This article is intended to be a resource for registered voters in Ottawa and Allegan counties for the 2024 election cycle. It will be updated as new candidates declare their intentions for office and provide information to The Sentinel. The candidate filing deadline is April 23.

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(i) Current incumbent

* Committee created, but official paperwork with clerk’s office not filed

** Incumbent is not running for re-election

Prosecutor (4-year term)

Treasurer (4-year term)

• *Ben Genser, Republican

  • Genser, who works in private investment, applied for the treasurer position in December. He is affiliated with Ottawa Impact. Read about his candidacy here.

Clerk/Register of Deeds (4-year term)

• Justin Roebuck (i), Republican

Drain Commissioner (4-year term)

Sheriff (4-year term)

Probate Court Judge (nonpartisan 6-year term)

58th District Court Judge (nonpartisan 6-year term)

District 1

District 2

• Chris Kleinjans, Democrat

District 3

• Doug Zylstra (i), Democrat

District 4

• Jacob Bonnema (i), Republican

• Chris Crothers, Democrat

District 5

District 6

District 7

• **Rebekah Curran (i), Republican

  • Curran, who began representing District 7 in 2023, filed in December to dissolve her campaign committee and is not seeking re-election in 2024. She recently announced her intention to run for U.S. Senate. No other candidates have filed to date.

• *Rachel Atwood, Republican

  • Atwood is a self-described social media influencer for “We the People,” volunteering for multiple grassroots organizations to “restore individual liberties to the residents of Michigan and Ottawa County,” according to her LinkedIn page.

District 8

District 9

District 10

• **Roger Bergman (i), Republican, has represented District 10 for the past 12 years and is retiring at the end of his term.

District 11

Prosecutor (4-year term)

• Michael Villar, Republican

Sheriff (4-year term)

• Dean Brandt, Republican

  • Brandt, a welder/fabricator and former firefighter, is a “conservative constitutionalist” who would refuse to enforce red flag gun laws, according to his website.

Treasurer (4-year term)

Drain Commissioner (4-year term)

57th District Court Judge (nonpartisan 6-year term)

48th Circuit Court Judge (nonpartisan 6-year term, new position)

District 1

• Jim Storey (i), Republican 

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Our go-to guide for races in Ottawa, Allegan counties