Politics & Government

O'Fallon Municipal Election: Submit Your Questions for Candidates

Patch will send questionnaires to the candidates running in the April municipal election. What questions should we include?

As we approach this April's election, Patch will send each candidate a questionnaire to help empower voters to cast their ballots for the candidates they believe in.

And we would like to include all of you in the process. 

O'Fallon will be electing a mayor and aldermen in all five wards:

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  • For mayor, incumbent William "Bill" Hennessy will be running against Dave Goewert.
  • In Ward 1, incumbent Rick Lucas will run against Arnie Dienoff and Kevin Wattelet.
  • In Ward 2, incumbent Jim Pepper will run against Mary Sue Laulo.
  • In Ward 3, incumbent Richard "Rick" Battelle will run against Carolyn Yelich.
  • In Ward 4, incumbent Jeff Schwentker will run against Byron Ward.
  • In Ward 5, incumbent Michael Snowden will run against Vicki Schneider and Jeff Houston.

What questions do you have for the candidates? Do you have a question about a particular issue? Or would you like to know the candidates' viewpoints on a more general question for the whole city? 

Please share your questions in the comments section at the bottom of this article. We'll include as many as we can in our candidate questionnaire.

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We ask that you please ask questions that are on point and deal with the issues—this is not a forum for personal attacks on one candidate or a specific issue.

This is your election, O'Fallon—what information do you need before heading into the voting booth? Please submit your questions by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 4. 


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