Another aspect of this year’s midterm are city council seats, with some races being much more competitive than others.
For instance, Croswell, despite having only three open seats, have six candidates, with incumbents Rob Butler and Mike McMillan running against challengers Cindy Fockler, Sal Hernandez, McEy Neaves and Randy Willis.
In Deckerville, incumbent Ron Dore is running for one of the three open seats, with newcomers Susan Cesefske, Kate Noble and Amanda Wojcik vying for seats as well.
In Applegate village, three seats are available, with the ballot having incumbents Kate Dove, Donna Gellar and Glenn Olds alongside newcomer Thomas Eastman.
And in Minden City, there are seven candidates and only six open seats. Instead of the ballot being full of fresh faces, it only features newcomer Ronald Kaufman, with council incumbents Stephen Gamer, Susan Gornowicz, Mark Klawon, Sara Lautner, William Schuman, and Eric Toth trying to stay in their current positions.
In the rest of the county, retirements seem to be keeping things uncontested, with the likes of Sandusky and Brown City most likely to gain new council members this way. Sandusky’s Roger Williamson is retiring and thus leaving a spot open for newcomer Timothy Stone, a move that removes the threat of losing for incumbents Bradley Harris and Larry Mitchell.
Meanwhile, Brown City’s Christine Lee elected to run for District 5 commissioner instead, thus making room for newcomer Robert Jacobson.
The remaining eight town council races remain uncontested, though Marlette recently saw former mayor Don Redman file last minute for write-in candidacy, joining incumbents Jason Bell, Shane Hunter and Chris Kopacz in running for the four open seats.
