Filing underway for school boards, special districts

(Fremont County, WY) – While voters prepare for the Aug. 18 primary, another election deadline is approaching for the nonpartisan races that will appear on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot.

The candidate filing period for Fremont County school boards and special districts opened Aug. 5 and continues through Aug. 24.

As of Monday, Aug. 10, the following candidates had already filed:

  • Central Wyoming College Board of Trustees: Craig Tolman
  • Lower Wind River Conservation District: Ron Lucas and Scott D. Pettit
  • Dubois Fire District: Michael P. Codevilla and Gary Bradbury
  • Fremont Fire District: John “Red” Fyler, Kelly Gardner, and Paul J. Downey
  • Fremont County School District 25: Jody Ray and Terry Cantrell
  • Lander Senior Citizen Service District: David Brinda, Joe Henry, and Patricia Kopriva
  • Shoshoni Senior Citizen Service District: Teresa Taylor
  • Dubois Cemetery District: Rosemary Graff
  • Mountain View Cemetery District: Gerri Boesch, Robert B. Davis, and Rose Stanbury

Open seats

Numerous local school board and special district seats are open for filing for the General Election.

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In Fremont County School District 1 (Lander) and FCSD 2 (Dubois), there are four four-year seats available on the school board, along with one two-year unexpired term. 

In FCSD 6 (Wind River) there are three four-year seats open and one two-year unexpired term.

There are two four-year seats open in FCSD 14 (Wyoming Indian) and FCSD 21 (Fort Washakie), three four-year seats open in FCSD 25 (Riverton), and four four-year seats open in FCSD 24 (Shoshoni).

In FCSD 38 ( Arapahoe), there are two four-year seats open and one two-year unexpired term.

There are three seats open on the Central Wyoming College Board of Trustees: two representing Sub-District 2 and one representing Sub-District 4, all for four-year terms.

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Positions are also up for election in the Dubois, Mountain View and Shoshoni-Lysite cemetery districts; Dubois-Crowheart, Lower Wind River and Popo Agie conservation districts; Dubois, Fremont County and Jeffrey City fire protection districts; and the Shoshoni, Lander and Riverton senior citizen service districts.

Click here to view the application for election to a special district.

Click here for the school board trustee application for election.

Click here for the community college board application for election.

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