Light ballot in April election

Doesn’t anyone want to run for the Plymouth City Council?

In District 3, apparently not.

The lack of candidates to succeed 3rd District Alderman Donn Davis, who chose not to run for reelection, highlights a light ballot for the April 6 general election.

For the first time this century, there will be no race for mayor of the city of Plymouth. Incumbent Mayor Donald Pohlman will be running unopposed for a third term, the first time since 1998 when there has been no contest for that position.

There will be only one contested race for the 34 seats on the Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors up for election this year, and that will be in the city of Plymouth.

Incumbent 24th District Supervisor Thomas Wegner is being challenged in his bid for a second term on the board by Fred Henschel.

Henschel held the seat representing the south side of the city until two years ago, when he declined to run for re-election and Wegner won the race against Craig Morris to succeed him. Now Henschel has filed papers to run for his old seat against Wegner.

None of the candidates for the other seats on the County Board will be facing opposition in seeking a two-year term as supervisor, although there will be two new faces on the board.

Supervisor Don Schramm is giving up his 16th District seat in the city of Sheboygan after serving a total of 18 years on the board. John Oppeneer was the only candidate to file papers to run for the seat.

In the 26th District, representing the west side of the city of Sheboygan Falls, incumbent Harold Riemer is leaving the board after serving five terms. Reimer had announced two years ago that he would not be a candidate for re-election at that time, but decided to run again after no one else took out papers for the seat.

This year, two people took out papers to run for the seat, but only one — John Raml — filed in time to get on the April ballot.

The only primaries in the county will be in the city of Sheboygan, where three candidates filed to run for three different City Council seats, and for the Cedar Grove-Belgium School Board. The primary election date is Tuesday, Feb. 6.

That contrasts with the city of Plymouth, where three incumbent aldermen — John Anderson in the 1st District, Jim Sedlacek in the 2nd District and Ronald Lade in the 4th District — are running unopposed.

No one filed papers to run for the 3rd District seat being vacated by Davis. Anyone who might be interested in running as a registered write-in candidate may file the necessary forms with the City Clerk’s office at City Hall.

There are three candidates for three open seats on the Plymouth School Board. Incumbent Sally Isely will be unopposed for another term representing area B (outside of the city of Plymouth) and incumbent Tim St. Clair is unopposed for the area C (the entire district) seat.

John Klemme was the only candidate to file for the open area A (city of Plymouth) seat, made available when incumbent Jeffrey Tauscheck chose not to run for re-election.

While each of the seats represents a different area of the school district, all residents of the district may vote for all of the seats.

The Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School Board will have two new faces, but no election contest. Incumbents Debra Dyke and Glenn Schmahl are not running for re-election, and Keith Ruh and Matthew Waage are the only candidates for the two seats on the board.

There will also be no contest for the Elkhart Lake Village Board, but there will be two new trustees elected in April.

Incumbents Tom Nelson and Yvonne Landgraf are not running for re-election. Trustee Steve Kapellen is the only incumbent running for the three open seats.

He will be joined on the ballot by newcomers Lynn Shovan and Pamela Garton.