Keokuk, IA – Voters in Lee and Des Moines Counties will have few choices to make when they go to the polls to decide local school board races. There are just 22 people running for 19 available seats.
The only contested races on the September 8 ballot will be in Keokuk and Burlington. Six people are running for three open seats in Keokuk while four are seeking three open spots on the Burlington School Board.
The races to fill a vacancy on the Keokuk School Board and open seats on the Central Lee, Fort Madison, Danville, Mediapolis, and West Burlington School Boards are all uncontested.
Meanwhile, there will be a contested race for a seat on the Southeastern Community College Board of Trustees and several ballot initiatives.
* denotes incumbent
Keokuk School Board
Four year term (select three)
Wilson Davis, Jr.*
Tyler McGhghy*
Roger Kokemuller
Jennifer Seitz
Chris Lindner
Alka Khanolkar
To fill a vacancy (select one)
Mike Steinkruger.
Central Lee School Board
Four year term-District 4 (select one)
John Johnson*
Four year term-District 5 (select one)
Verna Brunstein*
Fort Madison School Board
Four year term (select three)
Denise Gray*
Timm Lamb
Tim Wondra
Burlington School Board
Four year term (select three)
Linda Garwood*
Don Harter*
Darven Kendell*
Dean Vickstrom*
Danville School Board
Four year term (select two)
Matthew Parrott
Sandy Dockendorff
Mediapolis School Board
Four year term-District 3 (select one)
Dawn Dunnegan*
Four year term-District 4 (select one)
Kenton Klenk*
Four year term-District 6 (select one)
Michael Brown*
West Burlington School Board
Four year term (select two)
Steve Young*
SCC Board of Trustees
Four year term-District 2 (select 1)
Lanny Hillyard*
Four year term-District 3 (select 1)
Jeff Heland*
David Walker