City council race added to primary
Grant City Council’s race will appear on the primary election ballot with the addition of two more filings.
Kirk York and Noel Bullock join council candidates Chase Sauder, Edward Dunn and incumbents Andrea Brueggeman and Darrell Pierce. Four candidates will advance to the general election in November, where two will take seats.
Two new filings for Perkins County school board include Adair Reese and Angela Gloy. They join incumbents Amy Kroeker and Ryan Hendricks. Three seats are open on the board. Scott Osler chose not to file for re-election.
Osler served two 4-year terms on the board as well as two terms on the Wheatland school board.
Since he no longer has children in the district, he felt it was time for someone else to serve and present new ideas.
“The financial condition of PCS is very strong. When the new building debt is paid off in September, we will have, if not the lowest tax levy in the state, one of the very lowest of all the Nebraska K-12 districts.
“To accomplish that and still offer the many opportunities we do to the PCS students is remarkable,” said Osler.
Richard Thurin has filed for the Perkins County hospital board, joining incumbents Mary Jo Gengenbach and Bonnie Taubenheim. There are three seats open on the board.
Mike Mosel, who did not file for re-election, accepted a position on the hospital board as a write-in following the primary election in May 2010.
The new hospital build and the addition of doctors and services at PCHS took place during his service.
Mosel has devoted decades to serving on boards in the community, including over two decades on the Upper Republican Natural Resource District (URNRD.) He felt it was time to devote more time to his work and family.
Grant City Mayor Mike Wyatt has chosen not to file for re-election due to health reasons and feeling it is time to let someone else serve the community.
Wyatt was elected as a Grant City Council member in November 2000. He resigned in March 2003 due to employment in Illinois. He was re-elected to the council in a special election in May 2007.
He has held the position of mayor since Adam Uehling’s resignation in July 2008.
Wyatt said the city has gained a good financial position during his tenure.
Contested races
Current contested races for the primary election include:
Grant City Mayor-—Lisa Schmitt, Matt Greenwood, Bryce Anderson, Tim Pofahl
Grant City Council—Brueggeman, incumbent; Pierce, incumbent; Sauder, Dunn, York, Bullock
County Commissioner District No. 2—Bernard Deaver, Republican incumbent; Ron Hagan, Republican; James J. Vak, Republican
Current contested races for the general election include:
Perkins County Schools—Kroeker, incumbent; Hendricks, incumbent; Reese, Gloy
State filings
As of Feb. 26, Senator Dan Hughes of Venango is running unopposed in District 44.
Three URNRD incumbents did not file for re-election, including Loren Jessen of Grant, subdistrict 8; Brett Bullock of Madrid, subdistrict 10; and Jeff Wallin of Imperial, who holds the board’s at-large seat.
Incumbent Jason Kunkel of Lamar filed for the subdistrict 4 seat.
Garry Lawyer of Grant did not file for re-election for the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors. Pam Abbott of Ogallala is the only candidate on the ballot thus far for district 2.
Deadlines and Elections
Non-incumbents have until Thursday, March 1 to file. The Perkins County clerk’s office will be open until 5 p.m.
Village board and ESU incumbents have until July 16 to file and non-incumbents have until Aug. 1.
The primary election will be held on May 15 and the general election will be held Nov. 6.
Early voting ballots for the primary election will be mailed on April 9 to those who requested them, and early voting begins at the courthouse on Monday, April 16.