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filing deadline for the May 16 primary is less than two weeks
away and still there are races which have no candidates.
Those include first district magistrate, land surveyor, soil conservation,
district 2 constable and district 4 constable.
“We’ve had several people who have picked up papers,”
said Joan Kincaid, Owen County deputy clerk. “If they are
turned in on time, we’ll have candidates in the races and
in some cases we’ll have primaries.”
In the past week, three additional candidates have filed election
papers. They include: Horace “Doug” West - R, for
county judge; Brian Roach - D, for Constable District #1, and
Bill Young - D, for Constable District #3. Young is the only incumbent
in the group.
Kincaid said while the filings have been slow in the last few
weeks, the early start, before Jan. 1, probably has something
to do with that.
“That was actually early,” she said. “It started
out faster and now it’s slowed down.”
But she and County Clerk Mary Kay Duncan don’t expect things
to stay slow. In fact, they said that come the last week, they
anticipate the filings will be flying in the door.
“That’s when people really get into it,” Duncan
said. “I expect the last two days to be really busy.”
As of Tuesday morning, primaries were already in place in six
races. They include: Democratic County Judge; Democratic Property
Valuation Administrator; Republican Property Valuation Administrator,
Magistrate District #2, Magistrate District #3 and Magistrate
District #4.
Four races have been set up for contests in the General Election
in November with the current filings. They include County Judge,
Property Valuation Administrator, Sheriff and State Representative.
Candidates who have filed for seats that cover multi-jurisdictions
include: Pamela Ervin Mann - R, for 61st District State Representative;
Marcus Carey and Wil Schroder for 6th District Supreme Court;
Daniel T. Guidugle and Joy Moore for 6th District Appellate Judge;
Stephen Bates for 15th District Circuit Judge; Elizabeth Lester
for 15th District Judge First Division, and Thomas M. Funk for
15th District Judge Second Division.
A complete list of all current candidates can be found on page
2 of this week’s edition.
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