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County Council Member, Hancock County

District 2

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Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county council is Hancock County's fiscal body: it adopts the budget, sets tax rates and approves spending.

Marcia Moore

Republican

Hancock County Recorder

The gist

  • Supports good schools and roads without raising taxes
  • Proposes working with cities and towns on income tax
  • Supports tax abatements as a negotiating tool
More about Marcia
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  1. Supports good schools and roads without raising taxes

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “she wants to be able to accomplish that without raising taxes for county residents”
  2. Proposes working with cities and towns on income tax

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “collaborate with the other localities in the county to find a way to make the most of the new local income tax structure”
  3. Supports tax abatements as a negotiating tool

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “She views abatements as a two-way street and a tool to have conversations and negotiations.”

Luke J Lomax

Libertarian

Field sales manager, AT&T

The gist

  • Proposes removing Flock license plate cameras from the county
  • Opposes tax abatements for data center developments
  • Supports keeping the budget below the certified tax levy
More about Luke
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  1. Proposes removing Flock license plate cameras from the county

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “one of the biggest focuses of his campaign is removing Flock cameras and other related automatic license plate readers (ALPR) from Hancock County”
  2. Opposes tax abatements for data center developments

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “He is against giving any sort of tax abatement to any data center development.”
  3. Supports keeping the budget below the certified tax levy

    Republican, Libertarian vie for open District 2 seat on county council

    News coverage · The Daily Reporter (Greenfield) · Aug 23, 2026 · greenfieldreporter.com

    “he wants the county to do whatever it can to maintain a budget below its certified tax levy”

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