Menasha mayoral race draws four candidates; Appleton and Kaukauna mayors run unopposed

Appleton Post-Crescent

APPLETON — Fox Cities voters will select a slew of nonpartisan local government leaders and representatives this spring, including the mayors of Appleton, Kaukauna and Menasha.

Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford and Kaukauna Mayor Tony Penterman both are running unopposed. Woodford is seeking his second four-year term in office, and Penterman is seeking his fourth two-year term in office.

The Menasha mayoral race is wide open. Four candidates — Kyle Coenen, Austin Hammond, Rebecca Nichols and Stan Sevenich — will compete for the right to succeed incumbent Don Merkes, who didn't seek reelection after 16 years in office. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two.

The Post-Crescent compiled the following list of Fox Cities candidates in the spring election. The list contains a mix of contested and uncontested races. Candidates had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to file their nomination papers to appear on the ballot.

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Candidates for office in the Fox Cities

Appleton Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (2): Incumbents Kay Eggert and Edward Ruffolo

Appleton City Attorney (four-year term)

Incumbent Christopher Behrens

Appleton Common Council (two-year terms)

District 2: Incumbent Vered Meltzer
District 4: Christopher Quann, Martyn Smith and Virgil Van Asten. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two. Incumbent Israel Del Toro didn't seek reelection.
District 6: Incumbent Denise Fenton
District 8: Patti Heffernan. Incumbent Joss Thyssen didn't seek reelection.
District 10: Incumbent Vaya Jones
District 12: Incumbent Nate Wolff
District 14: Incumbent Christopher Croatt and challenger Everett O'Malley

Appleton mayor (four-year term)

Incumbent Jake Woodford

Buchanan Town Board (two-year terms)

Supervisor 2: Incumbent Paul Knuppel and challengers Linda Olson and Jennifer Rottier. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two.
Supervisor 4: Penny Hoh, Tom Meyer and Greg Spranger. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two. Incumbent Tom Walsh didn't seek reelection.

Calumet County Board (two-year terms)

County board supervisory districts can be found here.

District 1: Incumbent Andy Cleveland
District 2: Open. Incumbent Merlin Gentz didn't seek reelection.
District 3: Incumbent Emily Voight and challenger Mark Gabriel
District 4: Incumbent Matthew Budde
District 5: Open. Incumbent Chad Doran didn't seek reelection.
District 6: Open. Incumbent Scott Handschke didn't seek reelection.
District 7: Incumbent Pete Stier
District 8: Kathy Thunes. Incumbent Tom Stoffel didn't seek reelection.
District 9: James Femal and Anne Machesky. Incumbent Ed Kleckner didn't seek reelection.
District 10: Incumbent Joseph Mueller
District 11: Incumbent Joel Clark and challenger James Lowey
District 12: Incumbent Nicholas Kesler
District 13: Incumbent Simeon Johnston
District 14: Incumbent Joan Pagel Holzschuh
District 15: Incumbent Mary Schwalenberg
District 16: Incumbent Bruce Laughrin
District 17: Incumbent Mike Hofberger
District 18: Incumbent Alice Connors
District 19: Incumbent Ronald Dietrich
District 20: Incumbent Kenneth Irwin and challenger Brian Kolb
District 21: Incumbent Ty Stuckmann

Calumet County Circuit Court judge (six-year term)

Branch 1: Incumbent Jeffrey Froehlich

Combined Locks Village Board (two-year terms)

Trustees (3): Incumbents Jim Ponto, Mike Rietveld and Tim Stutzman

Fox Crossing Village Board (two-year terms)

Trustee 1: Incumbent Michael Van Dyke
Trustee 3: Incumbent Gregory Ziegler and challenger Nicholas Gebert
Trustee 5: Incumbent Deborah Swiertz

Grand Chute Town Board (two-year terms)

Supervisory Seat 2: Incumbent Jeff Ings and challengers Tim Bantes and June Johnson. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two.
Supervisory Seat 4: Incumbent Brad Gehring and challenger Ron Torrance

Greenville Village Board (two-year terms)

Trustees (2): Incumbents Brian Mulroy and Mark Strobel

Harrison Village Board (two-year terms)

Trustees (3): Incumbents Mike Brantmeier, Scott Handschke and Mark Van Hefty and challengers Joe Mueller and Pete Stier

Kaukauna Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (2): Incumbents Sally Jo Feistel and Josh Karl and challengers Mike Campbell and Samantha Hoffer

Kaukauna city attorney (two-year term)

Incumbent Kevin Davidson and challenger Timothy Greenwood

Kaukauna Common Council (two-year terms)

District 1: Incumbent Jennie Eggleston and challenger Will Terry
District 2: Incumbent John Moore
District 3: Incumbent Mary Jo Kilgas
District 4: Incumbent Mike Coenen

Kaukauna mayor (two-year term)

Incumbent Tony Penterman

Kaukauna municipal judge (four-year term)

John Prossitt. Incumbent John Van Drunen was appointed to the position because of a vacancy but didn't seek reelection because he doesn't live in Kaukauna.

Kimberly Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (3): Incumbents Ammie Ebben and Mary Pribbenow and challengers Jessica Bowden and Carrie Van Thiel. Incumbent Brad Siebers didn't seek reelection.

Kimberly Village Board (two-year terms)

President: Incumbent Chuck Kuen
Trustees (3): Incumbents Dave Hietpas, Mike Hruzek and Marcia Trentlage

Little Chute Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (2): Incumbent Leon Biesterveld. Incumbent Joe Roehl didn't seek reelection.

Little Chute municipal judge (four-year term)

James Moes. Incumbent Rod Reader didn't seek reelection.

Little Chute Village Board (three-year terms)

President: Incumbent Michael Vanden Berg
Trustees (2): Joe Harlow and Rosie Sprangers. Incumbents John Elrick and Bill Peerenboom didn't seek reelection.

Menasha Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (3): Incumbents Chad Lewis and Steve Thompson and challenger Mary Jean Simek. Incumbent Mark Mayer didn't seek reelection.

Menasha Common Council (two-year terms)

District 2: Incumbent Rosita Eisenach and challenger Sandra Dabill Taylor
District 4: Terri Perkins. Incumbent Austin Hammond didn't seek reelection.
District 6: Tom Marshall. Incumbent Thomas Grade didn't seek reelection.
District 8: Incumbent Randy Ropella and challenger Joshua School

Menasha mayor (four-year term)

Kyle Coenen, Austin Hammond, Rebecca Nichols and Stan Sevenich. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two. Incumbent Don Merkes didn't seek reelection.

Neenah Board of Education (three-year terms)

Board members (3): Incumbents Brian Epley and Kristian Sahr and challengers Alex Corrigan, Susan Garcia Franz, Tom Hanby, Chari Long, Jeb Pfeifle and Roxanne Schwandt-Knutson. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to six. Incumbent David Williams didn't seek reelection.

Neenah Common Council (three-year terms)

District 1: Mark Ellis, Brian Roeh and Kristen Sandvick. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two. Incumbent John Skyrms didn't seek reelection.
District 2: Incumbent Brian Borchardt
District 3: Jeffrey Linski and William Pollnow Jr. Incumbent Todd Stevenson didn't seek reelection.

Outagamie County Board (two-year terms)

County board supervisory districts can be found here.

District 1: Incumbent Cathy Thompson
District 2: Dana Johnson. Incumbent Nadine Miller didn't seek reelection.
District 3: Incumbent Michael Smith
District 4: Incumbent Katrin Patience
District 5: Incumbent Dan Gabrielson
District 6: Incumbent John Kostelny
District 7: Incumbent Lee Hammen
District 8: Incumbent Karen Lawrence
District 9: Incumbent Justin Krueger
District 10: Incumbent Christine Lamers and challenger Tom Mischler
District 11: Incumbent Ryan Ferguson
District 12: Incumbent Jeffrey McCabe
District 13: Open. Incumbent Jason Wegand didn't seek reelection, but because he didn't file a declaration of noncandidacy, the filing deadline for candidates is extended to 5 p.m. Friday.
District 14: Incumbent Timothy Hermes and challenger Paul Cooney
District 15: Incumbent Sara MacDonald
District 16: Incumbent Kelly Schroeder
District 17: Incumbent Chris Croatt
District 18: Incumbent Cathy Spears and challenger Mike Thomas
District 19: Incumbent Chad Cooke and challenger Jayme Heiser
District 20: Incumbent Joe Santonato and challenger Mark Mitchell
District 21: Incumbent John Cuff
District 22: Incumbent Joy Hagen
District 23: Incumbent Ronald Klemp
District 24: Incumbent Steve Thiede
District 25: Mike Janke. Incumbent Jeff Nooyen didn't seek reelection.
District 26: Incumbent Sarah Weinberg and challenger June Johnson
District 27: Incumbent Dean Culbertson
District 28: Incumbent Yvonne Monfils
District 29: Incumbent Jayson Winterfeldt
District 30: Incumbent Daniel Nejedlo
District 31: Incumbent Dennis Clegg
District 32: Incumbent Jeremy Thyssen
District 33: Incumbent Debbie VanderHeiden
District 34: Incumbent Daniel Rettler
District 35: Incumbent Dustin Koury
District 36: Incumbent Rick Lautenschlager

Outagamie County Circuit Court judge (six-year term)

Branch 5: Incumbent Carrie Schneider

Winnebago County Board (two-year terms)

County board supervisory districts can be found here.

District 1: Incumbent Rachael Dowling
District 2: Jake Ackmann and Kristl Laux. Incumbent Rebecca Nichols didn't seek reelection.
District 3: Open. Incumbent Thomas Borchart didn't seek reelection.
District 4: Jeffery Lutz. Incumbent Paul Eisen didn't seek reelection.
District 5: Incumbent Kay Horan and challenger Stefanie Holt
District 6: Jason Kraayvanger and Lucas Reinke. Incumbent Brian Defferding didn't seek reelection, but because he filed his declaration of noncandidacy after the Dec. 22 deadline, the filing deadline for candidates is extended to 5 p.m. Friday.
District 7: Incumbent Betsy Ellenberger and challenger Kate Hancock-Cooke
District 8: Incumbent Jim Wise
District 9: Incumbent Donald Nussbaum
District 10: Incumbent Bryan Stafford and challenger Timothy Jacobson
District 11: Incumbent David Albrecht and challengers Tim Paterson and Jeffery Schettl. A primary election will be held Feb. 20 to narrow the field to two.
District 12: Incumbent Maribeth Gabert
District 13: Incumbent Steven Binder
District 14: Incumbent Thomas Swan
District 15: Incumbent E. Michael Robinson and challenger Amber Lynn Gilbertson
District 16: Robert Knudsen and Christian Mueller. Incumbent Jacob Floam didn't seek reelection.
District 17: Open. Incumbent Julie Gordon didn't seek reelection.
District 18: Incumbent James Ponzer
District 19: Incumbent Joshua Belville and challenger Larry Lautenschlager
District 20: Timothy Macho Sr. and Eric Vlach. Incumbent Timothy Ernst didn't seek reelection.
District 21: Incumbent John Hinz and challenger Jeff Lawrence
District 22: Incumbent Doug Zellmer
District 23: Incumbent Koby Schellenger
District 24: Incumbent Andy Buck and challenger Sarah Nelson
District 25: Incumbent Karen Powers and challenger Scott Perzentka
District 26: Incumbent Conley Hanson
District 27: Incumbent Morris Cox
District 28: Incumbent Nate Gustafson
District 29: Incumbent George Bureau and challenger Benjamin Frank
District 30: Incumbent Chuck Farrey
District 31: Incumbent Ralph Harrison
District 32: Frank Frassetto and Robert Keller. Incumbent Shanah Zastera didn't seek reelection.
District 33: Incumbent Thomas Egan
District 34: Incumbent Edward Jeziorny and challenger Tim O'Brien
District 35: Incumbent Douglas Nelson
District 36: Incumbent Howard Miller

Winnebago County Circuit Court judge (six-year terms)

Branch 1: LaKeisha Haase, Eric Heywood and Michael Rust. A Feb. 20 primary election will be held to narrow the field to two. Incumbent Teresa Basiliere didn't seek reelection.

Contact Duke Behnke at 920-993-7176 or dbehnke@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DukeBehnke.

Reporters Sophia Voight (svoight@postcrescent.com) and Rebecca Loroff (rloroff@gannett.com) contributed to this list.