Nine vying for County Council caucus win
(Talk of the Town photo by Jennifer Zartman Romano)
On Saturday, eight of the nine confirmed candidates seeking the vacant seat on the Whitley County Council spoke before those in attendance at the Whitley County Republican Party's monthly breakfast meeting at the CC Deli in Columbia City.
On October 20, at 5:30 p.m., it will be up to Whitley County's 34 Republican precinct committee members to choose a candidate to step into the council seat that will be vacated on election day by soon-to-be Senator Jim Banks. The caucus will be held in the County Council Chambers at the Whitley County Government Building. The community is invited to attend and witness the caucus process in action. Caucuses are typically a rarity -- however Whitley County Republican precinct committee members have voted in three this year.
The candidates who've already filed for the caucus include Paula Reimers, Cheryl McDevitt, Jim Macino, Matt Boyd, Richard Kyler, Steve Smith, Max Zimmerman, Scott Darley and Doug Schrader. Whomever is elected at the caucus will immediately step into the seat on election day and fill out the remaining year of Banks' term.
The candidate list may still grow as interested parties have until early next week to file with the Whitley County Clerk's Office.
Above, from left, is Paula Reimers, Steve Smith, Jim Macino, Matt Boyd, Max Zimmerman, Cheryl McDevitt, Jim Banks, Scott Darley and Richard Kyler. Doug Schrader did not attend the breakfast.