Candidates in place for Primary Election
Cathy May - Contributing Writer

The race is on! There are seven Republicans vying for the Ripley County Council At Large seats in the Primary Election. They are Juanita Bauer, Mark Busching, Donald Dunbar, Lee Mathews Jr., Joe Menchhofer, Benjamin Peetz and Bernard Sieverding. The three highest vote getters go on to the fall election. The three Democrats will automatically move forward: Harland Delap, Raymond Doane, and Ray Raney.

There is also a contest on the two County Commissioner seats up for election. In District 2 there are four Republicans running and only one goes on to the fall ballot: Charles Folz, Daniel Meisberger, Richard Smith, and William Warren. The lone Democrat running, Timothy Howder, automatically moves on.

In the District 3 County Commissioner's race there are two Republicans and two Democrats running. Republicans are John Little and Lawrence Nickell. Democrats are Charles Cook and Timothy Taylor. Only one from each party will move forward to the fall election.

The four Republicans running for county offices are unopposed:
County Clerk, Ginger Bradford; County Coroner, Robert Eric Karsteter; County Recorder, Tammy Borgman and County Treasurer, Earlene Copeland. There are no Democrats running for these offices in the Primary Election.

Two school boards will elect board members in the Primary Election. Three men vying for the Jac-Cen-Del School Board At Large seat:
Jonathan Brison, Paul C. Hardy and Timothy Wolff. Charles Hughes is the only one running for the Town of Osgood seat.

Milan has two school board members running unopposed: David Voss for the At Large position and Edward Amberger for the Town of Milan.

The Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, May 4.