The race is on!
Nominations for November’s elections closed Friday. Candidates will vie for regional district, school district, and city councilor and mayoral seats. Following is a list of candidates, presented as voters will see on the ballot Nov. 15.
CITY OF GRAND FORKS – MAYOR
(elect one)
DEMSKI Peter
KONRAD Frank
SEMENOFF Donna
TAYLOR Brian
WYERS Cher
CITY OF GRAND FORKS – COUNCILLOR
(elect six)
BUTLER Julia
DICK Lorraine
EBURNE-STOODLEY Zak
FAUSTEN Richard
HAMMETT Chris
KOROLEK Cathy
KROG Neil
MARK Baun
O’DOHERTY Patrick
PODMOROFF Larry
ROSS Colleen
SMITH Gary
TAYLOR Teresa
THOMPSON Christine
VAN EWYK Monique
WIRISCHAGIN Michael
AREA D:
KENDEL Bob
PEREPOLKIN Irene
RUSSELL ROLY
Grace McGregory is acclaimed in Area C; Area E is seeing a race between Bill Bosovich, Vicki Gee and incumbent Bill Baird.
SCHOOL DISTRICT 51
Area D (elect one)
REID David
RICH Valerie Alice
City of Grand Forks (elect two)
HARSHENIN Kenneth
JEPSEN Katie
MASSEY Jaime
REZANSOFF Teresa
Cindy Strukoff was unopposed and retains her seat as Area C representative on the school board. Also unopposed and claiming seats in Area E are Rose Zitko, Cathy Riddle and Mark Danyluk.
Candidate forums will be held on Oct. 22 (city councilor, School District 51) and Nov. 5 (mayor, Area D). Both forums will be held at the Grand Forks Secondary School auditorium starting at 6 p.m.