Canyon County voters: See here who’s running in November 2023 elections in your city
With election season right around the corner, Canyon County voters will soon elect a host of new and returning city council members, mayors and more.
This year, Nampa residents will decide on City Council members who, for the first time, must run and live in their own districts. State law now requires that any city with 100,000 or more residents must elect the council by district. Most recent numbers put Nampa at 100,200 residents.
In Nampa, five candidates are facing off for a single city council seat after Jacob Bowers resigned the seat and created a vacancy in June after moving out of city limits.
In Caldwell, four candidates will compete for a city council seat held by John McGee who did not file to keep his seat this year. McGee was a controversial politician who resigned from the State Senate in 2012 after accusations of sexually harassing a female staffer and later was arrested for drunk driving, stealing an SUV and crashing into a driveway in Meridian.
Middleton Mayor Steve Rule is facing off against Jackie Hutchison once more for re-election. Hutchison previously ran for mayor in 2019.
Here are the candidates who met Friday’s legal deadline for filing their candidacies in Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, and school and other districts. All terms last four years unless otherwise indicated.
Nampa
City Council District 2
Natalie Jangula (incumbent)
Troy Keith
City Council District 4
Amy Hannu
Dale Reynolds (incumbent)
City Council District 6
Margie Potter
Isacc Solis
Jennifer Niles
David Lambert
Sebastian Griffin
Upper Deer Flat Fire District
Steve Martineau
Nampa School District Zone 2
Adam Schasel
David Jennings
Vallivue School District Zone 3
Toni Belknap-Brinegar (incumbent)
Vallivue School District Zone 4
Brian Bishop
Paul Tierney (incumbent)
Vallivue School District Zone 5
Amy Johnson (incumbent)
Caldwell
City Council Seat 4
Geoff Williams (incumbent)
Becky Mitchell
John Carter
City Council Seat 5
Chris Allgood (incumbent)
Ramzy Boutros
Christopher Mortenson
City Council Seat 6
Mike Dittenber
Eric Phillips
Scott Tilmant
Dave Larson
Caldwell School District Zone 2
Ray Horrell
Manuel Godina
Caldwell School District Zone 3
Nicole Trakel
Travis Manning
Caldwell School District Zone 4
Nicole Hyland
Andrew Butler
Middleton
Mayor
Steve Rule (incumbent)
Jackie Hutchison
City Council, two at large seats
Mark Christiansen
Ray Waltemate
Timothy O’Meara
Tyson Sparrow
Middleton Rural Fire District
Liz Bolts
Middleton Recreation District, two seats
Jonathan Roth
Mary Ihli-Laan