City elections Tuesday; polls open at 7 a.m.

City elections get under way at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish. Polls are open until 8 p.m. at all polling places.

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City elections get under way at 7 a.m. Tuesday in Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish. Polls are open until 8 p.m. at all polling places.

Columbia Falls voters cast their ballots at City Hall, 130 Sixth St. W.

In Whitefish, voters also can go to City Hall, 402 East Second St.

Kalispell residents vote at the following sites:

-Ward 1 County Fair Kitchen at the fairgrounds, 265 N. Meridian Road

-Ward 2 Russell School, 662 Second Ave. W.N.

-Ward 3 Elrod School, 412 Third Ave. W.

-Ward 4 Hedges School, 827 Fourth Ave. E.

All sites are handicap-accessible.

There are few contested races.

In Kalispell, there are contests in two wards. Ward 1 incumbent Bob Hafferman faces challenger Steve Davidson. In Ward 3, incumbent Jim Atkinson goes up against Jayson Peters, a former council member in Ward 4 who moved to Ward 3.

Incumbent Hank Olson is unopposed in Ward 2, and Tim Kluesner is the lone candidate in Ward 4.

Mayor Pam Kennedy and Kalispell Municipal Judge Heidi Ulbricht are running unopposed.

Whitefish has contests in both the council and city judge races.

Incumbent City Judge Bradley Johnson is being challenged by county court clerk Valarie Eve.

In the Whitefish council race, four hopefuls Shirley Jacobson, Norman Nelson, Nick Palmer and Nancy Woodruff are running for three open seats. None of the incumbents filed for re-election. Mayor Andy Feury is unopposed in his re-election bid.

Columbia Falls has no contested races.

Former Columbia Falls council member Jolie Fish is the lone mayoral candidate. She will replace Susan Nicosia.

There are five openings on the Columbia Falls City Council three four-year terms and two two-year slots.

Incumbent Charles McCubbins is seeking re-election, and former council member Michael Shepard is running. Harvey Reikofski, who has been filling out the remainder of Claudette Hohns term after she moved away last year, is the third candidate for a four-year term.

Former council member Doug Karper is running for one of the two-year slots. New council appointee Julie Plevel said she would be open to accepting the other two-year post if her name is written in by city voters.