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See who is running for city councils, school boards, township trustees in Licking County
This fall, Licking County voters will have their choice of candidates who will represent them on city and village councils, as township trustees and on school boards.
Here are all the contested races voters will see in the Nov. 4 general election. While these are all the candidates who filed by the Aug. 6 deadline, according to the Licking County Board of Elections, the list is not final until the board certifies it Aug. 18. That means some candidates might not make the final ballot for various reasons, such as invalid signatures or paperwork errors.
Who will be on the November 2025 ballot in Licking County?
Licking County Municipal Court Judge
Michael R. Dalsanto
Matthew George (incumbent)
Licking County Municipal Court Clerk
Carrie Masterson
Rick Williams
Heath Mayor
Mark D. Johns (incumbent)
Kelly Spires
Johnstown City Council
Voters will pick up to four candidates.
Kyle Cook
Ryan Green
Nicholas James Hubbell
Matthew Huggins
Wesley Kobel
Nicole Shook
Newark City Council Ward 2
Beth Bline (R) (incumbent)
Daniel Crawford (D)
Newark City Council Ward 3
Marci Fones (D)
Molly Ingold (R)
Newark City Council Ward 4
Mark Labutis (R) (incumbent)
William Mooney (D)
Newark City Council Ward 7
Travis Bralley (R)
Michelle Newman (D)
Reynoldsburg Auditor
Stephen Cicak (R)
Shanette Strickland (D)
Reynoldsburg City Council At-Large
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Angela Abram (D)
Stacie Allen Baker (D) (incumbent)
Barth R. Cotner (R) (incumbent)
Mildred Johnson (D) (incumbent)
Kamal Subedi (R)
Granville Village Council
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Melissa K. Hartfield (incumbent)
Kim Keethler Ball (incumbent)
Diane Marshall
Matt McGowan
Alex Morrow
Hebron Village Council
Voters will pick up to four candidates.
Jerry Carpenter (incumbent)
Franklin Joseph Giovannelli
Kristin Hoskinson
Thomas Marietta
Stacy Z. Stoner (incumbent)
Patrick Taylor II
Burlington Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Brad Kyle (incumbent)
Jerry Owens
Jeffrey L. Patton (incumbent)
Eden Township Fiscal Officer - unexpired term ending March 31, 2028
Alison L. Mears
Dawn M. Nelson (incumbent)
Etna Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Adrian Adams
John Carlisle
Mark Evans (incumbent)
Ryan Davis
Litichia McIntyre
Rozland McKee (incumbent)
Kenneth K. Starkey
Robert Stewart
Rachel Zelazny
David B. Fulmer
Granville Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
William E. Hoekstra
Leonard J. Hubert
Ben Barton
Hanover Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
James Davis
Patrick Simpson (incumbent)
Heath D. Smith (incumbent)
Hartford Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Leanne S. Bishop
Curt Booher (incumbent)
Marc Dopp
Licking Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
John H. Holman (incumbent)
Dave Miller (incumbent)
Rob Miller
David Moraine
Gregory Smith
Write-in candidate: Michael C. Briggs
McKean Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Jared McLaughlin
Derek Simon
Jeff Wintermute (incumbent)
Monroe Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Scott Hendren (incumbent)
Jonathon Merriman
Mike Sileargy
Joey Robertson (incumbent)
St. Albans Township Trustee
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Bruce Lane (incumbent)
Tad Van Ness
Mike Washington
Heath City Schools Board of Education
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Mark Grise (incumbent)
Miranda Spicer
Dianne Winter
Johnstown-Monroe Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to two candidates.
Ruth Ann Booher (incumbent)
Jesse Coppel
Steve Frazier
Ryan Gilkey
Tim Swauger (incumbent)
Licking Heights Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Kevin Andrew
Karlie Bishop
Paul Johnson (incumbent)
Mark Rader (incumbent)
Licking Valley Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Luellen P. Deeds
Craig Alan Nethers (incumbent)
Julie A. Stedman (incumbent)
Casey Williams (incumbent)
North Fork Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Farrah Lynn Cooperider (incumbent)
Rob Krueger (incumbent)
Daniel Pargeon
Clay Rowley
Northridge Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Jessica Cermak
Rachel Smith
Andrew Williams
Write-in candidate: Jeffrey Schrock (incumbent)
Southwest Licking Local School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Michael L. Miller
Tanya L. Moore
Catherine Spindler (incumbent)
John Y. Vincent (incumbent)
Reynoldsburg City School District Board of Education
Voters will pick up to three candidates.
Teresa Alabi
Tulasha Bhandari Bastola
Shana French
Tia Harrell-Ramey
Kendra McKay (incumbent)
Devasish Poudyel
Eastern Columbus suburbs reporter Maria DeVito can be reached at mdevito@ and @ on Bluesky and @MariaDeVito13 on X.
This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Here are all the contested Licking County races for the Nov. 4 election
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