Four candidates will be on the August 8 Primary ballot for one “At Large” seat in the race for Bloomington City Council, and an additional four candidates are seeking the District 2 seat. The top 2 vote-getters in each race will move on to the November election.

To learn more about them and how they stand on some of the current issues facing the city, we asked the candidates to answer a few questions and to add any other comments they felt would help us to better understand how they would serve on the City Council. To read the full text of our questions, CLICK HERE.

By our deadline, two of the four At Large candidates provided responses. They are presented in alphabetical order of their last name:

Michael Arulfo CLICK HERE  to read his responses.

Nathan Coulter - we were unable to contact / no email listed on campaign site.

Kim Vlaisavljevich did not respond by time of publication (appointed in 2016, seeking election to a full term).

Susan “Hofmeister” Woodruff CLICK HERE to read her responses.

Candidates in the Primary for the District 2 seat are Eldon Spencer, Lenny Klevan Schmitz, Shawn Nelson and Cheryl Lewis. Spencer was appointed by the council to fill the vacant seat earlier this year.  The SD49 GOP candidate search committee voted to recommend Eldon Spencer for our support.

Eldon Spencer  CLICK HERE to read his responses.

The League of Women Voters hosted a Primary Candidate Forum July 18.  The video of that Forum is viewable online.  CLICK HERE.

Click on the image below to view Eldon Spencer’s insights on City Council service, as featured in our July 17 newsletter.