Candidates can begin filing for the primary election beginning Jan. 23.
Filing ends at noon Feb. 22. The last day for candidate withdraws is Feb. 25 at noon.
The primary election will be May 6, and the general election will be Nov. 4. Voter registration closes April 7 for the primary, and Oct. 6 for the general election.The U.S. Representative 3rd District seat, currently held by Mark Souder, and the U.S. Senate seat, held by Evan Bayh, are up for election at the federal level for voters.
Statewide, the following positions are open for election: state senator 9th district, currently held by Ryan Mishler; state senator district 13, currently held by Robert Meeks; and state senator 18th district, held by Thomas K. Weatherwax; and state representatives 18th (David Wolkins), 22nd (William Ruppel) and 23rd (William C. Friend) districts.
At the county level, the following positions are open for election: Superior Court I, currently held by Judge Duane Huffer; Superior Court II, James Jarrette; Superior Court III, Joe Sutton. The superior court positions are six-year terms.
Other positions up for election are clerk of the circuit court, incumbent Sharon Christner; county treasurer, incumbent Kent Adams; county coroner, John Sadler; county surveyor, Richard Kemper; county commissioner northern district, Bradford Jackson; and middle district, Ronald D. Truex; county council at-large seats, currently held by Thomas Anglin and Bob Sanders.
Republican precinct committeemen and state convention delegates also are up for election.
Each of the six local school boards has seats up for grabs.
In the primary, Tippecanoe Valley School Board districts 1 and 2 are up for election. For Wa-Nee School Board, Olive, Scott and Jefferson townships' seats are up for election in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties.
Whitko School Board seats up for election in the primary include districts 1, 2 and 3.
Triton, Wawasee's and Warsaw's elections will be in the general election only.
Up for election for Triton is the at-large seat for Etna Township, Kosciusko County, and Marshall County.
Wawasee's seats up for election are districts 1, 2 and 3.
