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Mayors and Postmasters of Ammon, Idaho

Mayors of Ammon, 1962-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Reed Molen 1962-65 Mel Richardson 1966-69 Thomas D. Kershaw 1970 Keith C. Turnbow 1970-75 George Wehmann 1976-83 Russell N. Swenson 1983-87 Gerald B. Mitchell 1988 C. Bruce Ard 1988-2009 Steven W. Fuhriman 2010-13 Dana Kirkham 2014-17 Sean Coletti 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1963 Nov 5: Reed Molen, elected; Harold G. Loveland, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Mel Richardson, elected; Reed Molen, defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Thomas D. Kershaw, elected; George Wehmann, defeated.
  • 1971 Nov 2: Keith C. Turnbow, elected unopposed.
  • 1975 Nov 4: George Wehmann, elected; Paul J. Bunnell, defeated.
  • 1979 Nov 6: George Wehmann, elected; Steven D. Pierson, defeated.
  • 1983 Nov 8: Russell N. Swenson, elected; Gerald B. Mitchell, defeated; Michael E. Jones, defeated.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Gerald B. Mitchell, elected; Harmon J. Groesbeck, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: C. Bruce Ard, elected; Gerald B. Mitchell, defeated; Harmon J. Groesbeck, defeated; Hayse L. Whiteley, defeated.
  • 1993 Nov 2: C. Bruce Ard, elected; Larry Eslinger, defeated.
  • 1997 Nov 4: C. Bruce Ard, elected; Greg Maeser, defeated; Deborah J. Merrill, defeated; LeRoy M. Duenes, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: C. Bruce Ard, elected; Harold G. Loveland, defeated.
  • 2005 Nov 8: C. Bruce Ard, elected; Karen Anderson, defeated.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Steven W. Fuhriman, elected; C. Bruce Ard, defeated; R. K. 'Rick' Adolpho, defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Dana Kirkham, elected; Steven W. Fuhriman, defeated.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Sean Coletti, elected unopposed.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Sean Coletti, elected.

    Postmasters at Ammon, 1901 (may be incomplete!)
    Annie Hiatt as of 1901

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