January 2, 2008

Spring Elections: Local candidates running for office

Wednesday was the filing deadline for candidates running for local offices. Below is the list of who is running in Racine, Mount Pleasant, Caledonia and for the County Board. The primary election is February 20. The general election is April 3.

Here's the list:

Racine

This is almost the same list we ran last week. Two of the potential candidates didn't turn in signatures. That leaves three contested elections, and one newcomer.

Terry McCarthy, who narrowly lost to Pete Karas last year, will takeover for Karas in the ninth aldermanic district. Karas, an insurance agent, abruptly resigned after learning about an obscure state law that prohibits elected officials from doing business with anyone who has a liquor license.

The two hot races will come in the second and fourth districts. In the second, incumbent Robert Anderson is being challenged by Jameel Ghuari, who is head of the Bray Center. In the fourth district, incumbent James Kaplan is being challenged by Ken Lumpkin, who is a County Board supervisor. Kaplan returned the favor and is challenging Lumpkin for his County Board seat.

In the 12th District, incumbent Aron Wisneski is being challenged by Joseph Legath.

Incumbents Sandy Weidner, Q.A. Shakoor, Tom Friedel and Ron Hart were not challenged for re-election.

A complete list of city, county, Caledonia and Mount Pleasant races after the jump.



Here's the list of city races:

Second District
Robert Anderson (i)
Jameel Ghuari

Fourth District
James Kaplan (i)
Ken Lumpkin

Sixth District
Sandy Weidner

Eighth District
Q.A. Shakoor

Ninth District
Terry McCarthy

10th District
Tom Friedel

12th District
Aron Wisneski
Joseph Legath

14th District
Ron Hart

County Board
All 23 seats of the County Board seats are up for election this spring. Seven of the races are contested. Here's who is running:

District 1
Donnie Snow

District 2

Gaynell Dyess

District 3
Diane Lange (i)
Lou D'Abbraccio

District 4
Ken Lumpkin (i)
Jim Kaplan

District 5
Karen Nelson (i)
Lisa Van Koningsveld

District 6
Pamela Zenner-Richards

District 7
Van Wangaard

District 8

Q.A. Shakoor

District 9
Dan Sharkozy

District 10
Russell Clark (i)
Mary Land

District 11
Katherine Buske

District 12
Robert Miller

District 13
Mark Gleason (i)
Scott Schroder

District 14
Mike Miklasevich

District 15

Ken Hall (i)
Brian Dey

District 16

John Wisch (i)
Melissa Taylor

District 17
Robert Grove

District 18
Peter Hansen

District 19
Joseph Bellante, Jr.

District 20
Jeff Halbach

District 21
Gilbert Bakke

District 22
Tom Pringle

District 23

Mike Dawson

Mount Pleasant


There will be a primary election in Mount Pleasant, as eight candidates compete for three open seats on the Village Board. Trustees make $6,500 per year and serve two-year terms. Here's who's running:

Incumbents: Ken Flones, 1332 N. Stuart Rd., Robin Garard, 2340 Rivershore Dr., and John Hewitt 11219 Louis Sorenson Rd.

Non-incumbents: Harry Manning, 5824 Evarit Dr, Don Schulz, 811 Hwy V, Ruth Gedwardt, 5815 16th St., Charles Haakma, 4700 Spring St. and Robert Strausser, 2701 Cozy Acres Rd.

Caledonia

There are two contested races in Caledonia, where candidates serve two-year terms and make $6,600 per year. Here's the candidates:

Village Trustee #2 – 2 year term
Wendy McCalvy (incumbent)
5400 - 6 Mile Road
Racine, WI 53402

Kathy Burton
5825 Leawood Lane
Racine, WI 53402

Village Trustee #4 – 2 year term
Gale Morgan (incumbent)
6951 Beechnut Drive
Racine, WI 53402

Matthew Schmidt
6765 Bobolink Road
Racine, WI 53402

Village Trustee #6 – 2 year term
Lee Wishau (incumbent)
8345 Foley Road
Racine, WI 53402

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