Election News
The Blue Mounds Village Board is considering changing the way it elects board members, but no final decision on the change has been made. The village currently nominates candidates through a caucus meeting in January where individuals nominate candidates at the meeting and village electors vote on...
Six candidates are running for two seats on the Mount Horeb Village Board in one of the most competative local elections in years. Incumbents Ben Jones and Jason Fendrick are both running for re-election, along with four new candidates: Stephen Sopcak, Michelle Kelley, James Brager and Tamiko Clary...
Six candidates are running for two seats on the Mount Horeb Village Board in one of the most interesting local elections in years. Incumbents Ben Jones and Jason Fendrick are both running for re-election, along with four new candidates: Stephen Sopcak, Michelle Kelley, James Brager and Tamiko Clary...
The filing deadline for the Spring Election came and went Tuesday and local voters will have an array of choices on the ballot when they head to the polls. A total of six candidates have filed the requisite paperwork to run for two seats on the Mount Horeb Village Board.
Incumbents Ben Jones and...
The Spring Election in the Village of Mt. Horeb will take place Tuesday, April 7, 2026. The seats of village trustees Ben Jones and Jason Fendrick are both up for re-election. The first day to circulate nomination papers is Monday, December 1, 2025, and the final day for filing nomination papers is...
Both the Village of Blue Mounds and the Town of Springdale had important local races on Tuesday’s ballot, the results of which will fundamentally impact the future of their respective communities. While the races heated up as Election Day approached, the majority of them ended in landslides when...
Why are you running for office?
Altschul: I decided to run for Town Board when Wayne Hefty, a longstanding board member, announced that he would not run for re-election. I’ve worked with Wayne quite a bit as a member of the Town’s Plan Commission and have learned a lot from him. I am running as...
At least three citizens in the Town of Springdale have filed signed complaints with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission alleging that candidates for town board in the April 1 election violated campaign finance law. The allegations are that political yard signs supporting Joe Karls and John Hensey, both...
The village of Blue Mounds held a forum for Board of Trustees candidates on March 19. Attending the forum were president candidates Paul Baum and Matt Heindl, along with board candidates Phil Solchenberger, Jeff Lange and Steve Burbank.
Baum, who had been appointed to the presidency on November 24...
Why are you running for office?
Altschul: I decided to run for Town Board when Wayne Hefty, a longstanding board member, announced that he would not run for re-election. I’ve worked with Wayne quite a bit as a member of the Town’s Plan Commission and have learned a lot from him. I am running as...
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