Incumbent Michael
Trout will face Rich Whitlow in the at-large race for Duneland School Board
in this year’s genera election.
Before deadline
this morning, the Porter County Voters Registration office reported that
Whitlow--a former Chesterton Town Council member and a youth soccer
coach--filed his candidacy.
Candidates for
school board had until noon today to file. Duneland School Board members
Ralph Ayres and Ronald Stone remained uncontested in their races this
morning in the final hour before the 12 p.m. deadline.
The Chesterton
Tribune will report any last-minute candidacies in Monday’s edition.
Ayres holds the
board’s Westchester/Pine Township seat, while Stone is the Liberty Township
representative.
Voters within the
school district will be able to vote in all three races regardless of where
they live or which part of the district a given seat represents.
Candidates run as
independents in school board races and do not declare a political party.
Election Day this
year is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Voters Registration
Democratic Director Kathy Kozuszek said voters in the school district have
one week--Aug. 29 at noon--if they wish to question the validity of a
candidate’s petition of nomination by contacting the County Election Board.
Candidates also
have until noon Monday to withdraw their nominations if they choose,
Kozuszek said.