LISBON — The Nov. 4 general election ballot will include a lot of unopposed races for city, village, township and school board seats, a long list of renewals sought for tax issues and some local liquor options.

Leading off the list of unopposed candidates will be two Republicans for Columbiana County Muncipal Court Judge, with Judge Tim McNicol seeking re-election to the Jan. 2 term and Danielle Menning of Leetonia seeking her first term on the bench. She won the Republican primary against current Judge Kelly Linger for the Jan. 1 term.

Cities and villages

The following is the list of unopposed or uncontested candidates in cities and villages, some who won primaries or were unopposed in the primary, along with nonpartisan village candidates.

Columbiana: Mayor (one to elect), Rick Noel, and Council (three to elect), Bobby Quetot, Ted Souder and Amanda Banner, all Republicans.

East Liverpool: President of Council (one to elect), John Torma, Independent; Council-at-Large (three to elect), Democrat John Mercer, Republican Thomas Clark and Independent Brian Kerr; First Ward, Independent Tom Beagle; Second Ward, Democrat Deb Danver; Third Ward, Independent Jeffrey Kreefer; and Fourth Ward, Independent Andrew Arcuragi, (all one to elect). No candidate filed for Treasurer.

Salem: President of Council, Republican Evan Newman; and Treasurer, Republican Tod Mumpire (both one to elect).

Leetonia: Council (four to elect), Democrats William Merdich, William Garlough and Leisa Lorch and write-in candidate Gary Phillips.

Lisbon: Board of Public Affairs (one to elect), Independent Cora Lewis.

Wellsville: Council (two to elect), Independent Michael Lombardozzi and write-in candidate Alana Amato.

East Palestine: Council (three to elect), Barbara Herriott, Erin Stauffer and Thomas Anthony Povenski Jr.; Council unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2027 (one to elect), John Simon Jr.

Hanoverton: Council (four to elect), Scott Cope and Zach Kennedy.

New Waterford: Council (four to elect), Trish Wilson and Chad Hess.

Rogers: Mayor, unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2027, (one to elect) Marsha Bolan; Council (four to elect) Renee McRoberts.

Salineville: Board of Public Affairs, no candidates.

Summitville: Council (four to elect), no candidates.

Washingtonville: Council (four to elect), Peggy Frank.

Townships

Uncontested township trustee races (all with two to elect) and uncontested fiscal officer (one to elect) races include: Butler, Thomas Sanor and Matthew Hall; Center, Greg Shive and Rex Underwood; Elkrun, Andy Sweeney and Kurt Seachrist; Hanover, John Zehentbauer and Jason Raymond; Liverpool, Mike Bahen and Dennis Giambroni, Fiscal Officer Shirley Flati; and Wayne, Karl Blissenbach and Jim May.

School Boards

Uncontested school board races include: East Palestine (three to elect), Beth McTrusty, Donald Carson and Erika Kinkead; East Liverpool City (two to elect), Roberto Grogg and Matt Handley; Leetonia (three to elect), Larry Duko, Jennifer Merritt and Michael Henderson; Lisbon (three to elect), Charles Bell, T.K. Hiscox and Jennifer Whitman; Wellsville Local (two to elect), Chris Amato and Francis Williams Jr., unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2027 (one to elect), Lisa Ferguson; Columbiana County Educational Service Center Governing Board (three to elect), Richard Stoudt, Alia West and Daniel Winston; Stark County Educational Service Center Governing Board (three to elect), Jim Holmes, Fran Miller and Daniel Wales, unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2027 (one to elect), Teresa Purses.

Renewal Issues

Renewals being sought, which mean no increase to what taxpayers pay, for 10 years include Salem city school district, 3.7-mill emergency levy $1.3 million, and Columbiana County Mental Health, 0.3-mill levy, $589,900.

Renewals being sought for five years, also meaning no increase for what taxpayers pay, include:

Butler Township, 3.5-mill road levy, $259,200

Center Township, 1.5-mill road levy, $75,900 and 0.5-mill fire levy, $25,300

Columbiana County Senior Citizens Services, 0.5-mill levy, 1,024,400

East Palestine City Schools, 0.5 % earned income tax levy

East Liverpool City, 2-mill Carnegie Public Library levy, $184,600 and 2-mill parks levy, $184,600

Elkrun Township, 2-mill levy for roads, bridges, general construction, $ 51,600

Franklin Township, 1.6-mill road levy, 58,500

Hanover Township, 1-mill road levy, $162,500

Leetonia School District, 3.27-mill operating levy

Madison Township, 6.32-mill fire levy, $315,000 and 1-mill road levy, $29,000

Middleton Township, 2-mill road levy, 137,600

Perry Township, 1-mill police levy, $92,600

Salem Township, 0.9-mill road levy, $96,300, and 1-mill fire levy, $20,300

Summitville, 0.5-mill parks & recreation levy, $1,900

Unity Township, 2-mill road levy, $158,200, and 1.5-mill fire levy, $126,700

Washington Township, 0.5-mill road levy, $23,700

Wellsville, 7-mill fire levy, $208,800 and 1-mill current expenses levy, $29,900

West Township, 1-mill road levy, $82,100

Yellow Creek Township, 1-mill road levy, $37,500

Local Options

Local liquor options being sought include: Garwood Arena LLC in the Fairfield Township Center precinct, one for Monday through Saturday sales and one for Sunday sales; Rockbar LLC doing business as The Foundry in the Salem 2A precinct, Sunday sales; Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 467, East Palestine, 2 precinct, Sunday sales; and Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 112, East Liverpool, 3B precinct, Sunday sales.

Mahoning County

In Mahoning County, uncontested races in our area include: Goshen Township, Trustee (two to elect), John Bricker and Teresa Stratton; Green Township fiscal officer unexpired term ending March 31, 2028 (one to elect), Erin O’Hara; Smith Township, Trustee (two to elect), Terry Criss and Larry Barnett, and unexpired trustee term ending Dec. 31, 2027, Scott Showalter; Beloit,, Council (four to elect), Sherry Augustein and Matt Hutton, Board of Public Affairs (one to elect), Louis Hannum; Sebring, Council (four to elect) Samantha Phillips and Marvin Aberegg II, and unexpired council term expiring Dec. 31, 2027 (one to elect), Steven Smith; .Sebring school board (three to elect), JoAnn Jones, Scott Latham and Debra Ann Green and unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2027 (one to elect), Tammy Eckert.

For issues, Beloit is seeking two renewals, with one for 5 mills for current expenses and one for 1.5 mills for parks.

In Smith Township, Precinct 2, local liquor options are being sought by Rocky’s Drive Thru, Harrisburg Westfield Road, for spirituous liquor and Sunday wine and mixed beverages.