Meet Our Candidates
ALL WON IN 2025 WHO ASKED FOR OUR HELP!
Rachel McDaniel for Newton School Board
Rachel McDaniel has announced to run as a School Board candidate.
She has greatly expressed interest in understanding all sides of an issue and being able to make recommendations based on her many years in mediation and social work. This great background has let her use her skills to help so many already.
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She is interested in making sure kids have enriching options for books, quality educators, and funding to support them.
Melanie Watson for Newton City Commission
Lowering water and property tax with an intangible tax.
Ensuring the city is doing more to help our citizens who are vulnerable.
Ensure the city is funding our senior center annually.
Ensuring that citizens are being treated fairly with dignity and respect by the city's entities.
Heidi Hoskinson for Newton School Board
• 100%+ support of the 2026 Bond initiative
• Invest in developing, recruiting and retaining qualified district professionals
• Champion student support, belonging and positive district-wide culture
• Support programs & partnerships that generate student learning opportunities
Bob Diepenbrock for Newton School Board
• Lead a staff (approximately 425 employees) that serves 15 school districts spread over seven counties that provides services for approximately 1500 students
• Protect kids future by giving them great tools to discern truth & falsehoods.
• Refinanced outstanding bond debt to pay bond back 6 months early reducing bond and interest taxation.
Who has filed: Click here for current filings[🔗]
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Below: All offices that are open as of Jan 2025
Candidate Info Packets:
2025: Coming soon!
2024: Candidates
2023: Official Harvey Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/...
short link: https://bit.ly/3Ow2IKy
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By Crowson for our County Party
Colored by AI
The question we always ask ourselves on election day is: did we do enough to get people out to vote so that these really great candidates can win?!!
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This is where to vote: WheretoVote
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By that date, of course, it's always too late, but ever since we've put this thought into place early, and had a good day of action, we have gotten pretty far as a Dem party. We have all brought Harvey from red to purple and even blue on a few issues!!
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Update: ALL CANDIDATES WON FOR 2025. We have 5 candidates. 1 has already won, and the other 4 could add to having a level-headed voice to the School Board and The Newton City Commission. And wins here help send a voice to the rest of Harvey County. Many just want change where much change is needed.
