A look ahead to local elections on the November ballot

Now that we’ve come out of the August primary, we can look ahead to November’s election and at the multiple local elections of interest. 

While none of the townships are having elections, the Village council has three seats up this fall and three current council members (Cynthia Dresch, Marsha Chartrand, and Amelia Woods) running for reelection. Although the Village council election is uncontested, the school board election features three current board members and a challenger running for three seats. Current school board members Rebecca Harvey, Mike Austin, and Kim Blumenstein are running, as is Michael Tindall. 

Another local election of interest is the race for County Commissioners Board member representing our district. Since 2011 the Manchester area and all of south-western Washtenaw has been represented by Alicia Ping of Saline. Ping is stepping aside, and the two candidates running to replace her are both from Manchester. Democrat Shannon Beeman is running against Republican Melanie Weidmayer. 

Lastly, current 52nd District State Senator, Democrat Donna Lasinski is being challenged by Manchester resident, Republican Teri Aiuto.

The majority of the Manchester area will have only one proposal on the ballot, a county-wide parks millage proposal.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.