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2026 Primary Election
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County Commission
Partisan Race. One (1) open position
Candidate must reside in Magisterial District 3 or 4
Jared Page – R
George Metz – R
Magistrate
Non-Partisan Race.
One (1) unexpired term in Division 4
One (1) unexpired term in Division 13
District 4
Harry Carpenter
Chase Linko-Looper
Tim Halloran
District 13
Delbert J. Roush III
Paul Nadas
William Bolts Willis
Board of Education
Non-Partisan Race. Three (3) open positions
They can be made up from the following:
The maximum of one (1) can be elected from District 1
The maximum of two (2) can be elected from District 2
The maximum of two (2) can elected from District 3
The maximum of one (1) can be elected from District 4
District 1
Dennis Brown
Lisa Otey
Kim Williams
District 2
Becky Jones Jordan
Octavia Cordon
District 3
Michael Arbogast
Jim Crawford
Aly C. White
Ed Johnson
District 4
Conservation District Supervisor
Non-Partisan Race. Four (4) open positions
Sally Shepherd
Richard D. Durham
Fred H. Joseph
Diane Lumadue
Cynthia Lynn McGill
Brian Farkas
Charles (Chuck) Grishaber
1st Congressional District Executive Committee
One female and one male from each of the Republican and Democratic Parties
Republican Male
John Findlay
Tristan Leavitt
7th Senatorial Executive Committee
One female and one male from each of the Republican and Democratic Parties
Republican Male
Trevor Morris
Jedidiah Walls
Democrat Female
Democrat Male
8th Senatorial Executive Committee
One (1) female and one (1) male from each of the Republican and Democratic parties
Republican – Female
Katherine S McCormick
Carol Miley
State Executive Committee (17th Senatorial)
Two (2) females and two (2) males from each of the Republican and Democratic Parties
Republican – Female
Donna Holstine
Joyce Warner
Beth Block
Andrea Garrett Oxley
Candace Joseph
Republican Male
Fred H. Joseph
Caleb L. Hanna
Chris Pritt
Ben Ashley
Clifford Casto
Larry Pack
George Metz
Democrat Female
Ramsie Monk
Victoria Swain
Sue Bayliss
Amy Goodwin
Democrat Male
Richie Robb
Thornton Cooper
Sam Brown Petsonk
Hollis T. Lewis
County Executive Committee
One (1) female and one (1) male from each of the executive districts positions from each Republican and Democratic parties
District 1
Republican – Female
Donna Caruthers (1-A)
Donna Holstine (1-F)
Dawn Brown (1-G)
Beth Bloch (1-G)
Linda Suson (1-I)
Republican Male
John Findlay (1-A)
Caleb L. Hanna (1-F)
Dennis Brown (1-G)
Matthew Gallagher (1-G)
Tristan Leavitt (1-H)
Sam Ollis (1-I)
James M. Becker (1-I)
Bryce Himelrick (1-J)
Democrat Female
Kathy Yates (1-E)
Bobbie Fisher Legg (1-F)
Margaret Chico-Eddy (1-H)
Megan deVebra Davis (1-I)
Democrat Male
Frankie Armentrout (1-B)
Terry McKnights (1-E)
Bob Brown (1-F)
Eddie Burke (1-G)
Daniel Warmke (1-H)
Robert Pepper (1-H)
District 2
Republican – Female
Candace Joseph (2-B)
Emily Kingery (2-B)
Suzette Raines Ashley (2-B)
Andrea Garrett Oxley (2-D)
Elisa K. Payne (2-D)
Lisa Hall (2-E)
Katherine S. McCormick (2-G)
Republican Male
Ernest Blevins (2-B)
Ben Ashley (2-B)
Fred Joseph (2-B)
John Gianola (2-D)
Greg Thomas (2-E)
Democrat Female
Democrat Male
Rick Staton (2-A)
Paul A Taylor (2-B)
Bill Kimmons (2-D)
Jim Kerrigan (2-G)
District 3
Republican – Female
Republican Male
Austin Gessel (3-B)
Trevor Morris (3-C)
Jedidiah Walls (3-D)
Democrat Female
Elaine A Harris (3-D)
Kathy Ferguson (3-F)
Pam Steelhammer (3-I)
District 4
Republican – Female
Karen S. Estep (4-A)
Marlene Reed (4-F)
Republican Male
George Metz (4-A)
Clifford Casto (4-B)
Chuck Flannery (4-D)
Brian Casto (4-F)
Gregory Moore (4-F)
George Murad (4-G)
Crescent Gallagher (4-G)
Democrat Female
Barbara Spradling (4-A)
Sheila Melton (4-C)
Beth Kerns (4-G)
Judy Elizabeth Hamilton (4-I)
Democrat Male
Bob Redman (4-A)
Shane Woodrum (4-B)
Joe Samples (4-C)
Woody Holmes (4-E)
Mike Pushkin (4-H)
Jacob Hively (4-I)
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