Many of your Republican elected officials and candidates filed for election first thing Wednesday morning, at 8:00 a.m. right when the Clerk’s office opened for business. Some photos of the Republicans filing are available here.
Rod Seelye, who filed for re-election as county sheriff in the photo above, was the first candidate to sign the new election filing book. The previous book was used from 1937 to 2012.
The following offices are on the ballot in 2014 (with the Republican candidates as of Friday, January 10, so far listed below them).
State Senate
--H. Lloyd “Tad” Whitis
State Representative
--Rhonda Rhoads
Superior Court Judge
--Joe Claypool
Prosecuting Attorney
--Otto Schalk
Assessor
--no candidate filed yet
Auditor
--Karen Engleman
Commisioner, District #3
--no candidate filed yet
Sheriff
--Rod Seelye
Treasurer
--Debbie Dones
Council, District #1
--Phil Smith
Council, District #2
--Gary Davis
Council District #3
--no candidate filed yet
Council District #4
--Ralph Sherman
Additionally, trustees and advisory board members are up for election in all of Harrison County’s twelve townships. Each township has one trustee and three advisory board members.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like more information about running for office.
The deadline for filing to run is Friday, February 7, at noon.
