Ballots fill up for area elections

Candidates who met Tuesday’s filing deadline for races in neighboring counties include:

Area city elections

Basehor

Mayor — Chris Garcia; Joseph B. Nick Sr.

Council — Robert “Bob” Moore; James P. Washington; Terry Thomas; Rayburn “Keith” Sifford; David Povilonis

There will be a primary in the city council race to eliminate one candidate.

Tonganoxie

Council — Robert Nickle; Steve Gumm; Cecil E. Vinyard; Jim Truesdell; Jason Ward

There are three Tonganoxie City Council positions up for grabs.

Linwood

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<p>Mayor — Georgiana Smith</p>
<p>Council — Charles Dwayne Call</p>
<h3>McLouth</h3>
<p>Mayor — James R. Schonherr</p>
<p>Council– Gerald D. Ping; Gary Royer</p>
<p>There are two spots open on city council.</p>
<h3>Meriden</h3>
<p>Mayor — Andy Surritt</p>
<p>Council — Betty Ann Anderson; Kevin Bell; Robert Budden; Randy Daniels; Harold Gore; Sherri Hittle; Marilyn Johnson; Bill Rodecap; Gary Quiett</p>
<p>The Meriden City Council is expanding to seven from five council members. Five of the seat are up for grabs.</p>
<p>There is no primary in this race, but in the general election the top three vote-getters will serve four year terms and the fourth- and fifth-place vote-getters will serve two year terms.</p>
<h3>Nortonville</h3>
<p>Mayor — Herman Ackmann; David Schneider; Edward “Pete” Scott</p>
<p>Council — Troy Frost; Michael A. Henning; Roy McCullough; Matt Smith; Roger Whaley</p>
<p>The city of Nortonville passed an ordinance to not hold a primary election. The mayor candidates all will duke out their campaigns for the general election in April. Additionally, there are two city council seats open.</p>
<h3>Oskaloosa</h3>
<p>Council — Michael Boyd; Thomas D. Bryant; Lisa M. Cross; A.W. “Rocky” Himpel; Shelly Hummelgaard</p>
<p>There are three seats open on the Oskaloosa City Council.</p>
<h3>Ottawa</h3>
<p>Commission — Deborah Henningsen; Raquel “Rocky” Fleer-Husted; Blake Jorgensen; Mark R. Retzer, Sr.; Kenneth Woods</p>
<p>There are three positions open on the Ottawa City Commission.</p>
<h3>Ozawkie</h3>
<p>Mayor — Scott Gibson; Terry C. Marsh</p>
<p>Council — Bradley A. Ayers; Elke Lassiter; Kirk W. Vernon; Marlin Youngquist</p>
<p>There are two seats open on the Ozawkie City Council.</p>
<h3>Perry</h3>
<p>Council– Richard A. “Dick” Annis; Marcie Rae Cottrell; Joanna Madorin; Jay Skelton</p>
<p>There are three seats available on the Perry City Council.</p>
<h3>Valley Falls</h3>
<p>Mayor — Robert H. Zieg</p>
<p>Council — James V. Durand</p>
<p>There are two positions open on the Valley Falls City Council.</p>
<h3>Winchester</h3>
<p>Council — James L. Clark; Jane E. Weishaar</p>
<p>There are three positions open on the Winchester City Council.</p>
<h3>Wellsville</h3>
<p>Council — Jeanine Berrier; Marvin Hutchinson; Jerald Owings; Kurt Taylor</p>
<p>There are three positions open on the Wellsville City Council.</p>
<h3>Area school districts</h3>
<p>Valley Falls</p>
<p>Position 4 — Laverne W. Clark, Valley Falls; Micah Gelatt, Valley Falls</p>
<p>Position 5 — Charles E. Bartlett, Valley Falls; John D. Shipley, Jr., Valley Falls</p>
<p>Position 6 — Larry Martin, Valley Falls</p>
<h3>Jefferson County North</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Carletia Domann, Nortonville; Sharon Porter, Nortonville</p>
<p>Position 5 — Keith A. Ostrander, Winchester</p>
<p>Position 6 — William R. Perry Jr., Winchester</p>
<h3>Jefferson County West</h3>
<p>Position 4 — David Jolly, Ozawkie</p>
<p>Position 5 — G. Daniel Harden, Meriden</p>
<p>Position 6 — Bette J. Lopez, Ozawkie; Sandra Mumaw, Ozawkie</p>
<h3>Oskaloosa</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Herb Dissinger, Oskaloosa</p>
<p>Position 5 — Alice “Lou” Jeffers, Oskaloosa; Tracy D. Newell, Oskaloosa</p>
<p>Position 6 — Roy T. Artman, Oskaloosa</p>
<h3>McLouth</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Douglas Walbridge, McLouth</p>
<p>Position 5 — Donald L. Edmonds, McLouth</p>
<p>Position 6 — Mitchel Campbell, McLouth</p>
<h3>Perry-Lecompton</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Kevin Wade, Grantville</p>
<p>Position 5 — Linda Baranski, Lecompton</p>
<p>Position 6 — Kevin Morgison, Perry</p>
<h3>Wellsville</h3>
<p>Position 3 — Susan D. Rader</p>
<h3>Position 4 — Ron Bloss</h3>
<p>Position 5 — Rob Pearce</p>
<p>Position 6 — Ardith M. Bell</p>
<h3>Ottawa</h3>
<p>Three at-large positions — Jeanette Lowry; Lawrence Lyman; Sean Powell; Mike Sipple; Marge Stevens</p>
<h3>Basehor-Linwood</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Randy E. Cunningham, Basehor</p>
<p>Position 5 — Patrick A. Jeannin, Bonner Springs</p>
<p>Position 6 — Paul David Smith, Linwood; Gary Johnson, Linwood</p>
<h3>Tonganoxie</h3>
<p>Position 4 — Darlyn Hansen, Tonganoxie</p>
<p>Position 5 — Kay Smith, Tonganoxie</p>
<p>Position 6 — Bob Dehoff, Tonganoxie; Brian Huseman, Tonganoxie</p>
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