KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Who will be on your ballot for the Nov. 6 general election? Depending on what township you reside in, even what precinct, you will have different candidates on your ballot.

Every voter in the county will be casting votes for: U.S. Senator, Indiana Secretary of State, Indiana Auditor of State and Indiana Treasurer of State, along with seven county offices. Those offices include Judge of Kosciusko Circuit Court 54th Judicial Circuit, Prosecuting Attorney 54th Judicial Circuit, county auditor, county recorder, county sheriff, county assessor and county commissioner – southern district.

But the similarities in ballots stop there. Depending on what township you reside in, even what precinct, you will have different candidates for U.S. Representative and Indiana State Representative, county council seats District 1, 2, 3 and 4 and school board races.

The county is served by two U.S. Congressional Districts.

Precincts in Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Scott, Prairie, Turkey Creek, Seward and Van Buren townships and Plain Township Precinct 6 are served by the 2nd District.

Jackson, Monroe, Tippecanoe, Washington, Wayne, City of Warsaw, and Plain Township, except Plain 6 are served by the 3rd District.

Indiana Rep. 18th District includes all precincts in Clay, Lake, Washington, Franklin, Monroe, Jackson and Seward townships, along with Plain Precinct 4, Wayne Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 and City of Warsaw Ward 1 – precincts 1 and 4 and Ward 2 – precinct 4.

Indiana State Rep. 22nd District includes all precincts in Etna, Harrison, Jefferson, Prairie, Scott, Turkey Creek, Tippecanoe and Van Buren townships along with Plain Township Precincts, 1,2, 3, 5, 6 and 7; Wayne Township Precincts 6, 7, 8 and 9 and the City of Warsaw Ward 1 — precinct 2; Ward 2 — precinct 3; Wards 3, 4 and 5.

Only residents in respective county council districts will be able to vote for the person seeking a seat on the council for the district seats.

If you live in Turkey Creek, Tippecanoe, far eastern portion of Plain and the northern two-thirds of Washington Township, you will vote for the District 1 council seat. Those residing in Van Buren, Jefferson, Scott, Etna, Prairie, western portion of Plain and Harrison townships will vote for the District 2 seat.

Residents in Wayne, southern one-third of Washington, Franklin, Seward, Clay, Monroe, Jackson and Lake townships will vote for the District 3 seat.

Races On The Ballot

There are a number of races to be found on this year’s general election ballot. Federal, state and county races include:

U.S. Senator — Mike Braun, Republican; Joe Donnelly, Democrat; and Lucy M. Brenton, Libertarian

Secretary of State — Connie Lawson, Republican; Jim Harper, Democrat; Mark W. Rutherford, Libertarian

Auditor of State — Tera Klutz, Republican; Joselyn Whitticker, Democrat; John Schick, Libertarian

Treasurer of State — Kelly Mitchell, Republican; John C. Aguilera, Democrat

U.S. Rep. District 2 — Jackie Walorski, Republican and Mel Hall, Democrat

U.S. Rep. District 3 — Jim Banks, Republican and Courtney Tritch, Democrat

State Rep. District 18 — David Wolkins, Republican and Dee M. Moore, Democrat

County Commissioner — Southern District — Robert M. (Bob) Conley, Republican and J. Todd Weingart, Democrat

County Council – District 3 — Ernest B. Wiggins, Republican; and Gary L. Schue, Democrat

County Council – District 4 — Jon L. Garber, Republican and David Morgan, Democrat

Township trustee races will be:

Tippecanoe Township Trustee — Chris Francis, Republican and Rebecca Burton, Democrat

Turkey Creek Township Trustee — Julie Close, Republican and Martha Stoelting, Democrat

Wayne Township Trustee — Jeanie Stackhouse, Republican and Shari L. Benyousky, Democrat

Township advisory board races, where only the top three vote recipients will be elected, include:

Clay Township Advisory Board — Donald L. Morris, Dan Ransbottom and Daniel Willis, Republicans and Adam Hyde, Democrat

Etna Township Advisory Board — Joe R. Mooney, Steven L. Sechrist and Tony Tribalski, Republicans and Patrick Morr, Democrat

Jackson Township Advisory Board — Marcia J. Dierks, Ray P. Fsher and Jill L. Slater, Republicans and Stanley Moore, Democrat

Plain Township Advisory Board — Robert W. Bishop, Craig Charlton, Larry Kammerer, Republicans and Gaynor Worden, Democrat

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board — Dennis R. Darr, John D. Heckaman, William Dixon, Republicans and Victoria Carvey Morton, Jama Owens Brown and Tim Yeager, Democrats

Van Buren Township Advisory Board — Robert Beer, Shane M. Bucher and Stephen Unruh, Republicans and Vickie Marquart, Democrat

Wayne Township Advisory Board — Gordan Nash, Joshua Spangle and Bruce A. Woodward, Republicans and Laura Deal-Decker, James R. (Jim) Falkner and Lori Roe, Democrats

No Challengers

Offices and candidates who will be on the ballot unopposed include:

State Rep. District 22 — Curt Nisly

Judge, Kosciusko Circuit Court – 54th Judicial Circuit — Michael W. Reed, Republican

Prosecuting Attorney 54th Judicial Circuit — Daniel H. Hampton, Republican

County Auditor — Michelle L. Puckett, Republican

County Recorder — Joetta Mitchell, Republican

County Sheriff — Kyle Dukes, Republican

County Assessor — Susan D. Engelberth, Republican

County Council – District 1 — Doug Heinisch, Republican

County Council – District 2 — Michael Long, Republican

Trustees — Helen Brown, Clay Township; Gary Sponseller, Etna Township; Trillia Gearhart, Franklin Township; Tracy Moyer, Harrison Township; Gwendolyn Ostrom, Jackson Township; Beth Krull, Jefferson Township; Molly Bradford, Lake Township; Stephanie Cloud, Monroe Township; Tyler Huffer, Plain Townshihp; Julia A. Gon, Prairie Township; Fred A. Slabaugh, Scott Township; Aime A. Hogman, Seeward Townsip; Rebecca Alles, Van Buren Township; and Dean Rhoades, Washington Township

Township Advisory Boards — James L. Eades, Buni Leininger, Joseph Sechrist for Franklin Township; John E. Hart, Steve Sponseller and Gerald Weirick, in Harrison Township; Dee Ann Beer, Jane Hunsberger and Robert Riley for Jefferson Township; Kathleen Lokotar, Wayne Spratt and Paul Sibray for Lake Township; Donald L. Ellison, Sonya L. Hathaway and Patrick Landrigan for Monroe Township; Lila Christner Thompson, Gordon R. Drake and Connie S. Himes for Prairie Township; Tom Besson, John R. Mast and Paul Parks for Scott Township; Kevin N. Hohman, Bruce Lankenau and Allison McSherry, Seward Township; Edwin (Ed) Clayton, James M. (Jim) Rhodes and James M. (Jim) Smith, for Tippecanoe Township; Bryan Bidwell, James A. Craig and Roger S. Thomas for Washington Township.

Town Elections

Ballots in the town limits of Milford will have these names listed for town elections:

Clerk-Treasurer — Patricia Gall

Town council — Robert . Cockburn, Joellen Free and Douglas Ruch

Ballots in the town limits of Syracuse will have these names listed for town elections:

Town Council District 1 — Larry Siegel

Town Council District 2 — Paul Stoelting

Ballots in the town limits of Winona Lake will have these names listed for town elections:

Town Council District 3 — Jim Lancaster

Town Council District 4 — Rick Swaim

School Board Races

Those residing in the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation will be voting on one candidate per district. The candidates are:

District 3 — Lacey Wise

District 4 — Thomas J. (Tom) Bauters and Kristopher A. Fear

District 5 — Craig A. Drurkes and Todd L. Hoffman.

Those residing in the Triton School Corporation will be voting on one candidate from each of the districts. These candidates are:

District 1 – Tippecanoe Township — Teresa Barnhart

District 2 — Etna Township — Andrew L. Cook and Steven D. Stichter

District 4 – Town of Bourbon — Kenneth Miller

Those residing in the Wa-Nee Community Schools district will be voting for one candidate in each district. These candidates are:

Harrison Township, Elkhart County — Terry L. Graber

Locke Township, Elkhart County — Curt Flickinger

Union Township, Elkhart County — Louis Bonacorsi

Those residing in the Warsaw Community School Corporation will be voting for one candidats in the district in which the voter resides. Those candidates are:

District 1 — Michael (Mike) Coon, Wendy Fairchild or Keith E. Manuel

District 2 — Heather Reichenbach

District 5 — Jeremy Mullins

District 7 — Bradly Johnson

Those residing in the Wawasee Community School Corporation will be voting for one candidate from each district. Those candidates are:

District 1 — Robert (Rob) Fisher

District 2 — Steve Baut, William D. (Bill) Cripe or Mary Lou Dixon

District 3 — Rebecca L. (Becky) Linnemeier

Those residing in the Whitko Community School Corporation will be voting for one candidate from each district. Those candidates are:

District 4 — Bill Patrick or Richard Jason Thomas

District 5 — Annette J. Arnold, Dale Anthony Starkey, Jorell T. Tucker or Scott Werstler.

Each of the ballots will also have a statewide public question and an opportunity to vote whether to retain Indiana Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey G. Slaughter and Indiana Court of Appeals District 2 Judge Robert R. (Bob) Altice Jr.

The statewide public question involves amending Article 10, Section 5 of the state’s constitution to require the General Assembly to Adopt balanced budgets for state government that do not exceed estimated revenues unless a supermajority of two-thirds or the members of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members of the Senate vote to suspend the requirement.

Those residing in the Wa-Nee School Corporation will have a public question regarding a referendum: for eight calendar years following the referendum, shall the Wa-Nee Community School Corp., impose a property tax rate that does not exceed $0.0959 on each $100 of assessed valuation and that is in addition to all other property taxes imposed by the school corporation for the purpose of funding improvements for the safety, security and well-being of the Wa-Nee students.