Canyon County voters: See who’s running in November 2025 elections in your city
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- Nampa voters will choose a new mayor as Debbie Kling steps down after two terms.
- Caldwell and Middleton feature contested races for mayor, council and school boards.
- Several rural districts lack candidates despite open seats on the November 2025 ballot.
Election season is right around the corner. In two months, Canyon County residents will vote on a host of new and returning mayors, city councilors, school board members and more — although some smaller races in rural parts of the county won’t have anyone on the ballot.
This year, Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling is not seeking re-election after two terms in office.
Kling, who grew up in Kansas and turns 68 in October, presided during a time of tremendous growth for the city. She told the Idaho Statesman in June that she had a successor in mind whom she hopes voters pick: Rick Hogaboam, the Canyon County clerk and Kling’s former chief of staff.
Challenging Hogaboam are Eric Myricks, an entrepreneur and performing artist who goes by the stage name Elijah Rock; Suzi Robinson, a transgender woman who ran for mayor in 2009, 2013 and 2017; and Justin Buchholz, a self-proclaimed “regular guy” who donated to Ammon Bundy’s bid for governor in 2022.
Nampa voters will also decide on three City Council members. David Bills is seeking re-election in District 3, Randy Haverfield is seeking re-election in District 5, and Victor Rodriguez, who represents District 1, is running against Haverfield and two others for the District 5 seat.
That’s because Rodriguez last ran in 2021, when council members were still elected at large. Those were replaced with elections by district in 2023, and Rodriguez ended up in the same district Haverfield did.
In Caldwell, candidates will compete for mayor, city council, school board and fire district seats. Mayor Jarom Wagoner is running for re-election.
Middleton City Council member David Murray is running for a second term against three other candidates.
One thing that won’t be on the Nov. 4 ballot is Nampa’s proposal to adjust a levy to raise money to help turn the Ford Idaho Center over to the College of Western Idaho. The City Council decided on Aug. 18 against putting the measure on the ballot, Idaho News 6 reported.
Here are the candidates who met the Aug. 29 legal deadline for filing their candidacies in eastern Canyon County’s three cities — Nampa, Caldwell and Middleton — and in school and other districts. Candidates have until Friday, Sept. 5, to change their minds, withdraw from the election and keep their names off the ballot — a few typically do. We’ll update this story with any withdrawals.
All terms last four years unless otherwise noted. A single name under an office means the candidate is unopposed. Under state law, elections for seats with unopposed candidates are automatically canceled, and the candidates declared winners, except in cities with more than 100,000 people. Some races, such as in rural Melba, have no candidates in the running.
Nampa
Mayor
Incumbent Debbie Kling is not seeking re-election.
Suzi Robinson
Justin Buchholz
Rick Hogaboam
Eric Myricks
City Council Seat 1
Debbie Skaug
Kody Daffer
City Council Seat 3
David Bills (incumbent)
City Council Seat 5
Wendy Rhodes
Victor Rodriguez
Randy Haverfield (incumbent)
Shaun M. Simmons
Nampa School District Trustee Zone 3
Carla Behrens
Nampa School District Trustee Zone 4
Andy Kersten
Brook Taylor
Nampa School District Trustee Zone 5
George Halladay
Lauralyn Salinas
Nampa Fire District
Sub-District 3: Nicholas Chan
Sub-District 4: Frank Wolfkiel
Sub-District 5: Daniel Ryan
Meridian Fire Protection District
District 1: Derrick Shannon (incumbent)
District 3: Marvin Ward (incumbent)
West Ada Recreation District
District 1: Tyler Roundtree (incumbent)
District 2: Colin Moss (incumbent)
Vallivue School District Trustee
Zone 1: Clay Christensen
Zone 2: Jennifer Cox
Upper Deer Flat Fire District
Sub-District 2: Russ Shroll
Sub-District 3: Brian Rhom
Caldwell
Mayor
Eric Phillips
Brad Doty
Jarom Wagoner (incumbent)
City Council Seat 1
Scott Tilmant
Jorge Arancivia
Carlos Hernandez
Brandon Weast
City Council Seat 2
Chuck Stadick
Randy Neary
Dennis Staack
City Council Seat 3
Diana Register
Marisela Pesina
Caldwell School District Trustee
Zone 1: Trish Robertson
Zone 5: Sam Stone
Caldwell Rural Fire District Sub-District 2
Curt Krantz
Middleton
City Council, two at large seats
Ray Waltemate
Casey Andersen
David Murray (incumbent)
Heidal Summers
Middleton School District Trustee
Zone 1: Jay Clark
Zone 2: Cynthia Powell
Zone 4: Pamela Wagoner
Middleton Rural Fire District Sub-District 1
Jackie Potter
Middleton Rural Fire District Sub-District 2
Don Clough
Timothy O’Meara
Middleton Recreation District Director
Zone 2: Howard R. Powell
Zone 3: Mike Okamura
Zone 4: Matthew R. Smith
Middleton Cemetery District Sub-District 2
Aaron Rasmussen
Melba
Mayor
Cory Dickard (incumbent)
City Council, three at large seats
Jeannine Johnshoy
Hal Forsgren
Chris Hinderliter
Melba School District Trustee
Zone 1: Kyle Sharp
Zone 5: Daniel Richards
Melba Cemetery Sub-District 3
No candidates filed. Incumbent Richard Brower is not seeking re-election.
Melba Rural Fire District
Sub-District 1: Eric Kasper (incumbent)
Sub-District 2: Tom Friddle (incumbent)
This story was originally published September 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM with the headline "Canyon County voters: See who’s running in November 2025 elections in your city."
