City, town elections set (01/20/07)

As the dust settles from the November election and the candidates begin serving a new or another term, another election is about to gear up.

City and town primary elections will be held Tuesday, May 8, and filing for those offices will begin Wednesday and continue through Feb. 23 at noon in the office of Jay County Clerk Jane Ann Runyon.

Offices to be elected throughout the county include all elected officials in Portland, Dunkirk, Bryant and Salamonia; two of three town board seats in Pennville and three of five town board seats in Redkey.

Runyon noted that Pennville and Redkey are the only Jay County communities whose town board members serve staggered terms.

Here is a list of offices up for election this year, the officials currently in that position and their party affiliation:

Portland

Mayor - Bruce Hosier (R).

City clerk-treasurer - Linda Kennedy (D)

City court judge - Michelle Pensinger (R)

City council seats (candidates must live in district and are elected in district except at large):

District 1 - Bill Gibson (R)

District 2 - Glen Bryant (R)

District 3 - Jerry Leonhard (D)

District 4 - Judy Aker (D)

District 7 - Dolphus Stephen (R)

At-large - Jim Sanders (D) and Kip Robinette (R)

Dunkirk

Mayor - Sam Hubbard (R)

City clerk-treasurer - Jane Ann Kesler (D)

City Court Judge - Tommy "Chip" Phillips

City council (must live in district but are elected at-large)

District 1 - Larry Smith (D)

District 2 - James Doughty (R)

District 3 - Craig Faulkner (D)

District 4 - Connie Whetsel (R)

At-large - Tom Johnson (D)

Redkey

Clerk-treasurer - Sandy Kirby (D)

Town board (at large): Dottie Quakenbush (D), Darrell Smith (D), and Dixie Toy (D).

Candidates in Salamonia, Bryant, and Pennville run on minor party tickets.

Salamonia

Candidates need petitions with six signatures.

Clerk-treasurer - Connie Southworth

Town board (at large): Gloria Pfeifer, Donna Shreeve, and Emily Daugherty

Bryant

Candidates need petitions with seven signatures.

Clerk-treasurer - Lisa Elzey.

Town board (at large): Terry Billington, Jason Elzey, and Leo Kahn

Pennville

Candidates need petitions with seven signatures.

Clerk-treasurer - Krista Scholer

Middle district board (south of Lagro Street and north of Harrison Street) - Cathy Corwin

South district (south of Harrison Street) - Ron Kreps[[In-content Ad]]