With less than four days left for major party candidates to file for a leadership position in city or town government, four offices still have no candidates and two don’t have enough to fill the number of seats available.
So far, only Greenwood, Franklin, Trafalgar and Bargersville residents will vote in the May primary election. Of 62 candidates so far, six are Democrat, and 56 are Republicans.
In some places, such as Edinburgh, Whiteland and New Whiteland, no candidates have come forward for some of those town offices. In other places, such as Greenwood, races are heating up.
Only one person has filed for any of the four seats in Edinburgh; three town council seats and the clerk-treasurer job is on the ballot. No one has filed for New Whiteland Town Council’s Ward 1 or 4 seats, or Whiteland Town Council’s Ward 3. And there aren’t enough candidates yet to fill all of the seats on the Trafalgar or Edinburgh town councils.
But in Greenwood, almost every race is contested. So far, seven candidates are seeking three at-large seats on the city council. Three candidates have filed for one District 1 seat, and two candidates have filed for Districts 2, 3 and 6, as well as two candidates for mayor.
Six candidates are running for three at-large seats on the Bargersville Town Council.
In Franklin, so far, there are three primary races: City court judge and Franklin City Council Districts 1 and 3. No Democrats have filed for any of the offices.
More than 50 seats are on the ballot this year. Voters will pick town and city council members, mayors and clerk-treasurers. The elected officials will serve four-year terms managing taxpayer money and making decisions about growing or shrinking government services and amenities, such as police and fire departments, trails or parks.
Major party candidates have until noon on Friday to file.
Once major party filing ends, county officials will have until May to prepare for the next election, when voters will choose one candidate from each major party for each slot on the November ballot. Voters will have to choose a Republican or Democrat ballot to vote in the primary.
If the primary races are uncontested for all seats in a city or town, then no primary election will be conducted and the candidates will automatically advance to the fall general election. The parties could slate candidates to fill vacancies on the ballot.
Candidates filing as Independents have until July.
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Here is a look at every seat that’s on the ballots this year and who has applied. An asterisk indicates that the race is already contested in the primary.
Bargersville Clerk-Treasurer
Nancy Kehl (R)
*Bargersville Town Council (3 seats)
Roger Hitz (R)
Eric Arnold (D)
Ruth Ann Moore (R)
Kenneth Zumstein (R)
Gayle W. Allard (R)
Susan Clare Diagana (D)
Edinburgh Clerk-Treasurer
No candidates
Edinburgh Town Council (3 seats)
Miriam Rooks (R)
New Whiteland Clerk-Treasurer
Mary-Beth Alspach (R)
New Whiteland Town Council Ward 1
No candidates
New Whiteland Town Council Ward 3
John Perrin (R)
New Whiteland Town Council Ward 4
No candidates
Prince’s Lakes Clerk-Treasurer
Erica Giger (R)
Prince’s Lakes Town Council (5 seats)
Troy Meadows (R)
Greg Nelson (R)
Charlie Bourne (R)
Philip Montarsi (R)
Lorri M. McCall (R)
*Trafalgar Clerk-Treasurer
Donna J. Moore (R)
Amber R. Johnson (R)
Trafalgar Town Council (5 seats)
David R. Moore (R)
James L. Armstrong (R)
Charles Rairdon (R)
Whiteland Clerk-Treasurer
Debra Hendrickson (R)
Whiteland Town Council Ward 1
David A. Hawkins (R)
Whiteland Town Council Ward 2
Mark E. Eccles (D)
Whiteland Town Council Ward 3
No candidates
Whiteland Town Council At-Large (2 seats)
Scot Ford (R)
Joseph Saylor (R)
Franklin Mayor
Steve Barnett (R)
Franklin Clerk-Treasurer
Jayne Rhoades (R)
*Franklin City Court Judge
Kim Van Valer (R)
K. Mark Loyd (R)
*Franklin City Council District 1
Josh Prine (R)
Daniel J. Blankenship (R)
Franklin City Council District 2
Anne McGuinness (R)
*Franklin City Council District 3
Drew Eggers (R)
Judith A. Coleman (R)
Franklin City Council District 4
Ken Austin (R)
Franklin City Council District 5
Irene Nalley (R)
Franklin City Council At-Large (2 seats)
Bob Heuchan (R)
Danny Richards (R)
*Greenwood Mayor
Dale Marmaduke (R)
Mark Myers (R)
Greenwood Clerk
Jeanine Myers (R)
Greenwood City Court Judge
Lewis Gregory (R)
*Greenwood City Council District 1
Linda Gibson (R)
Matthew Smith (D)
Jay Hart (R)
*Greenwood City Council District 2
Ezra Hill (R)
Tim W. McLaughlin (R)
Greenwood City Council District 3
Bruce Armstrong (R)
Terry Roberts-Leonard (D)
Greenwood City Council District 4
Ron Bates (R)
*Greenwood City Council District 5
J. David Hopper (R)
Janet L. Whiteside (R)
Greenwood City Council District 6
Dave Lekse (R)
Kyle R. Swain (D)
*Greenwood City Council At-Large (3 seats)
Mike Campbell (R)
Drew Foster (R)
Bob Dine (R)
Bradley Pendleton (R)
Justin Kloer (R)
John Asher (R)
Randy Goodin (R)
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