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Primary election will include several run-offs |
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
 Two school board elections have drawn much attention from patrons and will require run-offs in the May 13 primary.
The deadline for new candidates to file was Monday.
One incumbent and seven new candidates have filed for the three seats available on the Anselmo-Merna School Board.
Incumbent Kyle Geiser filed for re-election. Also filing for election were Sharon Beals, Kyle Cantrell, Allen D. Fales, Clifford Burnett, Joel Bartak, Kevin Safranek, Cythia Boyd and Michelle Miller. Incumbents Ralph Chandler and Cindy Adams did not file for re-election.
Brian Deakin and Michelle Zlomke have filed for re-election to their posts on the Broken Bow School Board. Joyce Richardson did not re-file for her seat. New candidates who filed for election Monday are Keith McCaslin, Pamela Fisher, Matthew Haumont, Kenneth Myers, Gary Lawrence and John Evans.
The number of school board candidates for each board will be narrowed to six by voters in the primary.
In cases where the number of candidates does not exceed twice the number of open seats, the names will not appear on the primary ballot. Instead, all candidates will advance to the general election ballot in November.
Two county supervisor seats will also appear on the primary ballot. For the County Board of Supervisors District 4 post, vacated by Marvin Sterner, Mark Haynes, Clifford C. Klein, Raymond Driscoll and Alan J. Jacquot have filed for the spot. District 6 incumbent Ron Jorgenson has filed for re-election. He will be joined on the ballot by Richard G. Walter and Roy William Lichtenberger.
Voters will narrow the field for those seats to two during the primary.
In District 2, Broken Bow’s Larry Hickenbottom has filed to retain his seat. There are no other candidates.
In Broken Bow, two-term city council member Jack Mattox did not file for re-election in the city’s east ward. Doug Smith has filed for election to that seat.
In the west ward Jim Franssen and Chad Schall have filed for the seat that will be vacated by Barry Fox.
Dahl Jungren has filed for re-election to the Broken Bow Airport Authority’s six-year term. Casey Williams and David Minnick have also filed for that post. Incumbent Gerald Geiselman did not file for re-election.
Incumbent Grant Chapin has filed for re-election to the entity’s two-year term. Incumbent Cheryl Guggenmos did not file for re-election. There are no other candidates at this time for the two seats available in each term category.
The city of Sargent has two incumbent candidates to date for two at-large positions. They are Robert Nitchie and Orville Mankle. Timothy Leibert has also filed for election to the seat.
The Sargent City Airport Authority has one candidate for its six-year term, Incumbent John D. Troxel. There are two seats available for that term. Incumbent Phil Ottun did not file for re-election. There are no candidates for the one four-year seat available. Incumbent Michael Kozeal did not file for re-election.
Three incumbents have filed to retain their seats on the Sargent School Board. They are Carol Fenske, Ron Baillie and Gayle Mattox.
In Callaway, incumbents Keri Schneringer and Lance Stryker have filed to retain their seats on the Callaway School Board. Curtis Stallbaumer and Douglas G. G’Schwind have also filed for one of the three open positions. Incumbent Tony Pitkin did not file for re-election.
Four people have filed for election to the three seats available on the Callaway Hospital District Board. They are incumbents Patrick Osmond, Shirley Estergard and Greg Johnson and new file Shari Walken. Arnold’s Hospital District Board has two incumbent candidates for its two open seats, Charles A. Blowers and Marion Scott.
Duane Bowers and Stephanie Jacobsen are the incumbent candidates for the three seats on the Arnold School Board. Incumbent Allen Conner did not file for re-election. Other candidates are Diana M. Coleman and Al Bishop.
The Ansley School Board has three seats available. Filing for election are Neil Ostrand, Marilyn Thoene, Lisa M. Bristol and Lanette Doane. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 March 2008 )
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