Filing Period For Local May Primary Comes To An End

Filing for the local May primary ended at noon Friday and there will be a few contested races.
For Kosciusko County commissioner, southern district, incumbent Robert M. “Bob” Conley will go up against Donald Wiesehan Jr. Both are Republicans.
Incumbent Kimberly Cates, Republican, will seek to retain her Kosciusko County Council District 1 seat against Republican Thaddeus Du Bois.
With incumbents Paul Stoelting and Larry Siegel not seeking re-election to the two Syracuse Town Council at-large seats, there are four Republicans running. They are Gregory Scott Abbs, Matthew Goodnight, David Rosenberry and Brandon Wolferman. A Democratic also has filed for one of the seats, Yesenia “Jessie” Vetor.
Republicans Jim LeMasters and Jerry T. Nelson are both seeking the Winona Lake Town Council District 3, which is currently held by Jim Lancaster who did not file for re-election.
Uncontested county candidates for the Republican party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Alyssa Jo Schmucker, auditor
• Deborah A. “Deb” Wright, recorder
• James M. “Jim” Smith, sheriff
• Bobbi J. Burkhart, assessor
• Joseph G. Irwin, county council, District 2
• Anthony W. “Tony” Ciriello, county council, District 3
• David A. Wolkins, county council, District 4
Uncontested county candidates for the Democratic party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Tina Holloway, county council, District 3
Uncontested town candidates for the Republican party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Patricia Gall, Milford Town clerk-treasurer
• Kenneth L. Long, Milford Town Council
• Douglas Ruch, Milford Town Council
• James A. Smiley, Milford Town Council
• Jason Zaugg, Winona Lake Town Council District 5
Uncontested township trustee candidates for the Republican party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Spencer Bartlett, Clay Township
• Rita Anglin, Etna Township
• Ann M. Wiesehan, Franklin Township
• Tracy Moyer, Harrison Township
• Gwendolyn L. Ostrom, Jackson Township
• Beth Krull, Jefferson Township
• Molly Bradford, Lake Township
• Stephanie E. Cloud, Monroe Township
• Craig Charlton, Plain Township
• Julia A. Goon, Prairie Township
• Richard L. Stutzman, Scott Township
• Aime Hoffman, Seward Township
• Christopher M. Francis, Tippecanoe Township
• Joe Cazier, Turkey Creek
• Diane K. Perry, Van Buren Township
• Matthew Brubaker, Washington Township
• Jeanie Stackhouse, Wayne Township
Uncontested township trustee candidates for the Democratic party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Barbara Fabyan, Tippecanoe Township
Township Board candidates for the Republican party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Donald L. Morris, Clay Township
• Danny D. Ransbottom, Clay Township
• Dan Willis, Clay Township
• Joe R. Mooney, Etna Township
• Steven L. “Steve” Sechrist, Etna Township
• Ashley Gearhart, Franklin Township
• Kayla Leininger, Franklin Township
• Joe Secrist, Franklin Township
• John E. Hart, Harrison Township
• Edward Rock, Harrison Township
• Steve Sponseller, Harrison Township
• Tom Brainard, Jackson Township
• Joie Lotz, Jackson Township
• Jill Slater, Jackson Township
• Debbie Wilcoxson, Jackson Township
• Lori Harman, Jefferson Township
• Kevin Herschberger, Jefferson Township
• Jane Hunsberger, Jefferson Township
• Glenn M. Hobbs, Lake Township
• Kathleen A. Lokotar, Lake Township
• Wayne Spratt, Lake Township
• Donald L. Ellison, Monroe Township
• Greg Anderson, Plain Township
• Robert Warren Bishop, Plain Township
• Larry Kammerer, Plain Township
• Lila Christner Thompson, Prairie Township
• Gordon R. Drake, Prairie Township
• Connie Himes, Prairie Township
• John Dougherty, Scott Township
• John R. Mast, Scott Township
• Tim Stankovich, Scott Township
• Kevin N. Hohman, Seward Township
• Bruce Lankenau, Seward Township
• Matt Smith, Seward Township
• Edwin D. “Ed” Clayton, Tippecanoe Township
• Mark S. Lawson, Tippecanoe Township
• James M. “Jim” Rhodes, Tippecanoe Township
• Dennis Darr, Turkey Creek Township
• Matthew Dunithan, Turkey Creek Township
• John D. Heckaman, Turkey Creek Township
• Shane M. Bucher, Van Buren Township
• Bruce L. Lamb, Van Buren Township
• Stephen F. Unruch, Van Buren Township
• Bryan Bidwell, Washington Township
• John B. Camden II, Washington Township
• Roger S. Thomas, Washington Township
• Lance Grubbs, Wayne Township
• Gordon Nash, Wayne Township
• Joshua Spangle, Wayne Township
Township Board candidates for the Democratic party, as provided by the county clerk’s office, are:
• Rebecca Noftz, Plain Township
• Robert C. Osbun, Plain Township
• Brian J. Smith, Plain Township
• Julio Reyes Jr., Tippecanoe Township
• Katelyn Smith, Wayne Township