Interim trustee Ricky Bennett and Robin Tittel are squaring off for trustee in Palmyra this November.
Township resident Paul Moore is challenging Trustee John Festa for the position of Mantua Township trustee in the November 2023 race.
Deerfield Township Trustee Mark Bann is being challenged by Stephanie Barringer and Laura Lindberg in the November 2023 election.
Mayor Glenn Broska faces challenges by Jeff Fejes and write-in candidate Mohammad Shaikh. First elected in November 2011, Broska is currently serving his third term.
Currently serving his fourth term as Hiram’s mayor, Lou Bertrand faces a challenge by write-in candidate Anne Haynam.
Incumbent John Kuhar entered Kent City Council as an at-large representative in 2006 and has served as Ward 4 council member since 2008. His goal then remains what it is now, he said: to solve problems rather than complain about them.
Since Ward 6 council member Harold Hatridge did not file for re-election, city voters will decide if David Ludick or John Seitz will fill that post.
As the November general election approaches, the Portage County Board of Elections will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 10, which is the deadline to register to vote.
The Randolph Lions Club will host its annual candidates night at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Randolph Township Community Center, behind the Randolph Fire Station at 1639 Route 44.
Brad Cromes, Portage County’s treasurer since 2015, has resigned his post, with one contingency.
The League of Women Voters of Northern Portage County invites members of the community to our 2023 Meet the Candidates nights. There will be three sessions, each covering a different area of northern Portage County.
Once a decade, Kent leaders must adjust the city’s six political ward boundaries based on new U.S. Census data so the populations are roughly equal.