How did four mayoral candidates perform in Hillsdale's primary?
Those votes narrowed Hillsdale's mayoral race from four candidates to two, and decided on an operating millage for Addison Community Schools.
The operating millage for ACS — set at 19 mills through 2030 — passed with overwhelming support and is anticipated to generate $4.162 million in 2026 toward operating expenses.
Meanwhile, in Hillsdale, former Mayor Scott Sessions and Councilmember Matthew Bentley edged out Cathy Kelemen and Councilmember Rob Socha to advance to the general election in November.
Sessions served as a councilman in Hillsdale from 2011 to 2013, and then as mayor from 2013 to 2017. On Aug. 5, voters overwhelmingly supported his campaign, with 333 votes cast in his favor.
Sessions stepped away from local politics in 2017, but re-entered the spotlight in 2025 after taking issue with a number of recent decisions from Hillsdale City Council.
Sessions will face Bentley in a head-to-head campaign this fall. Bentley, an ally of Mayor Pro Tem Joshua Paladino, entered his first four-year term representing the people of Ward 2 in January.
Bentley has been a staunch opponent of a proposed road diet along M-99 through the heart of downtown Hillsdale. He earned 269 votes on Aug. 5.
More: Hillsdale council rejects $25,000 pay hike for mayor, $10,000 pay hike for council
Kelemen and Socha received 138 votes and 149 votes, respectively.
The winner of the general election will serve a partial one-year term, with another mayoral election slated for November 2026. The special election in 2025 backfills a position left open when Mayor Adam Stockford announced his resignation in December 2024.
— Contact reporter Corey Murray at cmurray@hillsdale.net or follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @cmurrayhdn.
This article originally appeared on Hillsdale Daily News: Sessions, Bentley will square off for Hillsdale mayorship in November
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