Canyon County voters: See here who’s running in November 2023 elections in your city

With election season right around the corner, Canyon County voters will soon elect a host of new and returning city council members, mayors and more.

This year, Nampa residents will decide on City Council members who, for the first time, must run and live in their own districts. State law now requires that any city with 100,000 or more residents must elect the council by district. Most recent numbers put Nampa at 100,200 residents.

In Nampa, five candidates are facing off for a single city council seat after Jacob Bowers resigned the seat and created a vacancy in June after moving out of city limits.

In Caldwell, four candidates will compete for a city council seat held by John McGee who did not file to keep his seat this year. McGee was a controversial politician who resigned from the State Senate in 2012 after accusations of sexually harassing a female staffer and later was arrested for drunk driving, stealing an SUV and crashing into a driveway in Meridian.

Middleton Mayor Steve Rule is facing off against Jackie Hutchison once more for re-election. Hutchison previously ran for mayor in 2019.

Here are the candidates who met Friday’s legal deadline for filing their candidacies in Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, and school and other districts. All terms last four years unless otherwise indicated.

Nampa

City Council District 2

Natalie Jangula (incumbent)

Troy Keith

City Council District 4

Amy Hannu

Dale Reynolds (incumbent)

City Council District 6

Margie Potter

Isacc Solis

Jennifer Niles

David Lambert

Sebastian Griffin

Upper Deer Flat Fire District

Steve Martineau

Nampa School District Zone 1

Jay Duffy

Stephanie Binns

Nampa School District Zone 2

Adam Schasel

David Jennings

Vallivue School District Zone 3

Toni Belknap-Brinegar (incumbent)

Vallivue School District Zone 4

Brian Bishop

Paul Tierney (incumbent)

Vallivue School District Zone 5

Amy Johnson (incumbent)

Caldwell

City Council Seat 4

Geoff Williams (incumbent)

Becky Mitchell

John Carter

City Council Seat 5

Chris Allgood (incumbent)

Ramzy Boutros

Christopher Mortenson

Florina Ruvio

City Council Seat 6

Mike Dittenber

Eric Phillips

Scott Tilmant

Dave Larson

Caldwell School District Zone 2

Ray Horrell

Manuel Godina (incumbent)

Caldwell School District Zone 3

Nicole Trakel

Travis Manning (incumbent)

Caldwell School District Zone 4

Nicole Hyland

Andrew Butler (incumbent)

Middleton

Mayor

Steve Rule (incumbent)

Jackie Hutchison

Tyson Sparrow

City Council, two at large seats

Mark Christiansen

Ray Waltemate

Timothy O’Meara

Middleton Rural Fire District

Liz Bolts

Middleton Recreation District, two seats

Jonathan Roth

Mary Ihli-Laan

This story was originally published August 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM.

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