Who’s Running?

County Election Update

In the August 6th Republican Primary 6 of the 7 current commissioners have no opposition but voters in the 5th District  that includes Brooks (south of the river) and Garfield townships and the city of Newaygo will see three names on the ballot. Lori Tubbergen Clark, Thomas Smith and Lavern Willett each seek to succeed current Commish Ken DeLaat who will leave office after serving 3 terms. 

The Drain Commissioner race is also a 3 way with incumbent Dale Twing facing challenges from Adam Campbell of Grant and current Croton Township Supervisor Morgan Heinzman. 
Sheriff Bob Mendham has competition from  former deputy Adam Mercer for the top badge in the county while Register of the Deeds Stewart Sanders faces opposition from Grant realtor Kelly Pangburn and County Clerk Jason VanderStelt will be contested by April Pickard who is currently employed at the Clerk's office. 
There are no candidates for county offices on the Democratic side.

We plan on sending out a few questions to the candidates in the contested races over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned. 
Got a question you would like to pose to our candidates? Send it to us at [email protected] and we will give it a look.