Board of Directors Elections
As a member-owner of CORE Electric Cooperative, you have a voice. Members within each of CORE’s seven geographic districts elect a fellow member to serve a four-year term on CORE’s Board of Directors and represent their interests in CORE business and policies.
To be eligible to become or remain a director, a person must:
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- be an individual 18 years of age or older;
- be a member of the cooperative;
- purchase electric energy within his or her director district; and
- not be a current employee of the cooperative, or formerly employed by the cooperative within the past five years.
Director election cycles are staggered: Elections in Districts 1, 2, 4 and 6 most recently took place in 2023 and will be held again in 2027. Elections in Districts 3, 5 and 7 took place in 2025 and are scheduled again for 2029.
Additional information regarding director elections can be found in Article V of CORE’s bylaws.
2025 Board of Directors Elections Results
Director elections in District 3, 5 and 7 took place in 2025. An independent election vendor, Survey Ballots and Systems, conducted the elections, and results were announced at the CORE annual meeting April 26, 2025.
District 3
Mike Sperry ran unopposed.
District 5
Stacey Stegman ran unopposed.
District 7
Jim Anest 1,625 (72.7%)
Ashley Smith 609 (27.3%)
2023 Board of Directors Elections Results
Director elections in Districts 1, 2, 4 and 6 took place in 2023. An independent election vendor, Survey Ballots and Systems, conducted the elections, and results were announced at the CORE annual meeting April 22, 2023.
District 1
Mike Kempe 1,438 (44.4%)
Philip Varley 1,325 (40.9%)
Maurice “Mo” Klefeker 278 (8.6%)
Phil Rogers 198 (6.1%)
District 2
Ron Kilgore 1,922 (62.0%)
Dennis Finn 595 (19.2%)
Joe Berry 584 (18.8%)
District 4
Tim White 1,426 (52.1%)
Randy Reed 696 (25.4%)
James McGannon 614 (22.4%)
District 6
Robert Graf ran unopposed.