Landholm's entry forces primary for Ward 2

A second Fremont City Council race will find its way to the May 13 primary election.

Only two candidates from each ward will advance to the Nov. 4 general election, but a third candidate emerged in Ward 2 on Thursday when Steven H. Landholm of 118 E. 17th St. filed at the Dodge County Clerks office.

Ward 2 is basically northwest Fremont. Non-incumbents have until March 3 to file.

The Ward 1 race to replace Steve Navarrette, who is not seeking re-election, already was destined for the primaries with Gregory Smith, Michael Wilson and Ashley T. Grohs running.

Landholm joins incumbent Mark Stange and challenger Vern Kucera on the Ward 2 ticket.

Todd Hoppe, as of Friday, was running unopposed for re-election in Ward 3, and the Ward 4 race included incumbent John Anderson and challenger Richard R. Oliva.

Landholm, 61, has never before run for public office, but said he now wants to serve the community where hes lived since 1974.

I was kind of wanting to get into politics to begin with, he said, and I just decided that nows that time to do it. Im going to basically retire by the end of the year, and I feel that I can put my full emphasis into being a councilman.

Ive always been watching the politics and what goes on, and concerned with what things actually happen, and get sometimes irritated with things, he said. And I said, 'Well, if youre going to change something, maybe youre the guy to do it then.' Thats the way I look at it. Everybody has a different opinion on things, and everybodys little input kind of helps.

Its just kind of a little bit of this and a little bit of that thats been going on in the community, and Id like to make sure that things just keep going along, Landholm said. Weve got some tax issues in the community that concern me as far as whats been going on here, plus how weve allocated monies.

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Landholm's entry forces primary for Ward 2