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Oswego Candidates File for April Election

Still unclear who will be on April 7 ballot.

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Despite controversy over the correct filing period for Village of Oswego races, candidates finishing filing their nominating petitions on Monday.

The Oswego Electoral Board on Monday night heard testimony, but did not make a decision on objections to nominating petitions for candidates, according to the Beacon News.

Trustee candidate hopeful Joe West filed an objection to the nominating petition of Terry Michels, a current trustee seeking the village president spot, and one other candidate, according to the Beacon.

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Michels filed his petitions by a new Nov. 24 deadline established by a village resolution approved in July. Fellow trustees Gail Johnson and Tony Giles, who are also hoping to run for village president, understood that that deadline was not until Dec. 22.

Meanwhile, Diane Selmer, who hopes to run for trustee, also filed by the Nov. 24 deadline, while the remaining five trustee hopefuls, including West, followed the Dec. 15 to 22 filing period.

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The electoral board, chaired by current Village President Brian LeClerq, is set to reconvene at 7 p.m. Jan. 5, 2015, according to the Beacon. LeClerq has opted not to seek re-election.

So far, here’s who filed to be on the April 7, 2015 ballot. An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent:

Village president

  • Terry Michels
  • Gail Johnson
  • Tony Giles

Trustee (three spots up for election)

  • Diane Selmer
  • Ryan Kauffman
  • Joe West
  • Karin McCarthy-Lange
  • Brian Thomas
  • Rasma Motykowski

Oswego School District 308 (three spots up for election)

  • Lauri Doyle
  • Alison Swanson*
  • Jared Ploger
  • Bill Walsh*
  • Brad Banks
  • Kevin Harris
  • Brent Lightfoot*

Oswegoland Park District (one two-year term, one four-year term and two six-year terms up for election)

  • Dave Krahn* (four-year term)
  • Sandra Tartol* (six-year term)
  • Michelle McCallough* (six-year term)
  • Dave Behrens (two-year term)

Oswego Library District (one two-year and three four-year spots up for election)

  • Terry Friedman* (four-year term)
  • Dana Young* (four-year term)
  • Judith Roberts* (four-year term)
  • Martin Flowers (two-year term)

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