Politics & Government

Slate of Candidates Set for Local Elections in April

Seats on the Chesterfield City Council, the Monarch Fire Protection District and the Rockwood and Parkway school boards are all up for election along with the position of Chesterfield Mayor.

The race is now official on for municipal, fire protection district and school board candidates in local elections to be held April 2, 2013.

The official filling period expired yesterday on Jan. 15. Here's a final list of candidates for offices that will impact Chesterfield residents.  

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City of Chesterfield

Four of seats on the Chesterfield City Council will be up for election in April, Matt Segal from Ward I, Derek Grier from Ward II, Randy Logan from Ward III and Bob Nation from Ward IV. Chesterfield Mayor Bruce Geiger's term also expires in April. Council members are elected to two-year terms while the mayor serves for four.

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The following individuals have filed:

  • Mayor:
  • Ward I: Adelaida Peterson, Nancy Green Wood, Melissa Heberle
  • Ward II: Derek Grier (incumbent)
  • Ward III: Dan Hurt, David Sodemann Sr., Randy Logan (incumbent)
  • Ward IV: Bruce DeGroot, Pari Sheth, Rich Kastel

Monarch Fire Protection District:

The seat of Monarch Fire Protection District board of director Kim Evans expires in April. Evans has served as a MFPD director for the past 5-1/2 years; she currently is the board president.

The following individuals have filed:

  • Kim Evans (incumbent)
  • Russ Lake
  • Jane Cunningham
  • Cole McNary

Editor's Note: Former board president Rick Gans withdrew his candidancy. 

Parkway School District

Two director positions are open on the Parkway Board of Education, each for a three-year term, in the April 2013 election.  The expiring terms are for Tom Appelbaum and Dr. Sam Sciortino. The seats are not individually up for election, instead the top two vote-getters from all the candidates will be elected to the open spots. 

The following individuals have filed:

  • Sam Sciortino (incumbent)
  • Jenifer A. Clifton
  • Tom Appelbaum, (incumbent)
  • Daniel P. Brodsky
  • Debbie Hopper
  • Brad Williams
  • Ken Eigenberg
  • Diane Finnestead

A candidate forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, March 11, at Parkway South Middle School, 760 Woods Mill Rd., 63011.

Editor's Note: Annette Read has withdrawn her candidancy. 

Rockwood School District:

Rockwood School District's Board of Education will fill two seats, as the terms of directors Janet Strate and Stephen Banton expire in April.

Kathy Chitwood, secretary to the Rockwood Board of Education, confirmed Strate and Banton have filed. Strate was first elected to the board in 2004. Banton was elected to the board in 1998, and is completing his fifth term.

On Monday, two more candidates filed:  Loralee Mondl and Jeffrey Morrell.


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