Editor’s note: Look for an update on candidates who have filed in Thurston County in Thursday’s edition of The Chronicle.
Four candidates are registered to run to become the mayor of Winlock as open registration closed Friday evening.
It’s just one contested race among dozens following an active candidate filing week at the Lewis County Auditor’s Office.
After a week of candidate registrations, which began Monday morning, May 5, 29 races have materialized for positions on city councils, school boards, fire district boards and more. In the end, 140 candidates registered for 102 positions. That leaves about 30 positions without candidates that will either be retained by the person currently in office or appointed at a later date.
Among a number of big races around the county, Winlock Mayor Brandon Svenson will try to fend off challengers Jodie Curtis, Victoria Marincin and America Lunsford, who have all registered to run against him in the August primary. For the general election, Winlock Fire District Director Grant Kistler will try to defend his seat against Nicholas Nowak.
In Centralia, the city council is set for a shakeup as three newcomers, Ray Chapman-Wilson, Leah Sisemore and Chuck Kifer, will duke it out for the District 2 seat. Two more potential newcomers to the council, Tera Haskins and Kevin Curtis, will face off for the District 3 seat. Current District 1 Councilor Norm Chapman will defend his District 1 seat against challenger Lisa Striedinger.
Also in Centralia, challenger Lisa A. Leon has registered to run against incumbent Cameron McGee for Position 3 on the Centralia School Board.
In Chehalis, three at-large city councilors have registered to run for re-election and will face opposition. Kate McDougall will face Elijah White for at-large Position 1. Kevin Carns will face off with Jack-Allen Snodgrass for at-large Position 2. Bob Spahr will run against Jessie Carver for at-large Position 3.
Also in Chehalis, Laura Hansen has registered to challenge James Martin for his seat on the Chehalis Fire District Board of Commissioners.
The Napavine Fire District will have a three-way race for Position 2 on its board of commissioners between Tom Crowson, Rick LeBoeuf and incumbent Sam Patrick.
Mossyrock, Napavine, Toledo and White Pass school districts each have at least one competition for a spot on their districts’ board of directors.
Among the 140 candidates registered to run for political office in the county, 51 are registered to run for positions on their local school boards and 42 are set to run to become a city councilor or mayor. Twenty-five candidates are registered to run for a position with their local fire district, and 10 are running for spots on a local cemetery board.
Just three are registered for local port positions, with Port of Centralia Commissioner Julie Shaffley and challenger Ally Pickard set to face off in the only contested port race in the general election.
Now that registration has closed, a complete list of registered candidates will be available on the Lewis County Elections Department website at https://tinyurl.com/ycym62r8.
The primary election for all offices will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 5, and the general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
As filing officially closed Friday, Lewis County elections officials gathered in the office to draw lots to determine the order candidate names will appear on the primary ballot. After a primary election is complete, ballot appearance order will be determined by who got the most votes in the primary.
If no primary election is necessary because there are only two candidates, the order drawn will be used for the general election in November.
The auditor's office has announced a special filing week for races without candidates. Read more about that here: https://www.chronline.com/stories/special-filing-period-announced-for-elected-positions-in-lewis-county,380684
Following is a list of registered candidates:
Adna
Adna School District Director District 1: Eryn Hagseth
Adna School District Director District 3: Stan Long
Adna School District Director District 4: Brandon Williams
Boistfort
Boistfort School District Director District 3: Ruth Peterson
Boistfort School District Director District 5: Hollie Kunishige
Curtis-Klaber-Boistfort Fire District 13 Commissioner Position 2: Clifford Munroe
Castle Rock
Castle Rock School District Director District 1: Vilas Sundberg
Castle Rock School District Director District 2: Ray Teter
Castle Rock School District Director District 3: Steve Ogden
Castle Rock School District Director District at-large 5: Angelica Velazquez
Centralia
Centralia School District Director Position 1: Deb Parnham
Centralia School District Director Position 3: Lisa A. Leon, Cameron McGee
Centralia School District Director Position 5: Tim Browning
Centralia City Council District 1: Lisa Striedinger, Norm Chapman
Centralia City Council District 2: Ray Chapman-Wilson, Leah Sisemore, Chuck Kifer
Centralia City Council District 3: Tera Haskins, Kevin Curtis
Centralia City Council District 4: Tucker Voetberg
Centralia Port Commissioner District 2: Julia Shaffley, Ally Pickard
Chehalis
Chehalis School District Director District 2: Lance Tornow
Chehalis School District Director District 3: Katrina Meier
Chehalis School District Director District 4: Kelsi Hamilton
Chehalis City Council Position 1 at-large: Elijah White, Kate McDougall
Chehalis City Council Position 2 at-large: Jack-Allen Snodgrass, Kevin Carns
Chehalis City Council Position 3 at-large: Jessie Carver, Bob Spahr
Chehalis City Council District 1: John Six
Chehalis City Council District 2: Mike Barton
Chehalis Fire District 6 Commissioner Position 1: Abraham Meyer, Greg Cole
Chehalis Fire District 6 Commissioner Position 2: James Martin, Laura Hanson
Chehalis Water-Sewer District 4 Commissioner Position 1: Cameron Zuber
Chehalis Water-Sewer District 4 Commissioner Position 2: Patrick J. Wiltzius
Chehalis Port Commissioner District 2: Paul Ericson
Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20
Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20 Commissioner Position 2: Eugene F. O’Neill
Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20 Commissioner Position 3: Gary W. Hiner
Doty-Dryad Fire District 16
Doty-Dryad Fire District 16 Commissioner Position 2: Greg Elliott
Doty-Dryad Fire District 16 Commissioner Position 3: Jerald Chip Elliott
Eatonville School District
Eatonville School District Director At-large Position 5: Ronda Litzenberger
Eatonville School District Director District 2: Caitie Henselman, Neil Colombini
Evaline School District
Evaline School District Director Position 3: Jamie Moran
Evaline School District Director Position 4: Michael Porter
Glenoma Fire District 18
Glenoma Fire District 18 Commissioner Position 2: Lonnie Charles Houlbjerg
Glenoma-Packwood-Randle Cemetery District 4 Commissioner Position 2: Peggy Hirte-Uhlorn
Hospital District 1
Hospital District 1 Commissioner District 1: John Hannah
Hospital District 1 Commissioner At-large Position 5: Wes McMahan
Lake Mayfield Water-Sewer District 6
Commissioner Position 3: Michael Laughlin
Mineral
Mineral Fire District 9 Commissioner Position 1: Kerry Moore
Mineral Fire District 9 Commissioner Position 2: Brian West
Mineral Cemetery District 10 Commissioner Position 1: Tina Moore
Mineral Cemetery District 10 Commissioner Position 2: Shawn Seeger
Morton
Morton City Council Position 2: Maria Gonzalez
Morton City Council Position 3: Peter Michael Hansen
Morton City Council Position 4: Kristen M. Lilley, Jeff Johnson
Morton City Council Position 5: Jason Knutson, John VanBlaricom
Morton Fire District 4 Commissioner Position 2: Roger Smith
Mossyrock
Mossyrock School District Director District 1: Ashley Hansen, Shad Hail
Mossyrock School District Director District 2: Benjamin William Callies, Peggy Cuddie
Mossyrock School District Director District 3: Tanissa Lovan, Jason T. Cole
Mossyrock City Council Position 4: Juliana Simon
Mossyrock-Salkum Cemetery District 2 Commissioner Position 2: Jim Myers
Napavine
Napavine School District Director District 2: Jacob Potter
Napavine School District Director District 3: Tell Sallee
Napavine School District Director at-large Position 4: Cassandra N. Whitaker, Rick Carns
Napavine City Council Position 1: Brian Watson, Luis Manzo
Napavine City Council Position 2: Ivan L Wiediger
Napavine City Council Position 4: Jeremy Germann
Napavine Fire District 5 Commissioner Position 2: Sam Patrick, Tom Crowson, Rick LeBoeuf
Napavine Cemetery District 9 Commissioner Position 3: Linda Williams, Scott Salvner
Oakville
Oakville School District Director District 1: Jessica George
Oakville School District Director District 2: Katie Bushnell
Onalaska
Onalaska School District Director District 3: Jennifer Zandecki
Onalaska School District Director at-large Position 5: Carrie Kinsman
Onalaska Fire District 1 Commissioner Position 2: Carolyn Brock
Onalaska Water-Sewer District 2 Commissioner Position 2: Jim Watt
Pe Ell
Pe Ell School District Director District 1: Mara McGrath
Pe Ell School District Director District 2: Chad M. Burnett
Pe Ell Town Council Position 1: Michael S. Nichols
Pe Ell Town Council Position 2: Tauna Fiedler
Pe Ell Fire District 11 Commissioner Position 1: Devin Peterson
Pe Ell Fire District 11 Commissioner Position 2: John Woods
Riverside Fire Authority
Riverside Fire Authority Commissioner Position 1: Joseph Dolezal
Riverside Fire Authority Commissioner Position 2: Richard Lennox, Edna J. Fund
Rochester School District
Rochester School District Director District 1: Francisco J. Villanueva
Rochester School District Director District 5: Heather Harris
Toledo
Toledo School District Director District 1: Heidi Buswell
Toledo School District Director District 3: Jerad Buswell
Toledo School District Director District 5: Jeff Landrum, Elizabeth Rohr
Toledo City Council Position 2: Dan Anderson
Toledo Fire District 2 Commissioner Position 2: Jacqui Spahr
Toledo Cemetery District 7 Commissioner Position 2: Kathy Brack
Vader
Vader City Council Position 1: John Hurt
Vader City Council Position 2: Jason Dailey
Vader City Council Position 3: T.L. Nicole Emanuel, Nicole Hansen
Vader Cemetery District 8 Commissioner Position 2: Lawrence J. Hoffman
White Pass
White Pass School District Director District 3: Robert Quintana, Joel McMahan
White Pass School District Director District 5: Leo Ruzicka Jr., Dianne Sympson
Winlock
Winlock School District Director District 2: Taylor Myers, Stevie Bennett, Jarryd Forler
Winlock School District Director District 5: Marty Poirrier II
Winlock Mayor: Jodie Curtis, Victoria Marincin, America Lunsford, Brandon Svenson
Winlock City Council Position 4: Jeramy Allman, Thomas Robinson
Winlock City Council Position 5: Alishia Hornburg
Winlock Fire District 15 Commissioner Position 2: Nicholas Nowak, Grant Kistler
Winlock Cemetery District 1 Commissioner Position 2: Aime Silvestre
Winlock Cemetery District 1 Commissioner Position 3: Tina M. Sickles
