Voter Guide

Use the BND’s Voter Guide to research candidates running in the 2021 Illinois election

Belleville News-Democrat

Welcome to Belleville News-Democrat’s Voter Guide for the April 6 election.

We have reached out to more than 280 candidates in contested races for city, village and school offices in Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties and asked them to complete a candidate questionnaire.

This election features competitive races for mayor in 18 cities, including Belleville, Lebanon, Edwardsville and Granite City. And there are contested board of education races in 17 area school districts.

The names of candidates who have returned questionnaire responses are hyperlinked so that BND subscribers may access the candidates’ answers to questions about issues important to their communities.

Also, about 120 township candidates in contested races in Madison and St. Clair counties have been invited to send us a link to their campaign website or social media page.

We will continually update this list as we process responses from over 400 candidates across the metro-east.

The early voting period runs from Feb. 25 to April 5. Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. Also, you can request a mail-in ballot from your county clerk or local election commission.

If you have any questions or comments about this list, send your message to Elections2021@bnd.com.

The following candidates are listed in alphabetical order and we have noted where a person has filed as a write-in candidate. Your ballot will not list the names of write-in candidates.

School districts are listed under its primary city.

Use the index menu below to immediately navigate to the races you want to see first.

Jump to contested races in your city:

Alhambra

Alhambra trustees (3 seats open)

  • Jeffrey Hurst
  • Jordan Payne
  • Dean Reckmann
  • Timothy Stille
  • Jessica Take

Belleville

Belleville mayor

Belleville treasurer

Belleville City Council Ward 1 (1 seat open)

Belleville City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

Belleville City Council Ward 3 (1 seat open)

Belleville City Council Ward 7 (1 seat open)

Belleville School District 118 board (3 seats open)

  • Byron Goodrich
  • Mara Hamilton
  • Keith Johnson
  • Aaron Snively
  • Netra Taylor

Brooklyn

Brooklyn School District 188 (4 seats open)

  • Trenton Atkins
  • Vanae Chapman
  • Herbert Cotton
  • Patricia (Atkins) Melton
  • Ivory Scott
  • Jessie Woolfork Jr.

Caseyville

Caseyville mayor

Caseyville clerk

Caseyville trustees (3 seats open)

Collinsville

Collinsville School District 10 (3 seats open)

Columbia

Columbia mayor

Columbia City Council Ward 1 (1 seat open)

Columbia City Council Ward 3 (1 seat open)

Dupo

Dupo mayor

  • Chris Ragsdale
  • Jerald Wilson

Dupo trustees (3 seats open)

  • Ronnie Dell
  • Jerry Goodrich Jr.
  • Dawn Keys
  • Allan Moallankamp
  • James Smith
  • Tammy Taylor

Dupo School District 196 (4 seats open)

East St. Louis

East St. Louis City Council (2 seats open)

East St. Louis School District 189 (4 seats open)

  • La Keisha Adams
  • Victoria Clay
  • Lonzo Greenwood
  • Antionia Ingram
  • Timothy Lockett Sr.
  • Marquietta McAfee

Edwardsville

Edwardsville mayor

Edwardsville City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

Edwardsville City Council Ward 6 (1 seat open)

Edwardsville School District 7 (4 seats open)

  • Jennifer Brumback
  • Allison Carroll
  • John McDole
  • Lelan Olsen
  • Tiffany Paschall
  • Kristen Pfund
  • Jennifer Bauer Pigeon
  • Terri Dalla Riva

Fairmont City

Fairmont City mayor

Fairmont City clerk

Fairmont City trustees (3 seats open)

Fairview Heights

Fairview Heights City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 (4 seats open)

Freeburg

Freeburg School District 70 (2 seats open)

Glen Carbon

Glen Carbon mayor

Glen Carbon clerk

Granite City

Granite City mayor

Granite City City Council Ward 1 (1 seat open)

  • Gerald Williams
  • Terry Perrin

Granite City City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

Granite City School District 9 (4 seats open)

  • Tallin Curran
  • Linda Knogl
  • Steve Roustio
  • Eric Stacy
  • Erica Venne

Highland

Highland City Council (2 seats open)

Lenzburg

Lenzburg trustees (3 seats open)

  • Christine Dasch
  • James Dasch
  • Christopher Lee Laythun Sr.
  • Jodie Politsch
  • Brittany Schofield

Lebanon

Lebanon mayor

Lebanon clerk

  • Luanne Holper
  • Teddy Edgar Sells Jr.

Lebanon City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

  • Camron Price
  • Linda K. Washington

Lebanon School District 9 (4 seats open)

Madison

Madison mayor

Madison City Council Ward 1 (1 seat open)

Madison City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

Madison City Council Ward 3 (1 seat open)

Madison City Council Ward 4 (1 seat open)

Marissa

Marissa trustees (3 seats open)

Marissa School District 40 (2 seats open)

Mascoutah

Mascoutah mayor

Mascoutah City Council (2 seats open)

Mascoutah School District 19 (4 seats open)

New Athens

New Athens mayor

New Athens trustee (3 seats open)

New Baden

New Baden mayor

New Baden trustees (3 seats open)

O’Fallon

O’Fallon City Council Ward 2 (1 seat open)

O’Fallon City Council Ward 3 (1 seat open)

O’Fallon School District 203 (4 seats open)

Pontoon Beach

Pontoon Beach board (3 seats open)

Red Bud

Red Bud School District 132 (4 seats open)

Roxana

Roxana board (3 seats open)

St. Jacob

St. Jacob mayor

  • Raymond Muniz
  • Richard Schiefer

Shiloh

Shiloh mayor

Shiloh trustees (3 seats open)

  • Shawn Boyer
  • Jason L. Holzum
  • Ray Kelly
  • Gregory Peterson
  • Colleen Powers
  • Jay Vernier
  • Matthew Wilke

Smithton

Smithton trustees (3 open seats)

South Roxana

South Roxana mayor

Swansea

Swansea trustees (3 seats open)

Wolf Branch School District 113 2-year term (1 seat open)

Troy

Troy City Council Ward 3 (1 seat open)

  • James Decarli
  • Timothy Flint
  • Charles Lawrenz

Troy City Council Ward 4 (1 seat open)

  • Nathan Henderson
  • Debrah Knoll

Triad School District 2 (3 seats open)

Valmeyer

Valmeyer School District 3 (3 seats open)

  • Stefanie Johnson-Tyberendt
  • Justin Rohlfing
  • Write-in: Kyle Andres
  • Write-in: John Niebruegge

Washington Park

Washington Park mayor

  • Leonard Moore
  • Rickie Thomas

Washington Park trustees (3 seats open)

  • Geneva Dotson
  • Juliette Gosa
  • Kenyahta Moore
  • Carlene Tucker
  • Ferris Williams

Wood River

Wood River mayor

Wood River City Council (2 seats open)

Madison County townships

Collinsville Township Supervisor

  • Derrick Keith Cox
  • Daniel Hopkins

Collinsville Township Highway commissioner

  • Kathy Trucano-Hoelscher
  • Write-in: Lee Gildersleeve

Collinsville Township Trustees (4 seats open)

Edwardsville Township Supervisor

Foster Township Highway commissioner

  • Pat Maher
  • Jacob Strohbeck

Marine Township Supervisor

  • Steven N. Bartlett
  • Steven M. Martin

Marine Township Clerk

  • Jamie Carril
  • Diana Patterson
  • Pamela Voegele

Marine Township Highway commissioner

  • Roger Kampwerth Jr.
  • Andrew Steinkoenig

Marine Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Scott Gieseking
  • Joseph (Joe) Dietz
  • William (Billy) Dillow
  • Kenneth Patterson
  • Kenneth Reinacher

Nameoki Township Supervisor

Nameoki Township Clerk

  • Nicholas Cohan
  • Jamie Vincent

Nameoki Township Highway commissioner

  • Daniel Harper
  • Robert Kirkover

Nameoki Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Dan Abel
  • Margaret “Margie” Cooke
  • Janine Luehmann
  • Jerry McKechan
  • Ernest Morris
  • Fritz Nemsky

Saline Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Mark Gelly
  • Keith Haberer
  • Gervase Ottensmeier
  • Robert Schrumpf
  • Gene Weis

Venice Township Supervisor

  • Mark Crochrell Sr.
  • Andrew Economy

Venice Township Highway commissioner

  • Sean Mosby
  • Kenneth Stanley

Venice Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • William “Beak” Becker
  • Dewanda Crochrel
  • Charles “Mike” Foley
  • Marie Nelson
  • Timothy Wellmaker
  • John Cortez Williams
  • Roshelle Williams-Gardner

Wood River Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Christopher Herzog
  • Ryan Holland
  • Casey Logan
  • Patrick McRae
  • Tony Wendle

St. Clair County townships

Canteen Township Supervisor

  • Norman Miller
  • Debbie Moore

Canteen Township Clerk

  • Princess Blanchard
  • Kawaii Williams

Canteen Township Trustees

  • Cynthia Gutierrez
  • Michael Kokotovich
  • Vivien Miller
  • Angie “Ann” Rodgers
  • Sally J. Rodriguez
  • Wilma Tally
  • Eddie Tucker

Fayetteville Township Superintendent

  • Cynthia Galle
  • Richard Kurtz

Fayetteville Township Highway commissioner

  • Keith Buescher
  • Mitchell Hummert

Freeburg Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Kenneth Bald
  • Scott A. Kraus
  • Phil J. Krieg
  • Marianne E. Recker
  • Nolan Shook

Millstadt Township Supervisor

  • Mary Heberer
  • Travis Jones

O’Fallon Township Clerk

  • Matthew Gilreath
  • David M. Witter

St. Clair Township Superintendent

St. Clair Township Highway commissioner

St. Clair Township Trustees (4 seats open)

Note: The links for Dave Barnes, Michael Isenhart, Julie Zimmerman Miller, John Vosler and Don Wallace all go to the Good of the Township Party Facebook page.

Stookey Township Supervisor

Stookey Township Clerk

  • Frazier Garner
  • Lester (Les) Greene

Stookey Township Highway commissioner

Stookey Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Daniel Barger
  • Monica Brackman
  • James Lougeay
  • Allen W. Scharf
  • Ryan Stookey
  • Steven Thouvenot
  • Daniel “Dan” Weaver

Sugar Loaf Township Clerk

  • Sean Drury
  • V. Maxine Larson

Sugar Loaf Township Highway commissioner

  • Kurt Johnson
  • Justin Roy

Sugar Loaf Township Trustees (4 seats open)

  • Jason Hoffmann
  • Lawrence Hofstetter
  • Aaron Joseph Hoock
  • Blake Johnson
  • John Kenner

This story was originally published February 25, 2021 at 5:00 AM.

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