The Great Falls Public Schools Board election is one week away. About 36,780 ballots were mailed and as of April 28, 4,153 had been returned. That’s about 11.2 percent. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. May 6. Lynn Deroche in the Cascade County elections office anticipated that they’d have about 5,000 ballots by the end of day on April 29.
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Name: Tony Rosales, PhD Age: 32 Occupation: medical strategy director and educator (seasonal and adjunct) Political/educational background: GFPS graduate, PhD in chemistry from University of Notre Dame Website/social, if applicable: Facebook and website GFPS sets May election details, three seats open Q: Why are you running for school board? A: As a GFPS graduate, coach, and long-time advocate for transparency, I’m running to
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Name: Craig Duff Occupation: retired law enforcement officer Political/educational background: bachelors of arts in sociology, University of Texas Website/social, if applicable: Facebook Q: Why are you running for school board? A: I’m not running because I think something is broken—I’m running because I want to keep what’s strong and make it even stronger. I believe deeply in the power of
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Name: Gordon J. Johnson Occupation: music director emeritus, Great Falls Symphony Political/educational background: current school board member Website/social: website Q: Why are you running for school board? A: I am running for a third term. I am running again because I enjoy my interaction with the district and feel I have gained enough experience to be effective for another 3
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Name: Paige Turoski Age: 33 Occupation: behavioral support staff – Aware Political/educational background: bachelor of science in mathematics, current GFPS trustee of three years Q: Why are you running for school board? A: I am running for reelection to the school board because I am a parent of two GFPS elementary students and I have enjoyed my first term on
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Update April 23 with early filing Filing opens April 17 for city elections. The November ballot this year includes mayor, twow city commissioners for four year terms, 45 Neighborhood Council representatives, and one Municipal Court judge for a four year term. The city is planning a mail ballot election and all newly elected officials will take office in January 2026.
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 24 meeting not to ask voters for an operational levy on the May ballot. The decision was based on the recommendation of the board’s budget committee, which met last week, and from GFPS’ business operations manager, Brian Patrick. Patrick has projected a roughly $2.5 million budget shortfall for the
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The filing deadline is March 27 for the upcoming Great Falls Public Schools board election. Currently, there are four candidates for three seats, so unless someone drops out by the filing deadline, the May 6 election is a go. The candidates are, in order of file date: Paige Turoski, incumbent Gordon Johnson, incumbent Craig Duff Tony Rosales The election is
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Updated Jan. 13 Filing has opened for Great Falls Public Schools school board elections. Filing is open through March 27 for three three-year seats. Those seats are currently held by Gordon Johnson, Mark Finnicum and Paige Turoski. As of Jan. 13, Turoski and Johnson have filed to run again. Finnucum has opted not to run again, according to Gordon, current
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Cascade County officials certified the Nov. 5 election results during an hours long canvass on Nov. 25 after some delays and a hand recount of seven precincts after some ballots had been misplaced. The canvass board included County Commissioners Joe Briggs and Jim Larson, and County Treasurer Diane Heikkila. The canvass was initially scheduled for last week but was delayed
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