Final Candidate List – Wheeling Council

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This is the final list of candidates that filed for Wheeling’s municipal election on May 12.

Mayor:

Chris Hamm, Jerry Jacobs, Tony Domenick, and incumbent Glenn Elliott.  

Ward 1:

John Bishop, and incumbent Chad Thalman.

Ward 2:

Ben Seidler, Charles Ballouz, Joe Key, Alex Coogan, and incumbent Ken Imer.

Ward 3:

Rosemary Ketchum, Jerome “Jake” Henry, Peggy Niebergall, and Erik Marple.

Ward 4:

Jeffrey Knierim, Crissy Clutter, and Jerry Sklavounakis.  

Ward 5:

Travis McKinley, Phil Huffner, Brandon Criswell, and incumbent Ty Thorngate. 

Ward 6:

Dave Palmer

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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