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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Calumet Township Board Member, Lake 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

  • Voters may choose up to 3; 4 candidates are on the list [5].
  • No candidate forum or debate for this race was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Candidates on the ballot

Robert L Buggs, Sr

Democratic

Robert L Buggs, Sr is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Buggs got on the ballot

  • Finished third of 13 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 2,318 votes [10].

What we could not find about Buggs

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

Sources for Buggs

Michael L Protho

Democratic

Michael L Protho is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Protho got on the ballot

  • Finished first of 13 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 2,843 votes [10].

What we could not find about Protho

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

Sources for Protho

Jeff Sadlowski

Republican

Jeff Sadlowski is a Republican candidate [5].

How Sadlowski got on the ballot

  • Nominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, where the number of candidates did not exceed the seats (438 votes) [10].

What we could not find about Sadlowski

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

Sources for Sadlowski

Larry E Tillman, II

Democratic

Larry E Tillman, Ii is a Democratic candidate [5].

How Tillman got on the ballot

  • Finished second of 13 in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary for 3 nominations, with 2,422 votes [10].

What we could not find about Tillman

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

Sources for Tillman

Key points

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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