Videos from the Farm Bureau Candidate Forum

On Monday, March 29, the Harrison County Farm Bureau hosted a forum for the primary election candidates. The forum was moderated by Pete Schickel. Many folks turned out to hear what the candidates had to say.

Here are videos of the various candidates.

In the spirit of bipartisanship, the Democratic candidates are listed below as well.

Circuit Court Judge
- John Evans, Republican
- Ron Simpson, Democrat

County Prosecutor
- Otto Schalk, Republican
- Dennis Byrd, 8-year incumbent Democrat

County Sheriff
- Rod Seelye, Republican
- Michael Gregory, Republican
- Tom Bube, Republican, was not present
- Eric Fischer, Democrat
- Brad Shepherd, Democrat
- Gary Gilley, Democrat, was not present but someone was allowed to speak on his behalf
- Marty McClanahan, Democrat
- Roy Wiseman, Democrat, was not present but someone was allowed to speak on his behalf
- Jim Slucher, Democrat

County Auditor
- Karen Shireman Engleman, Republican
- Heather Metcalf, Democrat, was not present but a letter was read on her behalf

County Assessor
- Rena Stepro, 4-year incumbent Democrat, is unchallenged and was not present

County Treasurer
- Teresa Sutton, Republican (no video due to camera glitch)
- Carol Hauswald, incumbent Democrat (no video due to camera glitch)

County Commissioner
- Jim Klinstiver, Republican
- Terry Miller, 17-year incumbent Democrat

County Council District #1
- Phil Smith, Republican
- Leslie Robertson, 4-year incumbent Democrat, was not present but a letter was read on her behalf

County Council District #2
- Marion Wallace, Republican
- Tom Wallace, Republican
- Gary Davis, Republican
- Bill Nichols, 4-year incumbent Democrat
- Robert Morris, Democrat

County Council District #3
- Jeremy Shireman, Republican
- Gordon Pendleton, 4-year incumbent Democrat

County Council District #4
- Ralph Sherman, 16-year incumbent Republican
- Andrew Eschbacher, Democrat, was not present

State Representative District #70
- Brett Loyd, Republican
- Rhonda Rhoads, Republican
- Paul Robertson, 32-year incumbent Democrat, was not present

Thanks to the Farm Bureau for putting on the candidate forum and thanks to all of the candidates who came out to speak.