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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Wayne Township Board Member, Kosciusko County

Voted on by residents of Wayne Township, in Kosciusko 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].

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

Lance Grubbs

Republican

Lance Grubbs is the Republican nominee [10].

How Grubbs got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 1,643 votes, ahead of Joshua Spangle (1,571), Gordon Nash (1,462) [10].

What we could not find about Grubbs

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

Sources for Grubbs

David Lewis

Libertarian

David Lewis is the Libertarian candidate on the state's general-election list [5].

How Lewis got on the ballot

  • Listed as a Libertarian candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list; Libertarian candidates are not chosen in the May primary [5].

What we could not find about Lewis

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

Sources for Lewis

Gordon Nash

Republican

Gordon Nash is the Republican nominee [10].

How Nash got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 1,462 votes, ahead of Lance Grubbs (1,643), Joshua Spangle (1,571) [10].

What we could not find about Nash

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

Sources for Nash

Cassandra Rolon

Libertarian

Cassandra Rolon is the Libertarian candidate on the state's general-election list [5].

How Rolon got on the ballot

  • Listed as a Libertarian candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list; Libertarian candidates are not chosen in the May primary [5].

What we could not find about Rolon

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

Sources for Rolon

Marco Rolon

Libertarian

Marco Rolon is the Libertarian candidate on the state's general-election list [5].

How Rolon got on the ballot

  • Listed as a Libertarian candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list; Libertarian candidates are not chosen in the May primary [5].

What we could not find about Rolon

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

Sources for Rolon

Katelyn Smith

Democratic

Katelyn Smith is the Democratic nominee [10].

How Smith got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, with 420 votes [10].

What we could not find about Smith

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

Sources for Smith

Joshua Spangle

Republican

Joshua Spangle is the Republican nominee [10].

How Spangle got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 1,571 votes, ahead of Lance Grubbs (1,643), Gordon Nash (1,462) [10].

What we could not find about Spangle

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

Sources for Spangle

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. 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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