Filing Ends For Election; No Primary In Syracuse, Winona
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Filing ended Friday for the May 5 primary for Warsaw, and there will not be primaries for Syracuse and Winona Lake as there are no contested races. The general election is Nov. 3. The County Election Board voted unanimously Friday to not conduct a primary election in Syracuse or Winona Lake because there are not any contested races for either party, according to Ann Torpy, county clerk. Voters within those towns will not be voting on the town candidates that have filed. Positions that will be voted on and have been filed for include Warsaw mayor, Joe Thallemer; Warsaw clerk-treasurer, Lynne Christiansen and Larry Ladd; District 1 city council, Jeff Grose; District 2 city council, Charlie Smith; District 3 city council, Michael Klondaris; District 4 city council, Jerry Frush; District 5 city council, Diane Quance; At-large (two seats available), Cindy Dobbins, Patrick Loebs, Justin Risner, Juergen Voss and Jack Wilhite and Democrat Dave Baumgartner. In Winona Lake: Ward 1, Peter Christos; Ward 2, Dennis Duncan; Ward 3, Bruce Shaffner; Ward 4, Robert Swanson; Ward 5, Rick Swaim; clerk-treasurer, Kent Adams. In Syracuse, Town Council, District 3, Tom Hoover; District 4, Brian Woody; District 5, Bill Musser; Clerk Treasurer, Paula E. Kehr-Wicker. Torpy said there will be a referendum question for Warsaw Community Schools only at this time and the clerk’s office is still in the process of getting the question approved before it can be placed on the ballot.
