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Columbus City Clerk Candidate

Quisha Jackson

Columbus City Clerk

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  • Columbus Native
  • United States Navy Veteran
  • Security Professional
Website: quisha-jackson-for-office.com

Columbus City Council At-Large Candidates

Tom Dell

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Columbus City Council 
At-Large

  • Current City Councilor At-Large
  • ​Garland Brook Cemetery Board President
  • Ordinance Review Committee Liaison
  • Board of Zoning Appeals Liaison
  • Community Police Review Committee Liaison
  • Parks and Recreation Board Liaison
  • Downtown Parking Commission Chairman​
  • 3rd generation downtown business owner & lifelong resident of Columbus
Website: CouncilmanDell.org

Grace Kestler

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Columbus City Council 
​At-Large

  • Current City Councilor At-Large
  • Executive Director of The Arc of Bartholomew County 
  • Lifelong Columbus Resident
  • ​Priorities: affordable housing, fiscally responsible spending and safe/welcoming communities
Website: GraceforColumbus.com

Paul Hoffman

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Columbus City Council 
​At-Large

  • Father, husband
  • Columbus resident for 14 years
  • Career journalist, author, publisher, and actor
  • Member of First Presbyterian Church
  • Member of Indiana Coalition for Public Education and Bartholomew County Historical Society
  • Former youth soccer coach and Cub Scout Cubmaster.
Website: PaulforColumbus.org

Columbus City Council District Candidates

Nick Slabaugh

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District 1

  • Third-generation Columbus resident
  • ​Cybersecurity consultant
  • Independent housing developer
​​​Education
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (BS)
  • Purdue University (MA)
Website: NickforColumbus.org

Elaine Hilber

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District 2

  • ​​Current District 2 City Councilor
  • Lifelong Columbus Resident  
  • Cummins employee 14 years 
  • Columbus North HS Grad
  • Indiana University Kelley School of Business Grad
  • Believer of Servant Leadership and Community Involvement 
  • Putting People Before Politics 
  • Fiscal Conservative

Jerone Wood

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District 3

  • Current District 1 City Councilor
  • Graduate of CEHS and Indiana State University
  • First African American to be elected to the Columbus City Council
  • Father of 4
​Educator for BCSC
  • Teacher at Mt. Healthy Elementary School
  • Girls basketball coach at Mt. Healthy
  • Head boys Track Coach at Columbus East 

Keegan Hill

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District 4

  • Columbus Native 
  • ​Student of St. Peter’s, CEHS, IUPUC
  • Associate at Claas of America
Focus Points
  • ​Affordable Housing
  • Recovery Programs
  • Labor Relations 
  • Environment
  • Animal Welfare

Eric Riddle

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District 5

  • Lived in Columbus since 1996, graduated from CNHS, holds BA and MBA degrees from IU
  • Wrote “Watershed: Service in the Wake of Disaster” about the 2008 Columbus flood.
  • Works at Faith in Place as a Development Coordinator.
  • Led volunteer efforts for the rejuvenation of Blackwell Park and development of Columbus AirPark Pollinator Path.​​
Website: Riddleforcouncil.com

Bryan Munoz

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District 6

  • Former Educator of 15 years
  • Highly involved in student and youth development programs
  • Bachelors in Education, Masters in Leadership

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1417 Chestnut Street
Columbus, IN 47201
(812) 418-8594
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