May ballot shapes up (02/24/07)

Filing for the May 8 primary closed at noon Friday with most incumbents - including Portland and Dunkirk mayors - looking for a positive nod from the voters to run for another term in office.

Although they won't face opposition in the May primary, both mayors will be pitted against opponents in the fall election.

Incumbent Portland Mayor Hosier, who is completing his first four-year term, was one of the first to file for re-election on the first filing day; but Democrat Jim Sanders, and current Portland City Council member, also an early filer, had said a few weeks earlier he would challenge the Republican mayor for the job.

Candidates for the District 4 and District 7 seats on the Portland City County will see competition in May when Republicans Dennis M. Mason Jr. and Donald P. Gillespie seek their party's nod for the District 4 seat and Republicans Kent McClung and Mike Weesner face off for the District 7 seat nod. Also filing before the noon deadline Friday for the District 7 seat was Democrat Michael Martin, 1214 S. Shank St. He will be unopposed in the primary.

In Dunkirk, first term mayor Republican Sam Hubbard is also running unopposed in the primary but will be facing a Democrat- Ronald Hunt or Raymond Pettus Sr. - in the fall election.

Seeking a Democratic Party nod for the District 3 Dunkirk Council seat are incumbent A. Craig Faulkner and newcomer, Richard E. Buckner. Republican Charmaine M. O'Conner is running unopposed for her party's nomination for the seat.

Although candidates in Bryant, Pennville, and Salamonia have until July 2 to file to run in the fall election, Scott F. Twigg, 0106 S. Francis St., Bryant, has filed to run for a seat on the Bryant Town Council, and in Pennville, incumbent Krista M. Scholer has filed for clerk-treasurer. Rodne E. Penrod has filed for the middle district Pennville Town Council seat, and Ron Kreps is seeking re-election to the south district seat.

Here is a look at the way the primary election should shape up:

Portland Mayor

Republican - Bruce W. Hosier (incumbent)

Democrat - Jim Sanders

Clerk-treasurer

Democrat - Linda Kennedy (incumbent)

Judge

Republican - Michele Rae Pensinger (incumbent)

City Council

District 1

Republican - Bill Gibson (incumbent)

Democrat - Teresa A. Watters

District 2

Republican - Todd A. Nichols

District 3

Republican - Michael E. Brewster

Democrat - Jerry W. Leonhard (incumbent)

District 4

Republicans - Dennis M. Mason Jr. and Donald P. Gillespie

Democrat - Randy Geesaman

District 7

Republicans - Kent McClung and Mike Weesner

Democrat - Michael Martin

At large

Republican - Kip Robinette (incumbent)

Democrat - Judith L. Aker (incumbent)

Dunkirk

Mayor

Republican - Sam Hubbard (incumbent)

Democrats - Ronald N. Hunt and Raymond Pettus

Clerk-treasurer

Democrat - Jane Ann Kesler (incumbent)

Judge

Republican - Tommy Dale "Chip" Phillips II (incumbent)

City council

District 1

Democrat - Larry Joe Smith (incumbent)

District 2

Democrat - Judy Garr

District 3

Republican - Charmaine M. O'Conner

Democrats - A. Craig Faulkner (incumbent) and Richard E. Buckner

At-large

Democrat - Thomas D. Johnson (incumbent)

Redkey

Clerk-treasurer

Democrat - Sandy Kirby (incumbent)

Town council

Democrats - Dottie Quakenbush (incumbent), James Clayton Phillips, Terri D. Taylor and Philip L. Philebaum.

Pennville

Clerk-treasurer

Krista M. Scholer (incumbent)

Town council

Middle district

Rodne Penrod

South district

Ron Kreps (incumbent)

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Bryant

Clerk-treasurer

No candidate

Town council

Scott F. Twigg

Salamonia

Clerk-treasurer

No candidate

Town council

No candidate

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