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UPDATE: Incumbents Trent Deckard, Geoff McKim and Cheryl Munson prevailed in the June 2 primary. Get a summary of other Monroe County election results here.
This page provides information about candidates in competitive June 2 primary races for the Monroe County Council. The 7-member County Council appropriates all funds for county use, adopts county budget, fixes county tax rate, and has exclusive power to borrow money for the County. Councilors serve four-year terms for this part-time position. Five Democrats will vie for three at-large seats in the primary: Karl Boehm, Trent Deckard, Geoff McKim, Cheryl Munson and Dominic Thompson. The top three vote-getters will advance to the Nov. 3 election. There are two candidates in the Republican Party primary for those at-large seats: James Allen and Zachary Weisheit. Because this is not a competitive GOP primary, they will advance to the general election on Nov. 3. Click here to watch a March 9, 2020 forum for Monroe County Council candidates, hosted by Democracy for Monroe County. Click here for a Q&A with candidates published in the Bloomington Herald-Times (paywall). |
Karl Boehm (D)
Karl Boehm is the owner of Karl’s Automotive LLC in Ellettsville. He did not respond to the Chamber's request for an interview.
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Trent Deckard (D)
Trent Deckard is an incumbent at-large County Councilor. He was appointed to the Council in January 2019 by the Monroe County Democratic Party to replace Lee Jones. He is a lecturer at IU-Bloomington’s Kelley School of Business.
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Geoff McKim (D)
Geoff McKim is an incumbent at-large County Councilor and is seeking his fourth term in office. He works in cybersecurity for nLogic, working with the National Park Service to improve efficiency in revenue collections. He also is an adjunct instructor at the IU O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs.
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Cheryl Munson (D)
Cheryl Munson is an incumbent at-large County Councilor, seeking her third term for this seat. Prior to her election to the County Council, she served for 16 years as an Indian Creek Township board member. She works as an assistant scientist for Indiana University's Department of Anthropology.
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Dominic Thompson (D)
Dominic Thompson is a student at the IU O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, studying law and public policy. He serves on the City of Bloomington Board of Housing Quality Appeals, and is a poverty elimination intern for the Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County.
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