communities on city councils and school boards have now filed to be on the Nov. 2 ballot.

Below is a list of candidates running in Linn and Johnson counties. An asterisk by a name indicates an incumbent. Some of the school districts extend into both counties; candidates are listed only once.

Oct. 13 is the first day absentee ballots can be mailed and the first day in-person early voting is allowed.

Linn County city candidates

Alburnett

Mayor: Bethany Sarazin*

Council member (two seats): Joe Trumm*, T.J. West*

Bertram

Mayor: Margy Wilson

Council member (five seats): Steven E. Carpenter*, Louise Hall, John R. Klimek, Bill Mulholland*, Chris Price*, James Unzeitig

Cedar Rapids

Mayor: Amara Andrews, Myra Colby Bradwell, Brad Hart*, Tiffany O’Donnell

At-large: Tyler Olson*

District 1: Marty Hoeger*

District 3: Tamara Marcus, Dale Todd*

District 5: Ashley Vanorny*

Center Point

Mayor: Traer Morgan

Council member (three seats): Mike LeClere*, Melissa McLaughlin, Nathan Schnell, John Stuelke*

Central City

Council member (three seats): Chris Arthur*, Michael W. Bohannon, Zach Colby, Kevin Kuch, Dustin Moyer, Chad Watkinson*

Council member — to fill vacancy (one seat): William Buchanan, Collin McNamara

Coggon

Mayor: No candidates

Council member (two seats): Deborah Lynn Ferguson, Jeffrey Lynn Harbaugh, Jeff Rath

Council member — to fill vacancy: Andy Kunde*

Ely

Council member (two seats): Mark Becicka, Lisa Corrin, Kay Hale*, Brock Holub, Carol Thompson, Dan Whitaker*

Fairfax

Mayor: Jo Ann Beer, Bernie Frieden*

Council member (three seats): Cindy Anderson, George C. Bohren, Tom Nurre, Nicholas Volk*, Marianne Wainwright*

Hiawatha

Council member (two seats): Robert Archibald*, Jeffrey Cater, Marcia Correll, Steven R. Dodson*

Lisbon

Council member (three seats): Brian Lee Courtney, Stacey L. Hunter, Douglas D. Kamberling, Ricky L. Scott, Nathan Smith*, Michael S. Williams, Mike Winders

Marion

At-large: Dale Monroe, Randy Strnad*

At-large — to fill vacancy: Grant Harper*

Ward 2: Steven Leroy Jensen*

Ward 4: Sara Mentzer

Mount Vernon

Mayor: Thomas M. Wieseler*

Council member (two seats): Mark Andresen, Paul Tuerler, Stephanie West*

Palo

Mayor: Douglas Hanover, Eric Van Kerckhove*

Council member (three seats): Angie Brekke*, Delmar Jellison, Mallory Schulte

Prairieburg

Council member: No candidates

Council member — to fill vacancy: No candidates

Robins

Mayor: Chuck Hinz*

Council member (two seats): Dave Franzman, Jamie Henley, Kim Johnson, J.D. Smith

Springville

Mayor: Lyle J. Andersen, Scott Peach, Sarah Jo Williams

Council member (two seats): Barton Barner*, Tony Benton, Richard Drake Jr., Bre Hinders, Jason Hosek, Cindy Kilburg

Council member — to fill vacancy: Jeff Baych

Walker

Mayor: Cole Bamrick, Craig Kerkman

Council member (two seats): Jessica Hammerand, Paul Nielsen*, Tina Ricklefs

Linn County school board candidates

Cedar Rapids Community School District

District 2: Nancy Humbles*, Leslie Neely, James Sampers, Barclay Woerner

District 3: Jennifer Borcherding*, Daniel Doyle

At-Large: Kerri Davenport, Carrie Davies, Marcy Roundtree, Bridgette Williams Robinson

Center Point-Urbana Community School District

District 1: Gwendolyn Cumberland Schaeffer, Kristeen Opfer

At-large: Kim Shonka, Kim Simon

Central City Community School District

At-large (three seats): Brian Jerome, Sabrina Klostermann, Amy Oldfather Fecht*, Adam Rundall*, Andrea Watkinson

College Community School District

District 2: Jed Peterson

District 5: Todd Hahlen

At-large: Tobey Harrison

Linn-Mar Community School District

At-large (three seats): Geralyn Jones, Kara Larson, Cara Lausen*, Matt Rollinger, Melissa Walker, Rachel Wall*

Lisbon Community School District

At-large (two seats): Nicole Davis, Allan Mallie*, Robyn Richey, Mike Winders

Marion Independent School District

At-large (three seats): Bryan Fentress, Shari Funck*, Bill Huntoon, Diana Zrudsky

Mount Vernon Community School District

At-large (three seats): Ian Dye, Nick Edwards, Ricky Ray Elliott*, Lori Merlak*, William Thomsen

North-Linn Community School District

District 1: Matt Hoover*, Amanda Krogmann

District 2: Jennifer Benesh*

District 3 (two seats): Jeffrey Boss*, Nicholas Price

Springville Community School District

At-large (two seats): Leisa Breitfelder*, Kate O’Brien-May*

Kirkwood Community College Board of Trustees

District 1: Keith Stamp

District 3: Peggy Doerge*, Kathleen Mac Taggart

District 6: Bruce A. Gardner, Joel Thys*

District 7: James Mollenhauer*

District 8: Steve Caves*

District 9: Jeralyn Gale Westercamp, Leslie Wright

Johnson County city candidates

Iowa City

At-large council (two seats): Megan Alter, Jason Glass, Bruce Teague*

District B: Shawn Harmsen

Coralville

Mayor: Meghann Foster

Council member (three seats): Laurie Goodrich*, Hai Huynh*, Mike Knudson, Cindy Riley

North Liberty

Mayor: Chris Hoffman, Mike Mbanza

Council member (two seats): Brian Wayson*, Erek Sittig

Solon

Council member (three seats): Steve Duncan*, Lauren Whitehead*

Tiffin

Mayor: Steve Berner*

Council member (three seats): Al Havens*, Eric Schnedler*, Tim Orris

University Heights

Mayor: Louise From*

Council member (five seats): Stepheny Gahn, Liesa Moore*, Tim Schroeder, Bobby Scott*, Douglas Swailes*

Hills

Mayor: Tim Kemp*

Council member (two seats): Jonathan Goldsmith*, Emily Hudacheck, Teresa Volk*

Lone Tree

Mayor: Josh Spilman, Joanne Havel*

Council member (three seats): Brandon Dix, Brad Pearson

Council member, one seat: Ryan Paul Ronan*, Matt Zadow*

Oxford

Mayor: No candidate filed

Council member (two seats): Vicki Kasper*, Margaret Reihman*, Sean Murphy, Kyle Volk, Kris Walter

Shueyville

Mayor: Mickey Coonfare*

City council (two seats): Rebeca Neuhaus*, Patty Stephens*

Swisher

Council member (two seats): Kody Pudil*

Johnson County school board candidates

Iowa City Community School District

Board member (three seats): Krista Burrus, J.P. Claussen*, Jayne Finch, Ruthina Malone*, Sheila Pinter

Board member (one seat to fill vacancy): Maka Pilcher Hayek

Clear Creek Amana Community School District

At-large: Joshua Bates, Shaun Kukuzke, Lindsey Staebler

District 2: Joe Burns

District 4: Abdouramane Bila*, Kara Prickett

District 3: Jennifer Downes, Michelle Emmel*, Matthew Johnson

Lone Tree Community School District

Board member (three seats): Michael Hotz*, Robert Sladek*, Gordon Viers

Board member (one seat to fill vacancy): Christina Magruder*

Solon Community School District

Board member (three seats): Erika Billerbeck, Timothy Brown*, Dan Coons*, Kelly Edmonds, Stacey Munson, Michael Neuerberg, Cassie Rochholz

Kirkwood Community College Board of Trustees

See candidate names above.

College Community School District

See candidate names above.

Lisbon Community School District

See candidate names above.

Mount Vernon Community School District

See candidate names above.

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