Four people filed in April for the small town elections. All were Republicans.
Shelly Krueger is seeking re-election to the Mentone Town Council, while Myra Mast is seeking re-election as the Pierceton town clerk.
Glenn Hall and Steven Eric Trump are new candidates for the Pierceton Town Council.
Previously filing were:
• Gordon Baker, Republican, Pierceton Town Council, at-large; Chauncey Smith, Republican, Pierceton Town Council
• Nicole Taylor, Republican, Silver Lake Council, at large; Gloria Jean Weller, Republican, Silver Lake Council, at-large; Medard Hugh Murfin, Republican, Silver Lake Council, at-large; Tonya Conley, Republican, Silver Lake clerk-treasurer
• Thomas D. Moore, Republican, Leesburg Council, at-large; Mitch L. Rader, Republican, Leesburg Council, at-large; Christina Archer, Leesburg, Republican, at-large; Michael D. Searfoss, Democrat, Leesburg town clerk
• Benny Stage Jr., Republican, Claypool Council, north district
• Patricia Cook, Republican, Etna Green clerk-treasurer
• Brandon Allen, Democrat, Sidney Town Council, at-large; Lisa Parrett, Republican, Sidney town clerk; Jackie Leroy Wolfe, Democrat, Sidney Town Council, at-large; Sharon Rancourt, Republican, Sidney Town Council
• Dan Thystrup, Republican, North Webster Town Council, at-large
• Timothy H. Croy, Democrat, Mentone Town Council; Amanda Yaprak, Republican, Mentone town clerk.
Filing for the general elections for the small towns of Burket, Claypool, Etna Green, Leesburg, Mentone, North Webster, Pierceton, Sidney and Silver Lake ends at noon Aug. 1 for Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians.
If there is a contested race within a party, the party will hold a convention to make a selection from those candidates. If there is a contested race between the parties, the town will have an election in November. Some towns won’t have an election at all because there is only one candidate for each open seat.
The primary for the city of Warsaw, Syracuse and Winona Lake is Tuesday, May 2, though Warsaw has no contested races so it does not have an election. In Winona Lake, the sole race in the primary is for clerk-treasurer between Heather James and incumbent Laurie Renier; while Syracuse has a clerk-treasurer race between incumbent Virginia Cazier and Larry Spiegel and a three-way race for town board Ward 4 seat.
Larry Martindale resigned from the Syracuse Council and a Republican caucus was held Feb. 7 to replace him on the board for the remainder of 2023. Nathan Scherer won the caucus, but is up against David Rosenberry and Brian Woody - whom also ran for office in the caucus - again in the primary.
