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Deadline for filing declaration of candidacy forms was Friday. Following is a list of candidates seeking county and township trustee positions in the May 5 election:
Republicans
Sheriff - Steve Knispel, Warsaw; Aaron Rovenstine, Atwood; Sam Whitaker, Warsaw; Walter Knox, Claypool; and Michael Hobbs, Milford.
Prosecutor - Charles Waggoner, Warsaw; Dan Hampton, Warsaw; and David Kolbe, Claypool.
Auditor - Sue Ann Mitchell, North Webster.
Assessor - Sharon Thompson, Warsaw.
Recorder - Denise Lance, Warsaw; Douglas Mayer, Warsaw; and LaShawn Brumfield, Warsaw.
County Council - James Tranter, Syracuse, in 1st District; Harold Jones, Leesburg, in the 2nd District; Brad Tandy, Winona Lake, in the 3rd District; and John Kinsey, Warsaw, in the 4th District.
Commissioner, Southern District - Avis Gunter, Claypool
Township Trustees - Julia Goon, Prairie; Don Boggs, Plain; Sheila Hodges and Daniel Slone, Wayne; James Mayer, Harrison; Rockford Hartzell, Etna; Ray Darr, Turkey Creek; Donald Slater, Jackson; Rex Alley, Washington; Benjamin McKrill, Clay; Molly Bradford, Lake; Randy Vanlaningham, Franklin; Pat Hurd, Van Buren; Sandy Manuel Fiedeke and Elizabeth Cole, Monroe.
Democrats
Sheriff - Jeffrey Bronsing, Syracuse; Glenn Canter, Pierceton; and Ron Barley, Warsaw.
Commissioner, Southern District - Corbitt Gerald Hollon, Claypool
Council - Jason Haines, 2nd District
Township Trustees - Aime Hoffman and Rainell Overmeyer, Seward; Robert Espinoza Jr., Plain; Beth Krull, Jefferson; Dick Mitchell, Tippecanoe; Trilla Gearhart, Franklin; Fred Slabaugh, Scott.
