South Central Reporter

Municipal officials in Bond County — including mayors, village board members, and school board members — are on the ballot on April 1, the first Tuesday in April.

A total of 164 candidates will compete for 75 municipal office positions, including 26 for city and village boards, one for park, fire and library boards and nine for school boards.

In the last consolidated election that happened in 2023, Bond County had 10,722 registered voters and 2,072 cast ballots, or 19.32% voter turnout.

In 2021, Bond County saw 10,793 registered voters participate, with 2,678 ballots cast—a voter turnout of 24.81%.

The party listed for each individual in the table below reflects their voter history affiliation — i.e., the political party they’ve aligned with in recent elections. This is not necessarily the party they are officially running under in the current race.

Name	District	Position Running for	Affiliated Party
Aaron Schuster	Highland Community #5	School Board	--
Adam Evans	Burgess Township	Supervisor	Democratic
Adam Simmonds	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	Republican
Allie Hunter	Pocahontas Village	Trustee	--
Amanda Evans	Burgess Township	Clerk	Democratic
Amanda Rakers	Breese Elementary School District #12	School Board	--
Amanda Wilkie	Kingsbury Park District	KPD	Republican
Amy Wright	Mulberry Grove Village	Trustee	--
Andrew Huff	Greenville City	Council Member	Republican
Andrew Jackson	Pierron Village	Trustee	--
Angela Strohkirch	Smithboro Village	Clerk	--
Anthony Rapien	Sorento Village	President	Democratic
Ashley Riedemann	La Grange Township	Clerk	Democratic
Barydon L. Mason	Donnellson Village	Trustee	--
Bernard Myers	La Grange Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Bernice Lurkins	Old Ripley Township	Trustee	Republican
Bill Carpenter	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	--
Bob Suess	Central Township	Road Commissioner	--
Bobbie A. Kloever	Smithboro Village	Mayor	--
Bradley Tompkins	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	Republican
Brady N. Lingley	Central Township	Trustee	--
Brandon Hogg	Central Community #71	School Board	--
Brett Benhoff	Breese Elementary School District #12	School Board	--
Brooke Zachry Myers	Carlyle Community Unit #1	School Board	--
Carl Albert	Pleasant Mound Township	Supervisor	Democratic
Carla Elam	Tamalco Township	Trustee	Democratic
Carolyn McAley	Tamalco Township	Trustee	Democratic
Catherine Will	Tamalco Township	Clerk	--
Chad Hartlieb	Breese Elementary School District #12	School Board	Republican
Charles Mark Dixon	Panama Village	Mayor	--
Cherie Henson	Mulberry Grove Village	Trustee	Republican
Chris Hilderbrand	Old Ripley Village	Trustee	Republican
Christina Matthews	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	Republican
Clayton Hilderbrand	Shoal Creek Township	Road Commissioner	Democratic
Craig Finke	Community Colleges	School Board	--
Craig Helmkamp	Tamalco Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Dale Evans	La Grange Township	Road Commissioner	--
Dale Hastings	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	Republican
Dale Miller	Mulberry Grove Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Dana Hannig	Panama Village	Trustee	--
Daniel Forsberg	Greenville City	Council Member	--
Daniel McAley	Tamalco Township	Trustee	--
Danny Beard Jr.	Pocahontas Village	Trustee	Democratic
Deb Whicker	Mulberry Grove Township	Trustee	--
Dena C. Brammeier	Carlyle Community Unit #1	School Board	--
Dennis Lingley	Central Township	Supervisor	Republican
Dennis Maroon	Burgess Township	Trustee	Democratic
Dianne Siebert	Mulberry Grove Village	Clerk	Democratic
Dick Newman	Highland Community #5	School Board	--
Doug Blankenship	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	Republican
Doug Willis	Mulberry Grove Township	Trustee	--
Elvira Rowe	Donnellson Village	Mayor	--
George Barber	Greenville City	Mayor	Republican
Grace Carpenter	Old Ripley Village	Trustee	--
Grant Trudel	Kingsbury Park District	KPD	--
Harold Palmer	Greenville City	Mayor	Democratic
Heather Emery	Keyesport Village	Trustee	--
Holli Crawford	Highland Community #5	School Board	--
Ivan Estevez	Greenville Village	Council Member	Democratic
Jack L. Wall	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	Republican
James Blankenship	Mulberry Grove Village	Trustee	Republican
Janice Rommerskirchen	Pierron Village	Trustee	Democratic
Jared Mettler	Old Ripley Township	Trustee	Republican
Jeff Barbey	Mills Township	Trustee	--
Jeff Reymond	Mills Township	Trustee	--
Jeff Tischhauser	Mills Township	Trustee	--
Jeffrey L. Wade	Central Township	Trustee	Republican
Jeffrey Schaible	Highland Community #5	School Board	Republican
Jennifer Baldwin	Pleasant Mound Township	Clerk	Republican
Jessica Buatte	Mulberry Grove Township	Supervisor	Republican
Jessica Hogg	Breese Elementary School District #12	School Board	--
Jessica Thompson	Donnellson Village	Trustee	--
Jim Thomas	Sorento Village	Trustee	--
Joel Turner	Sorento Village	Trustee	--
John B. Dankoski	Donnellson Village	Mayor	Republican
John Masterson	Burgess Township	Trustee	Democratic
John Tompkins	Pleasant Mound Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
John W. Hawley	Community Colleges	School Board	--
Jon R. Miller	Community Colleges	School Board	--
Julie Koerkenmeier	Central Community #71	School Board	--
Julie Lohman	Shoal Creek Township	Trustee	Democratic
Julie Poettker	Old Ripley Village	Trustee	--
Kassie Greenwood	Hillsboro Community #3	School Board	--
Kathryn Comish	Highland Community #5	School Board	--
Katlyn Obermark	Mills Township	Clerk	Republican
Keith Lentz	Keyesport Township	Trustee	Republican
Keith Scoggins	Mulberry Grove Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Keith Steiner	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	--
Kelly Derrick	Central Township	Clerk	Republican
Kelly Haller	Burgess Township	Road Commissioner	Nonpartisan
Kenneth Carver	Keyesport Village	Mayor	--
Kevin Tipsword	Shoal Creek Township	Trustee	Democratic
Kori Voss	Central Community #71	School Board	--
Kyle Littlefield	Greenville City	Council Member	Republican
Larry E. Suess	Central Township	Trustee	Republican
Laura Myers	La Grange Township	Trustee	Republican
Linda Stover	Community Colleges	School Board	--
Lois Spies	Old Ripley Township	Trustee	Republican
Lonnie Kuhn	Tamalco Township	Supervisor	Democratic
Lowell Halford	Sorento Village	Trustee	Republican
Luke Flagg	Old Ripley Township	Trustee	Republican
Lynn Ulmer	Kingsbury Park District	KPD	Republican
Mark Blankenship	Mulberry Grove Township	Trustee	Democratic
Mark Hall	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	Democratic
Marsha Martin	Keyesport Village	Treasurer	Republican
Mary Adams	Roe Bond, Christian, Effingham, Fayette and Montgomery	School Board	--
Mary Ann Bloemker	Pleasant Mound Township	Clerk	Republican
Mary Lou Voss	Central Community #71	School Board	--
Matt Elam	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Republican
Matthew Hawley	Pocahontas Village	Trustee	Democratic
Matthew L. Jones	Hillsboro Community #3	School Board	--
Michael Knebel	Panama Village	Trustee	Republican
Michael Lucco	Burgess Township	Trustee	Democratic
Michael Niepert	Mulberry Grove Township	Trustee	Democratic
Mike Burlingame	Mulberry Grove Village	President	--
Mike Mueller	Burgess Township	Trustee	--
Nancy Grotts	Tamalco Township	Trustee	Democratic
Nathan Kirby	Hillsboro Community #3	School Board	--
Newton Albert	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Democratic
Nicholas Suess	Central Township	Assessor	Republican
Noah Notter	Panama Village	Trustee	--
Pam Omelson	Mulberry Grove Township	Clerk	--
Pam Sidwell	Shoal Creek Township	Trustee	--
Parish Klawitter	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Democratic
Parker Wrobbel	Highland Community #5	School Board	Democratic
Patrick Forhan	Pocahontas Village	Trustee	Republican
Phill Buatte	Mulberry Grove Township	Trustee	--
Quinton Lindahl	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	--
Ramona Mollett	La Grange Township	Supervisor	Republican
Randall Blankenship	Keyesport Village	Mayor	Republican
Ray Wesely	Roe Madison	School Board	--
Robert Brewer	Shoal Creek Township	Trustee	--
Robert Langel	Old Ripley Township	Supervisor	Republican
Robert Malisia	Panama Village	Trustee	--
Robert Manning	Shoal Creek Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Robert Obermark	Mills Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Roger G. Gruner	Shoal Creek Township	Trustee	Republican
Ronald Hartnagel	Pierron Village	President	Republican
Ronald Lurkins	Old Ripley Township	Road Commissioner	Republican
Ross Tompkins	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	--
Russell Cripe	La Grange Township	Trustee	Republican
Ryan Bauer	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Democratic
Shannon Links	Bond County Community Unit #2	School Board	Democratic
Shawna Henrichsmeyer	Mulberry Grove Village	Trustee	--
Shelby O'Brian	Old Ripley Village	Clerk	--
Stacey Sidwell	Shoal Creek Township	Supervisor	Democratic
Stacy Mesnard	Roe Bond, Christian, Effingham, Fayette and Montgomery	School Board	Republican
Stephanie Wernle	La Grange Township	Trustee	Republican
Steve Creek	Mulberry Grove Unit #1	School Board	--
Steve Lanxon	Highland Community #5	School Board	--
Susan Kovach	Pocahontas Village	Trustee	Democratic
Terri R. Parks	Old Ripley Village	Mayor	Democratic
Terry Derrick	Central Township	Trustee	Republican
Thomas Steiner	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Republican
Tina Elam	Shoal Creek Township	Clerk	Democratic
Todd Goodin	Pleasant Mound Township	Trustee	Democratic
Todd Kloever	Smithboro Village	Trustee	--
Toni Klitzing	Pierron Village	Clerk	Democratic
Trevor Suess	Mills Township	Supervisor	Republican
Troy Walker	Mills Township	Trustee	Republican
Valerie Klenke	Old Ripley Township	Clerk	Republican
Virginia Kenny	Donnellson Village	Trustee	Republican
William Christian Sr.	Hillsboro Community #3	School Board	--
William Riedemann	La Grange Township	Trustee	Republican