CAMBRIDGE – Guernsey County only had two write-in candidates file to run in the November 2025 general election, said Lori Bamfield, Guernsey County’s Board of Elections director.
Bryan Prater has filed to run for the mayor of Cumblerland. And Lori Parry will run for the full-term spot in the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center’s northern division. It’s an overlapping race among Guernsey, Washington, Monroe, Noble, Morgan, Muskingum and Perry counties.
Bamfield reminded voters the write-in candidates’ names will not appear on the ballot alongside those who previously filed, but there will be a space for voters to write them in if they wish to vote for them.
The deadline to register to vote in this year’s general election is Oct. 6. Early voting will begin Oct. 7, at the board of elections located at 627 Wheeling Ave. For more information, visit the board’s website.
Here’s a look at the other candidates, tax levies issues that will appear on the 2025 ballot:
What issues will be on the November ballot in Guernsey County?
Cambridge − renewal for 3.9 mills and five years for fire
Cumberland − property tax for six mills and five years for current expenses
Fairview − property tax renewal for 4.7 mills and five years for current expenses
Quaker City − property tax renewal for 1.5 mills and five years for sewage disposal
Adams Township − property tax renewal for 1.5 mills and five years for road improvement and maintenance
Cambridge Township − property tax renewal for three mills and five years for road improvements
Richland Township (excluding Senecaville and a part of Lore City) − property tax renewal for one mill and five years for fire
Richland Township (excluding Senecaville and a part of Lore City) − property tax renewal for one mill and five years for roads
Richland Township (including Senecaville and a part of Lore City) − property tax renewal for one mill and five years for cemeteries
Westland Township − property tax renewal for three mills and five years for roads
Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District − property tax renewal for 9.2 mills and five years for current expenses
Who is seeking office in Cambridge?
Cambridge City Council president ‒ Jeff Leonard (Republican)
Cambridge City treasurer ‒ Michael Sikora (Democrat)
Cambridge City Council at-large (three to be elected) ‒ Tim Evancho (Republican), Ernest Gardner Jr. (Republican), Thomas Laughman II (Democrat)
Ward 1 ‒ Steve Mourer (Democrat)
Ward 2 ‒ Kim McMillen (Democrat)
Ward 3 ‒ John Wolverton (Democrat)
Ward 4 ‒ Mike Zaleski (Republican)
Candidates for office in Guernsey County’s villages
Byesville council (four to be elected) ‒ Heath Dawson, Donald Gadd, Tom Miller, Marj Warner
Cumberland mayor ‒ Derek Brown
Cumberland council (four to be elected) ‒ Gary Stevens
Fairview council (four to be elected) ‒ Lora Cunningham, Connie Gibbons, Greg Gibbons, Ashley McConnell, James Steele
Lore City council (four to be elected) ‒ no one filed
Old Washington council (four to be elected) ‒ Thomas Allen, Kenneth LePage, Greg Shepherd, Justin Shepherd
Pleasant City council (four to be elected) ‒ Joyce Bayly, Sydney Regan, Melanie Scurlock, Christopher Willis
Pleasant City Board of Public Affairs (one to be elected) ‒ no candidate filed
Quaker City council (four to be elected) ‒ Leota Alwine, Don Burkhart, Kimberley Canel, Savannah Conrad, Brandon Gardine, Ray Lucas
Senecaville mayor ‒ Patrick Endly
Senecaville council (four to be elected) ‒ Debbie Endly, Rebecca Forbes
Candidates for office in Guernsey County’s school boards
Cambridge City (three to be elected) ‒ David Evancho, Heath Hayes, Dave Peoples
East Guernsey (three to be elected) ‒ Brandon Lippert, Darcy Wakefield Dower, Tom Yeckley
Rolling Hills (two to be elected) ‒ Alan Folkert, Frank Mathews, Lacey McCombs
Questions and issues on the fall ballot in Guernsey County
Sunday sales in Quaker City and Millwood Township
Regular and Sunday sales at High Street Seneca in Senecaville
Shawn Digity is a reporter for the Zanesville Times Recorder. He can be emailed at sdigity@gannett.com or found on X at @ShawnDigityZTR.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: What will be on the fall ballot in Guernsey County? Roundup of candidates and issues
Reporting by Shawn Digity, Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian / The Daily Jeffersonian
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