Board of Elections lists November 2025 candidates for school board, township trustees and village council
Compiled by Paula Pyzik Scott
The Allen County and Hancock County Board of Elections show the following candidates for November 2025 races for Bluffton area elected offices: Bluffton Exempted Village Schools board, Orange and Richland Township boards of trustees, and Village of Bluffton council. The deadline for filing candidate petitions was August 6. Some applications are currently shown as valid and some are shown as pending.
Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board
To elect: 3, nonpartisan
- Bradley J Dailey, pending
- Roni L. Kaufman, pending
- Wesley Klinger, pending
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Orange Township Trustees
To elect: 2
- Jeff Scholes, pending
- Thomas D. Wagner, pending
- David A. Warren, pending
Richland Township Trustees
To elect: 2, nonpartisan
- Seth C. Bixel, pending
- Gary Lugibihl, invalid
- Alan D. Myers, pending
Village of Bluffton Council
To elect: 4
- Don C. Burris, Jr., write-in, Democrat, pending
- Thomas Downey, write-in, Republican, pending
- Liz Gordon Hancock, valid
- Phillip A. Talavinia, valid
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- Pirate soccer Annual Alumni Games on August 9
- Phase 1 fundraising goal reached for Legacy Park
- Bluffton Historical meeting is August 6
- Apollo Career Center high school students will eat for free this year
- July 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton School District
- Aug. 6 bridge repair will close I-75 ramp at Bluffton
- Allen County OSU Extension hosts Soil Health and Water Management event