As the noon deadline approached on Tuesday, at least two more candidates had filed for the Lawrence City Commission. Seven more candidates emerged for the Lawrence school board.

And one candidate poised to run for both — simultaneously.

Joining the city commission race were G. Wayne Parks, a 79-year-old retired farmer, and August L. “Gus” Huber IV, an East Lawrence resident, who both filed at city hall.

A third candidate, Eddie Lehman, was headed to city hall shortly before noon and made the filing deadline, becoming the 11th city commission candidate. Minutes earlier, he paid his $5 filing fee to join the 13-way race for the Lawrence school board.

“To my knowledge, it’s never been done here,” said Jo Dalquest, deputy county clerk, a 25-year veteran of local elections. “But that’s not to say it hasn’t.”

Lehman was among seven candidates Tuesday to beat the noon deadline for school board filings.

The others: Brent Garner, Cille King, Gordon Longabach, Rich Minder, Leonard Ortiz and Michael Pomes.

That brings to 13 the number of candidates running for four school board spots.

Others in the school board race are incumbents, Sue Morgan, Mary Loveland and Scott Morgan. Cindy Yulich and Samuel Gould entered the race earlier. All will be on the Feb. 25 primary ballot.

Others in the city commission race are: Zachary A. Bassin, Greg A. DiVilbiss, Lee Gerhard, Lynn Goodell, Dennis “Boog” Highberger, Ken McRae, Mike Rundle and David Schauner.

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