A Dozen Republicans File For Township Elections

All of the new candidate filings in Kosciusko County, as of about noon Friday, were for township positions.
They all were Republicans as well.
They include:
• Spencer L. Bartlett, Clay Township trustee
• Ashley Gearhart, Franklin Township Board
• Steve Sponseller, Harrison Township Board
• Stephanie Could, Monroe Township trustee
• John R. Mast, Scott Township Board
• Tim Stankovich, Scott Township Board
• Kevin Hohman, Seward Township Board
• Bruce Lankenau, Seward Township Board
• Matt Smith, Seward Township Board
• Bruce Lamb, Van Buren Township Board
• Matthew W. Brubaker, Washington Township trustee
• Lance Grubbs, Wayne Township Board
Previous filings with the county clerk’s office were:
County
– assessor, Republican, Bobbi J. Burkhart.
– assessor, Republican, Jerry Davis Jr.
– auditor, incumbent, Republican, Alyssa Jo Schmucker.
– recorder, incumbent, Republican, Deborah A. “Deb” Wright.
– county council district 3, incumbent, Republican, Anthony W. “Tony” Ciriello.
– county council district 2, incumbent, Republican, Joseph G. Irwin
– county council district 4, incumbent, Republican, David A. Wolkins.
– county council district 1, incumbent, Republican, Kimberly Cates.
– sheriff, incumbent, Republican, James M. “Jim” Smith.
­– county commissioner, southern district, Robert M. “Bob” Conley.
Towns
– Milford Town Council, incumbent, Republican, Doug Ruch.
– Milford Town Council, incumbent, Republican, James A. Smiley.
– Milford Town Council, incumbent, Republican, Kenneth L. Long.
– Milford Town clerk, incumbent, Republican, Patricia Gall.
­– Syracuse Town Council at large, incumbent, Republican, Larry Siegel.
– Syracuse Town Council at large, Republican, Matthew Goodnight.
– Syracuse Town Council at large, Republican, David Rosenberry.
– Syracuse Town Council at large, Republican, Gregory Scott Abbs.
Townships
– Etna Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Joe R. Mooney.
– Etna Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Rita Anglin.
– Franklin Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Ann M. Wiesehan.
– Harrison Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Tracy Moyer.
– Harrison Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Edward Rock.
– Harrison Township Board, incumbent, Republican, John E. Hart.
– Jackson Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Gwendolyn L. Ostrom.
– Jackson Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Jill Slater.
– Jackson Township Board, Republican, Joie Lotz.
– Jackson Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Debbie Wilcoxson.
– Lake Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Molly Bradford.
– Lake Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Kathleen Lokotar.
– Plain Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Greg Anderson.
– Plain Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Craig Charlton.
– Plain Township Board, Republican, Robert Warren Bishop.
– Prairie Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Julia Goon.
– Prairie Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Lila Christner Thompson.
– Prairie Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Gordon R. Drake.
– Prairie Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Connie Himes.
– Scott Township Board, incumbent, Republican, John Dougherty.
– Seward Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Aime Hoffman.
– Tippecanoe Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Mark Lawson.
– Tippecanoe Township Board, incumbent, Republican, Edwin D. “Ed” Clayton.
– Tippecanoe Township trustee, incumbent, Republican, Christopher M. Francis.
Candidate filing began Jan. 7 and ends at noon Friday, Feb. 6.
Election of school board offices will appear only on the November 2026 ballot. Filing for those begins May 15 and ends on June 18 at noon.
For more information about the 2026 elections and topics of interest, visit the Kosciusko County website at www.kosciusko.in.gov; click on the “Menu” button” and then hit the “Elections” tab, which will take you to https://www.kosciusko.in.gov/department/index.php?structureid=32
For state candidate filings, visit https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/candidate-information/