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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Washington Township Board Member, Hendricks County

Voted on by residents of Washington Township, in Hendricks County.

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Who votes on this seat: Only voters who live in this township vote in this race.

What this office does

The township board is the three-member legislative body of an Indiana township. It adopts the township budget and tax levy, sets the pay of township officers and employees, and reviews the trustee's annual report [1, 2, 3, 4].

The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.

Term
4 years [1]
Seats
Three per township; voters may choose up to three candidates [1, 5]
Qualifications
Must be registered to vote in the township by the filing deadline and file a statement of economic interests [6]
On the 2026 ballot
921 township boards; 302 contested (more candidates, including write-ins, than seats) [5]
What the law puts in this job (4)
  • Adopts the township's annual budget and tax levy [2].
  • Fixes the salaries and pay of township officers and employees [3].
  • Meets each February to review the trustee's annual report and approve it in whole or in part [4, 7].
  • Does not run township operations day to day; that is the trustee's job as township executive [8].

What has changed in this job lately

Changes in the law the next officeholder will work under, most distant first.

  1. 2026

    SEA 270 directs the Department of Local Government Finance to score townships by Dec. 31, 2026; townships with low scores must merge with another township by Jan. 1, 2029 [9].

About this race

  • No candidate forum or debate for this race was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Candidates on the ballot

Stan Albaugh

Democratic

Stan Albaugh is the Democratic nominee [10].

How Albaugh got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, with 1,718 votes [10].

What we could not find about Albaugh

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Albaugh

Jordan Lett

Republican

Jordan Lett is the Republican nominee [10].

How Lett got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, with 2,804 votes [10].

What we could not find about Lett

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for Lett

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana Code 36-6-6-2: Township legislative body; membership and election (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  2. Indiana Code 36-6-6-11: Township legislative body; annual budget (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  3. Indiana Code 36-6-6-10: Township legislative body; salaries and pay (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  4. Indiana Code 36-6-6-9: Township legislative body; annual meeting and trustee's report (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  5. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  6. 2026 Indiana Candidate Guide (County Offices) (Indiana Election Division)
  7. Township Requirements (Indiana State Board of Accounts)
  8. Indiana Code 36-6-4-3: Township executive; duties (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  9. Senate Enrolled Act 270 (2026): township mergers (Indiana General Assembly)
  10. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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