Filings for city council seats have Pleasanton with most candidates

By Roger Sims, rsims@linncountyjournal.com

MOUND CITY – With filing deadline of noon on Monday, June 2, now past, several races are taking shape.

Races for the Pleasanton City Council seats seem to have drawn the most interest of any race in the county for filings, while three seats open for the La Cygne City Council will be decided by write-in votes.

The Pleasanton City Council has three open seats, and only one incumbent, Rochelle Schreckhise, has filed for a second term. Council  members Aaron Portman and Kimberly Herring did not sign up to run again.

New candidates for the open seats are Sandy Haynes, Ron Miller, Alex Wills, Kenny Stark, Riley Hinds, Dean Johnson and David Schuermann.

The city of Linn Valley has the next most contested races. The mayor’s post and two city council seats are up for election.

In the mayoral race, incumbent Lewis Donelson will face challengers Daniel Donham and Lister Potter Jr. Although originally elected to the council as council president Donelson moved into the mayor’s post when the former mayor resigned.

Donham, a former city employee, was elected to the council in the last election cycle but resigned after a few months. He and Donelson have butted heads on several issues, including Donham’s role as a committee member.

For the city council, incumbent Michael Hemphill will seek to retain his seat, however the other incumbent, Robert Suppenbach, did not file for reelection. Two new challengers for the seats are Phillip Schellenberg and Curtis Coffman.

In the race for three city council seats in Mound City, three familiar names are on the list of candidates. Incumbents Fanchion Shadden and Cody Beckman have filed to retain their seats, and former council member Shayna Lamb is back after resigning her seat just a few months ago. Incumbent Megan Purvis did not file for reelection.

Three city council seats in La Cygne will be up for grabs in a write-in contest in November. Keith Stoker, Thomas Capp and David Brenneman currently hold those seats, however, none of them filed to run.

Two incumbents have filed to retain their posts on the Parker City Council. Longtime council member Gary Earley is seeking reelection as is council member Kari Brandt. Brandt was appointed to her seat to fill a vacancy. Former city clerk Carrie Sewell has filed to run and the fourth candidate is Stacia Minden. Three seats are up for grabs in November’s election.

Longtime Prescott Mayor Kevin Wood is stepping down and has not filed for reelection. The mayor’s seat and two city council posts are up for election this year, and only one incumbent, Ron Roberts, filed for reelection. The other incumbent, John Maloney, did not file.

November’s ballot will have Keith Bloomfield running for mayor and Roberts and Brian Bloomfield running for the two council posts.

On the ballot for Blue Mound’s three open city council posts are Marri Krupco, Shawn Hermann and Paul Moeller.

Correction: In an earlier version of this story, information about Mound City council member Megan Purvis was inadvertently left out.