A teacher in the Butler Area School District and a clerk in the county clerk of courts office are running in the Nov. 4 election to become the next Butler County Clerk of Courts.

Michael De Nee, a 21-year teacher, is the Democratic candidate, and Tammy D. Thibodeau, a 20-year court clerk, is the Republican candidate running to replace longtime Clerk of Courts Lisa Lotz, who is retiring in January after holding the office for 32 of the 44 years she has worked for the county.

The clerk of courts is elected to four-year terms and serves as the custodian of records for the criminal and juvenile divisions of Butler County Common Pleas Court. The clerk’s current salary is $93,816, according to this year’s budget.

In addition to being the record keeper for Common Pleas Court, the clerk of cour

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