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Candidates gearing up for August primary
Published 6/28/2008 in News : Area coverage
By MONICA SPRINGER
mspringer@gctelegram.com
Political signs are being placed in yards around the area, calling for citizens to elect or re-elect county leaders in the Aug. 5 primaries.
In the primary election, there is a Republican ballot and a Democrat ballot. All of the Republicans who filed to run for office will be on the Republican ballot, and those Democrats who filed to run for office will be listed on the Democratic ballot.
The deadline for voter registration is July 21 to vote in the primaries. Contact local election offices for details regarding where polling places are located and for information about advance ballots.
Here is a look at who voters are going to see campaigning for county offices in the area:
For the Kansas Senate:
Incumbent Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, has filed for Kansas Senate District 38, along with Laura Mead, D-Dodge City. District 38 covers Ford, Gray, Meade, Clark and Seward counties, as well as the southwestern part of Haskell County.
Incumbent Stephen R. Morris, R-Hugoton, has filed for District 39, along with Harold Starr, R-Garden City. District 39 includes Hamilton, Stanton, Morton, Kearny, Grant, Stevens and Finney counties, as well the northeast part of Gray county.
Incumbent, Ralph Ostmeyer, R-Grinnell, has filed for District 40, which includes Greeley, Wichita, Scott and Lane counties, along with the rest of northwest Kansas.
For the Kansas House of Representatives:
Incumbent Larry R. Powell, R-Garden City, has filed for District 117, which includes Hodgeman, Edwards, Finney, Ness and Pawnee counties.
Incumbent Virginia Beamer, R-Oakley, has filed for District 118. Don Hineman from Lane County also filed. He is a Republican. District 118 includes Gove, Lake, Logan, Rush, Trego, Wallace, Wichita and Ness counties.
Incumbent Gary Hayzlett, R-Lakin, has filed for District 122, which includes Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Finney and Haskell counties.
Incumbent Jeff Whitham, R-Garden City, has filed for District 123, which includes Garden City.
Incumbent Bill Light, R-Rolla, and Gene Schwein of Ulysses, also a Republican, have filed for District 124, which includes Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens, Haskell and Seward counties.
Finney County
County Commission District Two: Harold D. "Dave" Jones, Republican, and Cynthia Corn, Democrat.
District Three: Don Doll, Republican, incumber.
Treasurer: Raylene Dick, Republican, incumbent.
County Clerk: Elsa Ulrich, Democrat, incumbent.
County Attorney: John P. Wheeler Jr., Republican, incumbent.
Register of Deeds: Ulrike E. Lappin, Republican.
Sheriff: Kevin Bascue, Republican, incumbent.
Garden City Township: Patricia A. Stockham, Republican, for treasurer; Sue Swords, Republican, for trustee.
Pierceville Township: Doug Mai, Republican, for treasurer; C. Brent Sinclair, Republican, for trustee.
Pleasant Valley Township Trustee: Erol T. Klassen, Republican.
Sherlock Township Trustee: Russell Komlofske, Republican.
Precinct committeeman/committeewoman (Republican):
Sam Hermocillo, Ward 1; John Earl Whiteley and Debra J. Bolton, Ward 2; Starla Irsik, William Stephens and Betty Jo Roberts, Ward 3; Gail Lee, Marvin Schoenberger, Mary P. Lee and Deanna (Dee) Schoenberger, Ward 4; Gary D. Dick, Harold Orosco, Lynn Ballinger and Raylene J. Dick, Ward 5; Marc Hertel, Mark Nelsen, Missy Salyer and Janett Brush, Ward 6; Dale Meadors, Leona Meadors, Zachary J. Crabbs and Kimberly M. Crabbs, Ward 7; Robert L. Baker and Dixie L. Baker, Ward 8; Jesse Villanueva and Ardella Villanueva, Ward 9; Gail A. Dunford, Leo Hanneman, Vestal Teeter and Jennifer D. Teeter, Ward 10; Gale Seibert, Cindy Doering and Debbie A. Reynolds, Ward 11; Thomas Walker, Troy R. Unruh, Susan Tiffany and Patricia Whitham, Ward 12; Chris Law, Tina Barton and Caverly Hart, Ward 13; Rodney Kirchoff, Wes Allred, Liz Kirchoff and Kathleen Bruchy, Ward 14; Roy E. Dixon, Thomas Waller, Patricia L. LeClerc and Betty S. Rice, Ward 15; Robert S. Law, Harold C. "Bud" Mathews, Janice M. Brown and Sharolyn Funk, Ward 16; Keith L. Downer, Pansy Fryman and Nancy E. Davis, Huffman Precinct; Mark E. Rude and Maxine Atkinson, Jennie Barker Precinct; Lon E. Pishny and Janyth Pishny, Mack Precinct; John G. Miller, Jeff Collins, Emily Ann Miller and Shonda Collins, Riverside Precinct; Roger Dumler and Linda Powell, Kalvesta Precinct; Don Doll and Linda Doll, Theoni Precinct; Martin G. Nusser, Marion Lobmeyer, Judith L. Nusser and Joan Lobmeyer, Plymell Precinct; Dennis Kleysteuber, Douglas McGraw, Janice L. Kleysteuber and Saundra L. McGraw, Pierceville Precinct; Wayne Wheeler and Shirley I. Wheeler, Holcomb Precinct; and Timothy L. Miller and Rebecca Miller, Friend Precinct.
Democrat: Elizabeth Bustamante and R. Jane Overton, Ward 2; Molly C. Wieland, Ward 3; Wendel Wurst and Margaret G. Quint, Ward 13; Edwin Beckerman and Karen Beckerman, Jennie Barker Precinct.
Grant County
There are three filings for sheriff: Antonio (Tony) Cavasos Jr., Lonnie Lee and Lance Babcock, all Republicans. Babcock is the incumbent.
Mary K. Sullivan, a Republican incumbent, has filed for register of deeds. Rita Gee, a Republican incumbent, filed for county treasurer.
Linda McHenry, Republican incumbent, has filed for county clerk. Robin Hathaway, Republican incumbent, has filed for county attorney.
Marty Long, a Republican incumbent, has filed for county commissioner for district three.
For Republican precinct committeewoman, Beverly Haefele and Bonnie Rudzik have filed for precinct one, Ann Papay has filed for precinct two, Eula Boylan has filed for precinct three, and Kathy Olson-Wilson has filed for Precinct four.
For Republican precinct committeeman, Loy (Von) Anthony II has filed for precinct one, Thomas Fuhrmann has filed for precinct two, John Boylan has filed for precinct three and J. Stephen Alford has filed for precinct four.
Peggy Alford, R-Ulysses, filed for district magistrate judge for district 26.
Gray County
There are two candidates for sheriff: James Kramer, Democrat, and Jimmie Bice, Republican. Kramer is the incumbent.
Sheryl Plotner, a Democrat incumbent, filed for treasurer. Maria Griffin, a Democrat incumbent, filed for register of deeds. Curtis E. Campbell, a Democrat incumbent, has filed for county attorney. Bonnie Woody Swartz, a Democrat incumbent, has filed for county clerk.
Glenn Oyler, Joe Hibbert and Daniel Miller, all Republicans from Cimarron, have filed for county commissioner for district two.
David Loucks, a Republican from Copeland, has filed for county commission district three, along with Orville Lee Williams, a Republican from Montezuma.
Gilbert Benton filed for Cimarron treasurer. Russell Scharts filed for Cimarron trustee.
Audrey Maxwell filed for Ingalls treasurer. Don Redger filed for Ingalls trustee.
Dennis Maxwell filed for Logan treasurer. Bryan Habiger filed for Logan trustee.
Reed Bullinger filed for Montezuma treasurer. Tom Brown filed for Montezuma trustee.
Dennis Penner filed for Republican precinct committeeman. Jodi Rudzik, Cimarron, filed for Republican precinct committeewoman.
For Democratic committeeman, Russel Schartz and Everett Wright filed.
For Democratic Precinct committeewoman, Sara Schartz has filed.
Joey Duncan, R-Cimarron, filed for district magistrate judge for district 16.
Greeley County
There are two candidates for county clerk: Linda Firner and Jerri Young, both Republicans. Firner is the incumbent. For county treasurer, Mary "Diane" Gentry, a Republican incumbent, filed. For sheriff, Mark Rine, Republican incumbent, filed.
Lisa Robertson, Republican, filed for Register of Deeds. Charles Moser, a Democrat from Tribune, filed for county attorney.
There are three filings for Tribune precinct committeeman: Thomas Bergner, Chris Dixon, William Hamann. For Tribune precinct three committeeman, Gene Nickelson filed. For Tribune precinct one committeewoman, Janice Fahrenholtz filed. For Tribune precinct two committeewoman, Jeri Farmer Smith, has filed. For Tribune precinct committeewoman, Melissa Nickelson and Marj Hornbaker filed.
Hamilton County
Keith Puckett, a Republican incumbent, has filed for commissioner district two. Dave Schwieterman, a Republican incumbent, filed for commissioner district three. Marcia Ashmore, a Republican incumbent, filed for county clerk. Vicki Valentine, a Republican, filed for county register of deeds.
Chris Squire, a Republican incumbent, filed for county treasurer. There are two filings for sheriff: Richard Garza and Joseph Stephens, both Republicans. Garza is the incumbent.
Robert Gale, a Democrat incumbent, filed for county attorney.
Haskell County
For commissioner district three, Bill Lower, a Republican incumbent, has filed. Raymond Brown, Democrat, filed for county commissioner district two.
Sharon Hinkle, a Republican incumbent, has filed for clerk. There are two candidates for sheriff: Incumbent Larry Phoenix and Troy Briggs, both Republicans. There are also two candidates for county attorney: Lynn Koehn and Bryce Haverkamp.
Candidates running for register of deeds are Candy Huffine and Suzan Kimball, both Republicans. Huffine is the incumbent.
Nancy Weeks, a Republican incumbent, filed for treasurer.
Charity Horinek filed for Haskell township treasurer. James Groth filed for Dudley township treasurer. Gerald Lightcap filed for Dudley township trustee.
Vaughn Lower filed for precinct one committeeman. Patricia Redd filed for precinct one committeewoman. Nancy Weeks filed for precinct three committeewoman.
Clinton Stalker filed for precinct two committeeman. Delaine Stalker filed for precinct two committeewoman.
Tommy Webb, R-Sublette, filed for district magistrate judge for district 26.
Kearny County
Thomas Wright IV, a Republican incumbent, has filed for county commissioner district two. Larry Combs, Republican incumbent, filed for county comissioner for district three.
Tracy Manly, a Republican incumbent, has filed for treasurer. Dennis Jones, a Republican incumbent, has filed for county attorney. James F. Jarboe, a Republican incumbent, has filed for sheriff.
Melissa Gerritzen, Republican incumbent, filed for register of deeds. Jana Jenkinson, Republican incumbent, filed for county clerk.
Phyllis Hendriz, Republican, filed for Lakin township treasurer.
Township Trustee filings include: D. Royce Williams, West Hibbard; Betty Barnes, Lakin Township; Kent Landon, Deerfield Township; and Garnett Hartman Southside Township.
Precinct committeemen include: Thomas Bachman Lakin City precinct one; John Jenkinson Lakin City precinct one; Robert Price, Deerfield precinct; Douglas Kysar East Hibbard; Lewis Bontrager, West Hibbard; Jere Beymer Lakin Township precinct one; James Adams, Lakin precinct two, Nelson Rider, Kendall; and Randy Hayzlett, Southside.
Precinct committeewomen filings include: Adrian Price, Deerfield; Janel Kysar, East Hibbard; Deanna Bontrager, West Hibbard; Celia Beymer, Lakin Township precinct one; Kristina Cox, Lakin City precinct one; Lisa Adams, Lakin precinct two, Joyce Rider, Kendall; and Pamela Hayzlett, Southside.
Lane County
Crysta Torson, a Republican incumbent, has filed for Lane County clerk. Patricia Sharp, a Republican incumbent, has filed for treasurer. Janice Backowki, Democrat, Wendelin Scheck, Republican, and Vicki Jo Hubin, Republican, have filed for register of deeds.
Dale Pike, a Republican, filed for county attorney. Donald Wilson and Steven Elder, both Republicans, filed for sheriff.
Jon Risley, a Republican incumbent, filed for commissioner for district two. Thomas Bennett, a Republican incumbent, filed for district three.
Neal Stanley filed for Alamota Township treasurer. Norman Parker filed for Alamota Township trustee. Parker also filed for Alamota precinct committeeman.
Margaret Taldo filed for Cheyenne Township treasurer. Ron Musselwhite filed for Dighton City precinct two committeeman.
Betsy Hineman filed for Dighton City precinct committeewoman. Don Hineman filed for Dighton township precinct committeeman. Vernon McBee, filed for White Rock precinct committeeman. Marvin Roberts and Opal Roberts filed for Wilson Precinct committeeman.
Shelly Selfridge, R-Dighton, filed for district magistrate judge for district 24.
Scott County
Incumbent Glenn Anderson and Tate Ricker, both Republicans, filed for sheriff.
Jack Frick, Republican incumbent, has filed for county commissioner district one. Dylan Spencer, Republican, filed for county commissioner for district three.
Pam Faurot, Republican incumbent, filed for county clerk. Debbie Murphy, Republican, filed for register of deeds. Lark Speer, Democrat, filed for county treasurer. John Shirley, a Democrat incumbent, filed for county attorney.
David Novak filed for Isbel treasurer. Mildred Dearden filed for Lake treasurer. Gary Schmidt filed for Valley Trustee and Ken Trout filed for Valley treasurer.
Alice Brokofsky filed for committeewoman for Scott City ward one. Ron Eaton filed for Scott City ward two committeeman. Janice Storm filed for Scott City ward two committeewoman. Jerry Snyder filed for Scott City ward three committeeman. Debbie Murphy filed for Scott City ward three committeewoman.
For Scott City ward four, Dick Cockerill filed for committeeman and Pamela Faurot filed for committeewoman. For Keystone Township, Lance Huck filed for committeeman. For Lake Township, John Beaton filed for committeeman and Colleen Beaton filed for committeewoman. For Michigan Township, Richard See filed for committeeman and Loaire See filed for committeewoman.
For Scott Township, Sandra Kahl filed for committeewoman.
For Valley Township, James Minnix filed for committeeman and Eilene Minnix filed for committeewoman.
Stanton County
John Smith, a Republican incumbent, filed for commissioner district two. David Black, a Republican incumbent, filed for county attorney. Edward Bezona, a Republican incumbent, filed for sheriff. Susan Lucas, a Republican incumbent, filed for register of deeds. Martie Floys, a Republican incumbent, filed for commissioner for district three. There are two filings for county clerk: Sandra Barton and Denette Kirkland, both Republicans.
Tammy Brown-Tucker filed for county treasurer. David Black filed for county attorney.
Anna Hudgins filed for Big Bow Township trustee. William Seyb filed for Stanton Township trustee. Julie Edmisson filed for hospital trustee position three.
Stevens County
There are two candidates for Stevens County commissioner second district: Gary Baker, an incumbent, and Dave Beltz, both Republicans. For county commissioner third district, there are three filings: Dave Bozone, an incumbent, Carol Lee Burrows and Janice Porter, all Republicans.
Pam Bensel, a Republican incumbent, filed for county clerk. Connie Gold, a Republican incumbent, filed for county treasurer. Betty Rosel, a Republican incumbent, filed for register of deeds.
There are two filings for sheriff: Ted Heaton, an incumbent, and "Pancho" Francisco Fedelin, both Republicans. Paul Kitzke and David Kurt, both Republicans, filed for county attorney.
Paula Sosa, a Republican from Hugoton, filed for district magistrate judge.
Shirley Mothes filed for Moscow trustee. Diane Downing filed for Moscow treasurer. Donna Burrows filed for Voorhees trustee. Erick Nordling filed for center district one committeeman. Chris Heger filed for center district two committeeman. Jerry Stuckey filed for Moscow committeeman.
Debbie Nordling filed for center district one committeewoman. Stephanie Heger filed for center district two committeewoman. Judy Parsons filed for Moscow committeewoman. Ericka Kolb filed for Voorhees committeewoman. Shirley Bozone filed for West Center committeewoman. Nancy Johnson filed for Ward two precinct two committeewoman. Sandy Skinner filed for ward one precinct one committeewoman.
Wichita County
There are four filings for sheriff: Ray Grusing, Randy Keeton, Matthew Long, all Republican, and Marshall Zellner, a Democrat. Keeton is the incumbent.
There are three filings for county commissioner for district two: Jim Gittlein, Phillip Schael, and Rex Whalen, all Republicans. Steven R. Baker, a Republican incumbent, filed for county commissioner for district three.
Karla Ridder, a Democrat incumbent, filed for county clerk.
There are two filings for treasurer: Sharon Altman, a Republican incumbent, and Jean Wells, Democrat. Connie Wilson, a Republican incumbent from Leoti, filed for register of deeds. Laura Lewis, a Republican incumbent, filed for county attorney.
For committeeman for precinct one, Leonard Mullen and Dan Duphorne filed.
For committeeman for precinct two, Rick Gilmore and James Myers filed. For committeeman for precinct three, Frant Wedel filed.
For committeewoman for precinct one, Sharon Mullen and Linda Duphorne filed. For committeewoman for precinct two, Susan Schrader and Renee Gilmore filed. For committeewoman for precinct three, Susan Wedel, Republican, filed.
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