Village, township, school board candidates file for November general election

Jon Baker, The Times-Reporter
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NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ Wednesday was the deadline for non-partisan and independent candidates to file their petitions to run in the Nov. 7 general election.

Here are the non-partisan candidates who have filed petitions in Tuscarawas County:

Villages

Baltic: Mayor ‒ Doug Plyler; Board of Public Affairs ‒ no candidates filed.

Barnhill: Mayor ‒ no candidate filed; council ‒ no candidate filed.

Bolivar: Mayor ‒ Robert Lloyd, Todd Finlayson; council ‒ Dan Oberlin, Zachary Nussbaumer.

Gnadenhutten: Mayor ‒ Dean Steer, Rich Gilmore; council ‒ Troy S. Coats.

Midvale: Mayor ‒ Brian Cross, Lawrence Kopp; council ‒ no candidates filed.

Mineral City: Mayor ‒ Laurie M. Green; council ‒ Terry L. Nill.

Parral: Mayor ‒ Crystal DiGenova; council ‒ no candidates filed.

Port Washington: Mayor ‒ Thomas J. Gardner, Nate Penrod; council ‒ Joe A. Bourne, Stephen M. Adams, Jason Elton Byrom, Jacquie Price.

Roswell: Mayor ‒ no candidates filed; council ‒ no candidates filed.

Stone Creek: Mayor ‒ Leslie Kissinger; council ‒ no candidates filed.

Strasburg: Mayor ‒ Steven. C. Smith, Bruce W. Metzger; council ‒ Kathryn L. Burrier, Michael L. Rosenberry, Wesley L. Hostetler, Lewis P. Dreher.

Sugarcreek: Mayor ‒ Jeffrey A. Stutzman, James L. Parson; council ‒ Sam V. Beachy, Josh Jarvis.

Tuscarawas: Mayor ‒ Dana L. Moore; council ‒ Mike McConnell, Kevin Hartline, Matthew J. Smith.

Zoar: Mayor ‒ Thomas Klingaman; council ‒ David Gannon, Mark Gaynor.

Townships

Auburn: Trustee ‒ Matthew Olinger; fiscal officer ‒ Angela Miller.

Bucks: Trustee ‒ Michael Maurer; fiscal officer ‒ Amy L. Mizer.

Clay: Trustee ‒ Brice E. Miller; fiscal officer ‒ Debbie Gray.

Dover: Trustee ‒ James W. Gordon, Mark DiGenova, Jeremy A. Beans, Cory J. Miceli; fiscal officer ‒ Drew Yosick.

Franklin: Trustee ‒ Corey Foster, David Jones, Nathan Dreher, Joe Gilkerson, Daniel J. Donato; fiscal officer ‒ Tammy Spidell.

Fairfield: Trustee ‒ William H. Beans; fiscal officer ‒ Jennifer L. Brown.

Goshen: Trustee ‒ Lloyd MacAdam, Ray Grewell, William Miller; fiscal officer ‒ Darissa Lute.

Lawrence: Trustee ‒ Matt Ritterbeck, Paul Noel, Patrick Eddy, Roxanne Timberlake, Dante Mariani; fiscal officer ‒ Ann Marie Ackerman.

Mill: Trustee ‒ John C. Edwards; fiscal officer ‒ Jennifer C. Ong.

Oxford: Trustee ‒ Larry A. Stein; fiscal officer ‒ Laura N. Brown.

Perry: Trustee ‒ Thomas Kenney; fiscal officer ‒ Jane Rickey.

Rush: Trustee ‒ Jack E. Robinson, Jesse Miller; fiscal officer ‒ Myron L. Armstrong.

Salem: Trustee ‒ John J. Bourne; fiscal officer ‒ Patricia A. Arth.

Sandy: Trustee ‒ Willard G. Himes; fiscal officer ‒ Pamela Pettay.

Sugarcreek: Trustee ‒ Titus R. Slabaugh, Derrick Zahner; fiscal officer ‒ Andrew Miller, Lonnie Miller.

Union: Trustee ‒ Joseph J. Martinelli; fiscal officer ‒ Deborah Lukens.

Warren: Trustee ‒ William R. McDonnell; fiscal officer ‒ Beth Brown Lowe, Mary Ellen Gooding.

Warwick: Trustee ‒ Matthew Demattio, Bryan Lehigh; fiscal officer ‒ Stevie Wheeler, Anna Kuzmich.

Washington: Trustee ‒ Caleb Jones, Kevin Fenton; fiscal officer ‒ Dee Stocker.

Wayne: Trustee ‒ Keith R. Frey, Jerry Klein; fiscal officer ‒ Lisa M. Troyer.

York: Trustee ‒ Scott A. Stein; fiscal officer ‒ Bill Glazer.

School boards

Claymont ‒ Christina Armstrong, John G. Grant, Solomon Peters, Michelle Sproul, Martha Campbell.

Dover ‒ Anne Bruno, Kyle R. Stemple, Michael J. Studer, John Maxwell.

Garaway ‒ Robert L. Hannon, James M. Miller.

Indian Valley ‒ Bob Hall, Eric Kinsey.

Newcomerstown ‒ Randy L. Addy, Dave Archer.

New Philadelphia ‒ Jennifer Schrock, Amanda Fontana, Kelly M. Ricklic, Audrey Mattevi.

Strasburg-Franklin: Kevin P. Harvey.

Tuscarawas Valley ‒ Richard F. Gooding, Kathryn Johnson, Benjamin Overton.

Independent candidates

Dover: Auditor ‒ Pedro Sardinas.

Newcomerstown: Council ‒ Allen Collins, Phillip E. Lambes, Jr.

New Philadelphia: Law director ‒ Marvin Fete.

Uhrichsville: Ward 1 ‒ Robert Baker; Ward 2 ‒ Ronald Miller; Ward 3 ‒ Michael R. Huff.

Candidate petitions still must be certified by the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections before the candidates' names can appear on the November ballot.

Reach Jon at 330-364-8415 or at jon.baker@timesreporter.com.

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: November election: Here's who filed to run in Tuscarawas County races