Alexi Giannoulias Illinois Secretary of State | Official Website
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A total of 162 candidates will compete for 85 municipal office positions, including 11 for city and village boards, three for park, fire and library boards and three for school boards.
In the last consolidated election that happened in 2023, Clay County had 9,713 registered voters and 1,716 cast ballots, or 17.67% voter turnout.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Porter | Louisville Township | Trustee | -- |
| Alex Fulk | Bible Grove Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Amy Cole | Flora Unit #35 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Andrew Cox | Xenia Township | Trustee | -- |
| Angela Ruholl | Larkinsburg Township | Trustee | -- |
| Anthony Dawkins | North Clay Unit 25 School Board | School Board | Democratic |
| Anthony Woolever | Flora Unit #35 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Ashley Brooks | North Clay Unit 25 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Ashley Harrison | Larkinsburg Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Athena Vandyke | Blair Township | Multi - Township Assessor | -- |
| Barbara A. McGrew | Harter Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Barry Adair | North Clay Unit 25 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Becky L. Wiley | Harter Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Beth Jones | Village of lola | Trustee | -- |
| Beth Prosser | Village of Clay City | Trustee | -- |
| Bradley L. Clark | Blair Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Brady Shull | Township 8N Range 10E | -- | |
| Brandon T. Duncan | Township 8N Range 5E | -- | |
| Brian Fleener | Louisville Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Brian Reid | Township 4N Range 4# | -- | |
| Bryan West | Bible Grove Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Butch" Erwin | Louisville Township | Clerk | Republican |
| Charity Bohnhoff | Township 7N Range 7E | -- | |
| Charles Deters | Community College District #517 | Trustee | -- |
| Charles Smith | Louisville Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Chris Rinehart | Village of Louisville | President | -- |
| Cody French | Clay City Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Collin Moseley | Harter Township | Trustee | -- |
| Cory Anderson | Songer Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Courtney Hatcher | Flora Unit #35 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Craig Clifton | Village of Louisville | Trustee | Republican |
| Curtis Leib | Flora Unit #35 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Curtis Thompson | Oskaloosa Township | Trustee | -- |
| Cynthia Lockley | Township 4N Range 10E | -- | |
| Darin Quinn | Hoosier Township | Trustee | -- |
| Darla Murphy | Hoosier Township | Trustee | -- |
| Darren Birch | Bible Grove Township | Trustee | -- |
| Dave Rauch | Pixley Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Dawn Cazadd | Village of Xenia | Clerk | Republican |
| Dennis Anderson | Township 2N Range 9E | -- | |
| Derek Storck | Township 5N Range 3E | -- | |
| Devin Aherin | Township 6N Range 7E | -- | |
| Diane Frye | Louisville Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Donald Dillon | Harter Township | Trustee | -- |
| Doug Spitzner | Village of Xenia | Mayor | -- |
| Dustin Thompson | Pixley Township | Trustee | Democratic |
| Dusty Kocher | Township 4N Range 10E | -- | |
| Dusty Thompson | Clay City Unit #10 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Dwight Casolari | Village of Xenia | Trustee | -- |
| Dwight Hancock | Clay City Township | Trustee | -- |
| Edwin Wilson | Village of Sailor Springs | Trustee | Democratic |
| Eric Stanley | Clay City Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Erin Boyd | Clay City Unit #10 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Evan Boose | North Clay Park District | Park Commissioner | -- |
| Evan R. Semple | Township 7N Range 8E | -- | |
| Evan Smith | Songer Township | Clerk | -- |
| Francis H. Niemerg | Township 7N Range 7E | -- | |
| Gail Harris | Hoosier Township | Clerk | -- |
| Gene Birch | Bible Grove Township | Trustee | Democratic |
| Geraldine Foreman | Village of Sailor Springs | Trustee | Democratic |
| Henry Harrington | Oskaloosa Township | Trustee | -- |
| Henry Kessler | Pixley Township | Clerk | Republican |
| J. E. Gilliland | Harter Township | Trustee | -- |
| James L. Fehrenbacher | Harter Township | Clerk | Republican |
| Jamie Myers | Standford Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Jared Payne | Oskaloosa Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Jeannie D. Kincaid | Blair Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Jeremy Chasteen | Township 4N Range 3E | -- | |
| Jeremy Weidner | North Clay Park District | Park Commissioner | Republican |
| Jerod Fleener | Hoosier Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Jerry Burkett | Xenia Fire Protection District | Trustee | Republican |
| Jerry Pilcher | Bible Grove Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Jim Fleener | Hoosier Township | Trustee | -- |
| John Brown | Pixley Township | Trustee | -- |
| John D. Brooks | Illinois Eastern College District #529 | Trustee | -- |
| John Holkenbrink | Louisville Township | Trustee | Republican |
| John Logan Zink | North Clay Park District | Park Commissioner | -- |
| John McLaughlin | Illinois Eastern College District #529 | Trustee | -- |
| John Riley | Standford Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Jon Engelbart | Township 8N Range 8E | -- | |
| Jon Vandyke | Blair Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Jonathan Piperakis | Standford Township | Clerk | Republican |
| Jordan Luttrell | Xenia Township | Trustee | -- |
| Josh Schnepper | Hoosier Township | Trustee | -- |
| Joshua P. Edwards | Village of Xenia | Trustee | -- |
| Judy Czyzewski | Larkinsburg Township | Clerk | -- |
| Judy Porter | Blair Township | Clerk | Democratic |
| Justin Fleener | Bible Grove Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Justin Newby | Bible Grove Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Karen Douglas | Hoosier Township | Multi - Township Assessor | Republican |
| Kathyk Willenborg | Larkinsburg Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Katie Guinn | Oskaloosa Township | Clerk | Republican |
| Kelly Hance | Pixley Township | Trustee | -- |
| Kevin Billingsley | Village of Clay City | Trustee | -- |
| Kevin Henry | Clay City Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Kevin Logan | Larkinsburg Township | Trustee | -- |
| Kevin Wells | Xenia Township | Road Commissioner | Democratic |
| Kim Adair | Hoosier Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Kristina Forth | Village of Xenia | Trustee | -- |
| Kurt Hintz | Standford Township | Trustee | -- |
| Kyle Henton | Township 4N Range 10E | -- | |
| Lacey Sowers | Larkinsburg Township | Road Commissioner | Republican |
| Larry D. Lilly | Community College District #517 | Trustee | -- |
| Larry Harvel | Clay City Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Linda Davidson | Village of Sailor Springs | Trustee | Republican |
| Lindsey Norman | Township 5N Range 3E | -- | |
| Loranda Banker | Clay City Unit #10 School Board | School Board | Democratic |
| Louis Daugherty Jr. | Township 3N Range 4E | -- | |
| Mandy Rieman | Township 6N Range 8E | -- | |
| Mark Winka | Songer Township | Trustee | -- |
| Mary Frazier | Village of Louisville | Trustee | Republican |
| Mary Jo Workman | Clay City Unit #10 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Mary Warren | Flora Unit #35 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Mason Bailey | Oskaloosa Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Matt Byers | Louisville Township | Highway Commissioner | Republican |
| Matt Leak | Songer Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Maverick French | Clay City Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Michael Bryant | Village of lola | Trustee | Republican |
| Michael D. Worthey | Blair Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Michael Kroenlein | Larkinsburg Township | Trustee | -- |
| Michael R. Conn | Township 3N 10E | -- | |
| Mike Delonshaw | Village of Clay City | President | -- |
| Mike Spitzner | Clay City Township | Clerk | -- |
| Misty Lindeman | Clay City Unit #10 School Board | School Board | Republican |
| Mitch Land | Xenia Township | Trustee | -- |
| Mitch Payne | Xenia Township | Trustee | -- |
| Nash H. Naam | Community College District #517 | Trustee | -- |
| Neil Gould | Bible Grove Township | Clerk | -- |
| Nick Niemerg | Township 6N Range 8E | -- | |
| Norman Henderson | Township 4N Range 10E | -- | |
| Pat Greenwood | Songer Township | Trustee | -- |
| Patty Edwards | Oskaloosa Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Rc Franklin Jr. | Village of Clay City | Trustee | -- |
| Rebecca Allen-Odle | Songer Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Richard K. Rice | Songer Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Rick E. Blake | Village of Clay City | President | Republican |
| Roger D. Browning | Illinois Eastern College District #529 | Trustee | -- |
| Roger Herdes | Village of Sailor Springs | President | Republican |
| Ronald Closson | Xenia Fire Protection District | Trustee | -- |
| Rvan Herdes | Village of Sailor Springs | Trustee | -- |
| Ryan Ballard | North Clay Unit 25 School Board | School Board | -- |
| Ryan Leak | Standford Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Scott Montgomery | Community College District #517 | Trustee | -- |
| Shane Stortzum | Blair Township | Highway Commissioner | Republican |
| Shannon Hall | Clay City Township | Supervisor | -- |
| Steve McKnelly | Oskaloosa Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Steve Miller | Village of Louisville | President | -- |
| Steven G. Hosselton | Harter Township | Highway Commissioner | Republican |
| Stevie G. Porter | Blair Township | Trustee | -- |
| Susan G. Batchelor | Illinois Eastern College District #529 | Trustee | Republican |
| Tara Bangert | Pixley Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Terry Workman | Clay City Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Tim Davis | Village of Louisville | Trustee | -- |
| Tim McAllister | Standford Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Tom Leak | Standford Township | Road Commissioner | Democratic |
| Tony Groves | Hoosier Township | Trustee | -- |
| Tony Luttrell | Xenia Township | Supervisor | Republican |
| Tony Ruesken | Larkinsburg Township | Trustee | -- |
| Travis Strausbaugh | Village of Clay City | Trustee | Republican |
| Travis Wilson | Clay City Township | Road Commissioner | -- |
| Troy Frutiger | Pixley Township | Trustee | Republican |
| Vicki Payne | Xenia Township | Clerk | Republican |
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