Dublin, Fountain City, Hagerstown seek councilors

Several opportunities are available to serve one’s neighbors at the closest levels of local government.

As of press time, no one had filed to run for Dublin, Fountain City and Hagerstown town councils. Each community needs to fill two at-large seats.

Prospective candidates running as Republicans or Democrats for any office must submit paperwork by noon Friday, Feb. 6, to get on the May 5 primary ballot. Independents have a bit longer.

In addition, all 15 townships (Abington, Boston, Center, Clay, Dalton, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, New Garden, Perry, Washington, Wayne and Webster) are seeking trustees and board members. Some townships currently have no candidates, and many others don’t have a full slate.

Even though the possibility of eliminating some township governments is currently being discussed in the Indiana General Assembly, Wayne County election officials are continuing to plan for all those offices being on the ballot.

These additional filings since WWN’s Jan. 21 edition were supplied by Wayne County’s voter registration office:

• Indiana State Senate District 27: Jeff Raatz (Republican)
• Wayne County Council District 4: Richard Tincher (R)
• U.S. House of Representatives: Sixth District: William Kory Amyx and Cinde Wirth, both Democrats
• Center Township Trustee: Vicki Chasteen (R)
• Center Township Board Member: Steve Poindexter (R)
• Greene Township Trustee: Robert Conyers (R)
• New Garden Township Trustee: Jeff Himelick (R)
• Wayne Township Trustee: Susan Isaacs (R)
• Webster Township Trustee: Rodger Smith (R)
• Democrat precinct committee member: Beth Harrick and Alan Murdoch
• Republican state convention delegates: Chris Beeson, Jeff Plasterer and Max Smith (all District 3); Jeff Cappa and Misty Hollis (all District 1)

The following filings were reported in WWN’s Jan. 21 edition.

• Wayne County Auditor: Amy Chenowith and Mark Hoelscher, both Republicans
• Wayne County Sheriff: Alan Moore and Kyle Weatherly, both Republicans
• Wayne Superior Court 2 judge: Austin Shadle (R)
• Wayne Superior Court 3 judge: Mark Cox (R)
• Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney: Ashley Green (R)
• County Council: Jeff Cappa (District 1); Bradley “Farmer Brad” Wood and Barry Ritter, District 2; Beth Leisure (District 3), all Republicans
• County Commissioner: Brad Dwenger (R)
• County Recorder: Debbie Tiemann (R)
• County Assessor: Timothy Smith (R)
• Indiana House of Representatives District 56: Randy Retter (R)
• U.S. House of Representatives Sixth District: David Lawrence Boyd (Democrat), Jefferson Shreve (R)
• Wayne Township Assessor: Gary Callahan (R)
• Township board members: Jack Buckland, Boston Township (R); Louis Artman and Jan Riggleman, Clay Township, both Republicans; Jason Roll and Scott Stemple, Franklin Township; Gary Keesling, Anne Smith and Max Soliday, Jefferson Township (R); Robert McGuire, New Garden Township (D); Marilyn Sowers, Wayne Township (R)
• Township trustees: Steve Kaiser, Abington Township (R); Christopher Lane, Jefferson Township (R)
• Democratic Party precinct committee members: Charles Ryan Ogden, Wayne 31
• State convention delegates: Jane Bumbalough, Brad Dwenger, Tara Pegg and Jerry Purcell (District 1), Aaron Roberts and Lora Roberts (District 2), Beth Leisure and Gary Saunders (District 3), all Republicans. They will only be on the ballot if there is a contest.

Independent or minority party candidates can file a petition of nomination for the November election for verification of petition signatures. Those candidates’ forms are due by noon June 30. Write-in candidates can file their declaration of intent to run in November. Their form is due by noon July 6.

The Libertarian Party must conduct a county convention to nominate candidates by noon July 3.