Election Day 2025 is Tuesday

Election Day 2025 is Tuesday, April 1st. 

Polls will be open from 6am to 7pm. Early Voting has been going on at the Effingham County Clerk's office for some time and will continue until Election Day.

The Effingham Unit 40 Board of Education has an unusual situation, in that those running didn't file before the deadline to get on the ballot, so they are running as write-ins. That includes Desha Wear and Erica Boone, currently on the Board, who are running for four-year terms, and Chad Thompson, currently on the board, who is running for an unexpired two-year term that is the result of a resignation.There is one other candidate, Brandon Duncan, who filed on time and who will be on the ballot. Duncan is not currently serving on the board. The fourth incumbent, Steve Bone, is not seeking re-election.

The Effingham Park Board has two seats to be filled, but no one filed before the deadline to get on the ballot. There are two incumbents; one of those, Mike Cunningham, is seeking re-election, but Angie Kronewitter is not seeking another term. Local resident Manny Wei has indicated that he is interested in serving on the Board. Following the election, the Park Board will appoint individuals to fill the open seats.

Here are those seeking election in other contests:

ALTAMONT--this is typically not an Election Day for the City of Altamont, but the remainder of the mayoral term will be filled by the winner Tuesday between Mike Walker, a city commissioner who has been Acting Mayor since Dan Milleville's resignation last year, along with Richard S. Finn and former city commissioner Todd Slingerland.

TEUTOPOLIS--incumbent Village President David Repking is seeking re-election but is facing a challenge from Tina Thompson. There are also six candidates for three village trustee seats...Brian Meyer, Angela Kroeger, Robin Imburgia, Gregory S. Oseland, Scott M. Overbeck and David Tegeler.

BEECHER CITY--there are two candidates for Village President, incumbent Rita Felty and challenger Jason Wells. There are three candidates on the ballot for three village trustee seats...Doug Ray, Denise Childress and Stacey Bowlin

DIETERICH--incumbent Brad Hardiek is unopposed for re-election as Village President. There are three candidates for three four-year terms as village trustees...Pamela Hartke, Matthew Flowers and Stacy Welter. Berdeena Leturno is the only candidate on the ballot for an unexpired two-year trustee term

EDGEWOOD--James R. Phillips is the only candidate on the ballot for Village President. There are three candidates for three trustee positions...Mike Cox, Carissa Phillips and Jeff Leasher

MONTROSE--Brad Horton is the only candidate on the ballot for Village President. There are no candidates on the ballot for three four-year terms as village trustee, but Laura Schorman is seeking election to fill a two-year unexpired term as village trustee

SHUMWAY--Jerry Herrmann is running unopposed as Village President. Derrick Helmbacher is running unopposed as Village Clerk. Jason Herrmann is the only person on the ballot running for one of four village trustee positions. There is also a two-year unexpired trustee term, but no candidate is on the ballot.

WATSON--Duane Sapp is running unopposed as Village President. Tom Freeman is running unopposed as Village Clerk. There are four candidates on the ballot for one of four village trustee seats...Bryan Fergus, Rhonda Goeckner, Kurt Hagen and Kevin Koester. There are two candidates for one of two unexpired two-year terms...Austin Hartke and Colby Higgs. 

MASON--there are two candidates for mayor...Sandra Henderson and Donald Leasher, Jr. Tina Moore is running unopposed for town clerk. Lisa O'Leary is running unopposed for town treasurer. There are three seats are open for town trustee, but Vivian Cain is the only candidate on the ballot

As far as Park District trustees, in addition to Effingham:

DIETERICH PARK DISTRICT--Nicholas Gipson is the only trustee candidate on the ballot, but there are three seats open

MASON TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT--there is one full term open and Kathy Mosley is the lone candidate on the ballot. There are two people running for one of two four-year unexpired terms..Tom Jansen and Tina Moore

TEUTOPOLIS PARK DISTRICT--Angela Hartke is the only candidate on the ballot for one seat on the board

As far as school board candidates, in addition to Effingham Unit 40:

ALTAMONT UNIT 10--there are three candidates for one of three four-year terms...Alonzo Shoaf, Robert Roedl and Dale Laue. All three are incumbents seeking re-election.

BEECHER CITY UNIT 20--there are two candidates on the ballot seeking one of three four-year terms...Jordan Shields and Clifton Miller. The Board will need to appoint someone to fill the third seat.

DIETERICH UNIT 30--there are five candidates to fill one of three four-year terms...Devin Aherin, Nick Niemerg, Francis H. Niemerg, Charity Bohnhoff and Jon Engelbart. There is also an unexpired two-year term to fill, but no one filed for that seat, so the Board will have to fill that vacancy after the election.

TEUTOPOLIS UNIT 50--there are four candidates seeking to fill one of three four-year terms...incumbents Courtney Tegeler, Kari R. Thompson and Erin Ordner and challenger Jessy J. Draves

LAKE LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES--there are three candidates for one of two full six-year seats on the board...Dr. Nash Naam of Effingham, Chuck Deters of Teutopolis and Scott Montgomery of Mattoon. There is also a four-year unexpired term to fill. Larry Lilly of Mattoon, who is now serving on the Board, is the only candidate for that seat. Dave Storm of Effingham and Kevin Curtis of Mattoon are not seeking re-election. 

Here's who's running in township precincts:

BANNER TOWNSHIP--Supervisor: Dean Wetherell...Clerk--Linda Soltwedel...Highway Commissioner--Jacob Herrmann...Trustee--Mary Ann Hoeffliger, Ronald Kelly, Stanley Kirchhofer and Darren Klepzig are the four candidates for four seats

BISHOP TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Douglas Kinkelaar...Clerk--Dorothy Worman...Highway Commissioner--Joseph Worman...Trustee--Mark Brummer, Clara Schmidt, Lawrence Uthell, Brian Hartke and Robert Beckman are the five candidates for four seats

DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Joann Jansen...Clerk--Mary Jo Althoff...Assessor--Roger Braun...Highway Commissioner--Daniel Will...Trustee--Jessy Draves, Tim Jansen, Judy Wiethop, Nick Althoff and Paul Bloemer are the five candidates for four seats

JACKSON TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Lyle Westfall...Clerk--Deborah Conner...Highway Commissioner--Adam Robertson and Mitchell Myers...Trustee--Ed Hoopingarner, Kevin Hoopingarner, Keith Lowry and Lisa Tegeler are the four candidates for four seats

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Glen Donaldson and Steve Donaldson...Clerk--Melody Lilly...Highway Commissioner--Shane Brandt...Trustee--John Sloan, Jack Riley, Mark Herrmann, George Kessler and Steve Raifsnider are the five candidates for four seats

LUCAS TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Josh Bierman...Clerk--Curtis Stortzum...Highway Commissioner--Rodney Grunloh...Trustee--Mike Garbe, Ronald Grunloh, Jason Niemerg and Bradley Wendte are the four candidates for four seats

MASON TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Nancy Heath...Clerk--Cathy Hille...Highway Commissioner--Jacob Cain and Blaine McWhorter...Trustee--Lee Sims, Mike McGuire, Lonnie Jansen, Frank Webster and Dale Bushue are the five candidates for four seats

MOCCASIN TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Jeffery Wendling...Clerk--Roy Wendte...Highway Commissioner--Doug Hammer...Trustee--Leo Stuckemeyer, Daron Stuckemeyer, Adam Holste and Willard Kopplin are the four candidates for four seats

MOUND TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Bradley Simcox...Clerk--Christine Simcox...Highway Commissioner--Rodney Allen Schultz...Trustee--Christopher "Alan" Kollmann, Tom Roepke, Michael W. Bowman and Donald D. Zeigler are the four candidates for four seats

ST. FRANCIS TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Dennis Miller...Clerk--Thomas A. Vahling...Highway Commissioner--no candidate...Trustee--Duane P. Will, Alexander D. Hartke, Bernard Vahling and Christopher J. Hartke are the four candidates for four seats

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--John Perry...Clerk--Shirley J. Moore...Assessor--no candidate...Highway Commissioner--Joe L. Workman...Trustee--Alfred E. (Gene) Arnold, William Robert Hoene, Ellen Jane Hoene and Ralph Vogel are the four candidates for four seats

TEUTOPOLIS TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Dave Apke...Clerk--Jonathan Wilhelms...Highway Commissioner--Tom Rauch...Trustee--Charles Semple, Larry Funneman, Roy Weber and Larry Koester are the four candidates for four seats

UNION TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Robert J. Klingler...Clerk--Vicky A. Storm...Highway Commissioner--Brad Garbe...Trustee--Douglas B. Hewkin, Steven J. Klingler and Nicholas R. Lindsay are the three candidates for four seats

WATSON TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Fred W. Percival...Clerk--Rob Arnold...Highway Commissioner---Steve Bergfeld...Trustee--Diane Arnold, Brooke Decker, Sheila Percival and Sean Sherrod are the four candidates for four seats

WEST TOWNSHIP--Supervisor--Scott Beal...Clerk--Iris Ashbaugh...Highway Commissioner--Melvin Stuemke...Trustee--Wendell Alwardt, Michael Runge, Bradley Suckow and Mark Holland are the four candidates for four seats

MULTI-TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR DISTRICTS:

BANNER-LIBERTY-MOCCASIN--no candidate

BISHOP-LUCAS--no candidate

JACKSON-MASON-MOUND-WEST--no candidate

ST. FRANCIS-TEUTOPOLIS--no candidate

UNION-WATSON--no candidate

SHUMWAY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TRUSTEE

Randall J. Thoele and Danny Klepzig are the two candidates for two seats

STEWARDSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TRUSTEE

Brian Schultz and Judy Tabbert are the two candidates for two seats