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2025 November election preview stories:

(Stories added as they are published.)
Levies
What's on the ballot? Part 2: Southern Mercer EMS, Franklin fire levies
By William Kincaid
Still very much in its infancy, the Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District is asking voters to once again support a levy to help fund its operation.
Voters in Gibson, Granville, Marion and Recovery townships and the villages of Burkettsville, Chickasaw, Fort Recovery and St. Henry will decide on a five-year, 0.75-mill replacement tax levy for the benefit of the Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. [More]
What's on the 2025 Ballot? Part 3: Auglaize tax measures
By Abigail Miller
  WAPAKONETA - A 10-year renewal of Auglaize County's existing sales and use tax of 0.5% is on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
The 0.5% sales tax, in place since 1996, generates approximately 20% of the overall revenue for the county's general revenue fund. It averages around $4 million of total revenue annually. [More]
School Boards
Forum introduces five Celina BOE candidates
By William Kincaid
  CELINA - The community had an opportunity Wednesday evening to hear from five candidates running for two open seats on the Celina City Schools Board of Education.
A few dozen residents gathered in the high school lecture hall for the Celina Education Association-sponsored Meet the Candidates Night to get a handle on the educational views and positions of incumbent board members Carl Huber and Mark Huelsman, and challengers John Gabriel, Theresa Howick and Andrea Kuehne. [More]
What's on the 2025 Ballot Part 4: St. Marys BOE
By Abigail Miller
  ST. MARYS - St. Marys City Schools district voters are set to choose three school board members from four candidates vying for the seats in next month's general election.
Incumbents Ron Wilker and Karl Dammeyer are up for reelection. They are joined in the race by newcomers Jared Duebler and Cameron Aller. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 11: New Bremen BOE
By Erin Gardner
  NEW BREMEN - New Bremen Local Schools district voters are set to choose four school board members from eight candidates vying for the seats in next month's general election.
The terms of four of the five current board members - Eric Dicke, Michele Bambauer, Michelle Busse and Suzanne Wells - expire at the end of the year. Dicke was the only incumbent who filed to run. [More]
Village and City Offices
What's on the 2025 Ballot? Part 4: St. Marys council
By Abigail Miller
  ST. MARYS - Voters in the 4th Ward of St. Marys will have a choice between two local women to represent them on city council during the Nov. 4 general election. It's the only contested city council race this year.
Incumbent Democrat Arienne Childrey, appointed to the seat by the county's Democratic party in January, will go up against Republican Erin Buchanan for the seat previously held for 20 years by the late Robin Willoughby. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 5: Celina City Council
By William Kincaid
  CELINA - The composition of Celina City Council is poised for a major shakeup as three councilors, all Republicans, opted not to file for reelection this year, and four of five council races are contested in the Nov. 4 general election.
Ward 1 councilor Myron Buxton, Ward 2 councilor Eric Baltzell and Ward 3 councilor Mark Fleck each declined to seek another four-year term on city council. Others, however, are waiting in the wings to claim the seats. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 6: Rockford council
By Erin Gardner
ROCKFORD - Five candidates are vying to fill four open Rockford Village Council seats in the Nov. 4 general election.
The seats are currently held by Marcas Heitkamp, Mark Heitkamp, Chris Heitkamp and Shane Young.

Austin Gause
Austin Gause is a 29-year-old heavy equipment operator. He has a high school education. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 7: Celina City Council
By William Kincaid
  CELINA - The composition of Celina City Council is poised for a major shakeup as three councilors, all Republicans, opted not to file for reelection this year, and four of five council races are contested in the Nov. 4 general election.
Ward 1 councilor Myron Buxton, Ward 2 councilor Eric Baltzell and Ward 3 councilor Mark Fleck each declined to seek another four-year term on city council. Others, however, are waiting in the wings to claim the seats. [More]
Township Trustees
What's on the Ballot? Part 8: Dublin Township trustee candidates
By Erin Gardner
  DUBLIN TOWNSHIP - Incumbent township trustees Tim Metz and Bart Walls are being challenged by Loren Shindeldecker for two open trustee seats in the Nov. 4 general election.
Tim Metz
Metz, 52, has been a Dublin Township trustee for three terms.
Having a high school education from Parkway High School, he is a press operator at Reynolds and Reynolds. He and his wife have two sons and one grandchild. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 9: Marion Township trustees
By William Kincaid
  MARION TOWNSHIP - Long-serving Marion Township trustees Ronald Bruns and Larry R. Reichert are facing a challenge from political newcomer Andrew T. Kremer in the Nov. 4 general election.
Marion Township's board is made up of three trustees, who each serve four-year terms. Bruns and Reichert are both seeking reelection this year. Trustee Perry Unrast won't be up for reelection until 2027. [More]
What's on the Ballot? Part 10: Jefferson Township trustees
By William Kincaid
  JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - A crowded field of candidates is vying for two open seats on the Jefferson Township Board of Trustees in the Nov. 4 general election.
Long-entrenched incumbents Keith G. Houts and Kent Marbaugh argue their decades of experience and procedural knowledge make them the best candidates for the job, while four challengers - Chad Braun, Kyle Gray, Bob McNew and John Woods - insist it's time for a new set of trustees with fresh ideas about governance. [More]
Overview
What's on the Ballot?
Part 1: Celina school levy leads Mercer Co. tax votes
By Daily Standard Staff
  By WILLIAM KINCAID, ABIGAIL MILLER and ERIN GARDNER
newsroom@dailystandard.com
CELINA - With Election Day now just 32 days away and early voting set to start next week, voters in Mercer and Auglaize counties are preparing to make decisions on city, village, township and school district leaders as well as a variety of levy proposals to fund government operations and public services. [More]
Early voting is underway
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Early voting got underway Tuesday for the Nov. 4 general election that has major economic implications for local schools, governments and various agencies and departments.
Among the issues at stake in Mercer County this general election a [More]
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