Who’s running for Star City Council? Our Voter Guide highlights the candidates
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Eight hopefuls will face off for seats on the Star City Council in November.
Two seats are up for grabs in the fast-growing city, with only one incumbent on the ballot. Kevan Wheelock seeks a second term after being elected to the City Council’s Seat 3 in 2021. Art Soukup, a GOP precinct committeeman in Ada County, will challenge Wheelock.
Seat 4 is open after incumbent David Hershey opted not to run for reelection. Six candidates want to take Hershey’s place: Jeff Wood, Liz Flower, Jennifer Ragsdale, Spencer McDonald, Bruce Wise and Steve Day.
Those elected will serve for four years.
For this Voter Guide, the Idaho Statesman sent questionnaires to each of the candidates about top priorities and perspectives on issues facing Star, including growth. Their responses are presented below, unedited except to shorten when a candidate exceeded a 100-word limit per answer. Three candidates for Seat 4 did not respond: Wood, McDonald, and Day.
Swipe below to see the responses, or click on the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom.
Statesman background checks found that Wise, a retired business owner, was arrested in 2005 and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, which was then reduced to disturbing the peace. Wise completed probation and a behavioral course, and in 2006, applied successfully to have the case dismissed. He told the Statesman the arrest was “stupid and embarrassing.”
To learn more about this race and other local elections, go to IdahoStatesman.com/Election. Find more Treasure Valley candidate Q&As like this in the Statesman’s Voter Guide.
This story was originally published October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM.
