Live Report: Perry Township trustee vacancy caucus (2 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2026)
This is a live report from the Monroe County Democratic Party’s caucus to fill the vacancy in the office of Perry Township trustee after the death of Dan Combs in the first week of January. The caucus is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bloomington city hall.
Monroe County Democratic Party precinct chairs in Perry Township are gathering at Bloomington city hall on Saturday (Jan. 31) at 2 p.m. to choose someone to serve out the remainder of Dan Combs’s term as township trustee, which goes through 2026. Combs died in the first week of January, after serving 39 years as trustee.
Combs was a Democrat, which means that it now falls to the Democratic Party to fill the vacancy. Whoever is picked to serve through 2026 will still have to prevail in the party’s May 5 primary and then in the Nov. 3 general election in order to be sworn into office to start 2027. Three candidates have filed the paperwork to stand as candidates in the caucus, and the party’s primary.
A candidate who is not picked at Saturday’s caucus would still have the option to stay in the primary race.
Under Indiana state law, the township trustee serves as the township’s executive, providing “poor relief”—food, housing and utilities, clothing, medical care, and burial costs—while also managing township money and property, maintaining records, and preparing budgets and reports.
Eligible to vote in the caucus are just the precinct chairs of Perry Township, or the vice chair if the chair is not able to attend. Presiding over the caucus today will be deputy county chair Rob Council. That’s because county chair Chrissie Geels is eligible to vote as chair of Perry Precinct 07.
Caucus Live Updates
Perry Township Democratic Party Precinct Chairs
Perry 01 Elizabeth M Rosenbarger
Perry 02 Erika Oliphant
Perry 03 Tara Deppert
Perry 04 Sue Wanzer
Perry 05 Adrienne Elizabeth Evans Fernandez
Perry 06 Isabel Piedmont-Smith
Perry 07 Chrissie Geels
Perry 08 Jenny Noble-Kuchera
Perry 09 Penny Githens
Perry 10 Jennifer Crossley
Perry 11 Vacant (Patricia Williams)
Perry 12 Manuel Diaz-Campos
Perry 13 Courtney M Daily
Perry 14 Sam Ujdak
Perry 15 Regina Moore
Perry 16 Jack Davis
Perry 17 Nancy Goswami
Perry 18 Iris Fabius Kiesling
Perry 19 Sarah Bauerle
Perry 20 Shelli Yoder
Perry 21 Peter Iversen
Perry 22 April Hennessey
Perry 23 Margie Rice
Perry 24 Vacant (Dan Combs)
Perry 25 Jody Madeira
Perry 26 Edward Robertson
Perry 27 Karen Wrenbeck
Perry 28 Rachael Jones McAfee
Perry 29 Kathleen Field
Perry 30 Stephen Volan
Perry 31 Kerry Thomson
Perry 32 Sarah E Kopper
Perry Township Democratic Party Precinct Vice Chairs
Perry 01 Matt Flaherty
Perry 02 Rob Deppert
Perry 03 Chris Ravenna
Perry 04 J Apple Muncy
Perry 05 VACANT
Perry 06 Dion Baker
Perry 07 Kevin Craig
Perry 08 Dave Rollo
Perry 09 Bob Bernacki
Perry 10 VACANT
Perry 11 John Fernandez
Perry 12 Dinorah Sapp
Perry 13 Paul Daily
Perry 14 Carolyn Craig
Perry 15 Don Moore
Perry 16 Sue Mayer
Perry 17 Neil Goswami
Perry 18 VACANT
Perry 19 Matt Caldie
Perry 20 Josh Perry
Perry 21 Gloria Howell
Perry 22 Dennis Davoren
Perry 23 Wes Martin
Perry 24 Hannah “Mia” Seifers
Perry 25 Scott Shackelford
Perry 26 Jan Guidaitis
Perry 27 VACANT
Perry 28 VACANT
Perry 29 Andrew Guenther
Perry 30 Claire Cumberland
Perry 31 Caelan Drummond
Perry 32 Andy Ruff
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