The filing period to register as a candidate for one of the Rice or Dakota County township boards is now open and will remain so through Tuesday January 14th.
Township Election and Meeting Day, when Minnesota township citizens gather to elect officers to the township board and to set the tax levy for the following year, is set for March 11th.
One seat on each township’s Board of Supervisors will be on the ballot, as will the treasurer’s seat in each of the Rice County townships except for Forest Township, where the treasurer is appointed, and not elected. Elected treasurers serve two-year terms, and supervisors serve three-year terms. The remainder of the clerk’s term in Morristown Township, which runs through March 10, 2026, will also be on the Morristown ballot.
In Dakota County, Waterford, Greenvale and Eureka Townships, will have one supervisor position on their ballots, while Waterford and Greenvale will be electing new treasurers, and new Township Clerks. No immediate information was available for Sciota Township.
Candidates for town boards must be eligible to vote in Minnesota, must not have filed for another office at the upcoming primary or general election, must be 21 years or older upon assuming office, and must have maintained residence in their district for at least 30 days before the general election.
Candidates must file with the town clerk. Contact the town clerk to learn when and where they are accepting affidavits of candidacy. All filing offices are open from 1-5 p.m. on the last day of filing, Tuesday, Jan. 14.
In addition to completing an affidavit of candidacy, candidates must pay a $2 filing fee.
Rice County township clerks and publicly available contact information:
BRIDGEWATER: Lori Noreen, 507-645-1656, clerk@bridgewatertwp.org
CANNON CITY: Marilyn Caron (507) 330-0256
ERIN: Sharon Kaisershot (651) 366-4718
FOREST: Ashley Anderson, foresttwpclerk@gmail.com
MORRISTOWN: Dawn Nuetzman, morristownmnclerk@gmail.com
NORTHFIELD: Tom Tanghe, clerk@northfieldtwp.org
RICHLAND: Robert Sommers, richland.ricecounty@gmail.com
SHIELDSVILLE: Sue Ceplecha-Novak (507) 332-6100
WALCOTT: Kourtney Spitzack, walcottownship@gmail.com
WARSAW: Debra DeGrood, warsawtwp@yahoo.com
WEBSTER: Roger VanVeldhuizen, webster.township@yahoo.com
WELLS: Jim Zahn (507) 332-6100
WHEATLAND: Jim Duban (507) 332-6100
WHEELING: Rebecca Vergin, wheelingtownship@gmail.com
Dakota County township clerks and publicly available contact information:
EUREKA: Liz Atwater (952) 469-3736, clerk@eurekamn.gov
GREENVALE: Tammy May (507) 321-9311 clerk@greenvaletwp.org
SCIOTA: Heidi VanDeSteeg (507) 645-8195
WATERFORD: Elizabeth Wheeler (651) 346-8467 waterfordtownship@gmail.com
