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The filing period for state and local offices ended with a flourish Tuesday evening, as a cadre of challengers likely will trigger primaries in the cities of Winona and Stockton, and in Winona, Houston and Fillmore counties.
Winona Mayor Jerry Miller is slated to seek his fourth consecutive term, running against three challengers including Haakon Nelson, John Skalitzky and Clarence Russell, a local activist who crusaded to save the Wilkie steamboat replica.
Winona councilwoman Debbie White and Winona County commissioner David Stoltman also are being challenged in their re-election bids. Jim Kerkenbush, a retired teacher and truck driver, will face White, while city of Winona inspector Greg Olson will challenge Stoltman.
None of the Winona city or county challengers have held or sought elected office.
In Houston and Fillmore counties — and in small cities such as Goodview and Stockton — local races also brought forth a slew of challengers, especially for open seats.
Though Tuesday marked the deadline to file for office, candidates have until Thursday afternoon to withdraw from a race.
Primary elections are Sept. 9; the general election is Nov. 4.
Most small cities, including St. Charles, Rollingstone and Lewiston, also will have local races in November. But since they don’t hold primaries, their filing period doesn’t begin until Aug. 26.
Contact Mark Sommerhauser at (507) 453-3514 or msommerhauser@winonadailynews.com.
LIST OF CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE
Here’s a full list of candidates that filed for local offices by Tuesday’s deadline. A single asterisk denotes an incumbent, while a double asterisk denotes races that require primaries:
CITY OF WINONA
MAYOR**
Jerry Miller*
Haakon Nelson
Clarence Russell
John Skalitzky
1ST WARD COUNCIL
Al Thurley*
3rd WARD COUNCIL
Deb Salyards*
AT-LARGE COUNCIL
Jim Kerkenbush
Debbie White*
WINONA COUNTY
3rd DISTRICT COMMISSIONER**
Steven Herrick
Mena Kaehler
Greg Kuehntopp
Bernard Siebenaler
Rudie Spitzer
4TH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
Greg Olson
David Stoltman*
MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 28B
Steve Drazkowski* (Republican)
Linda Pfeilsticker (Democrat)
MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 31A
Gene Pelowski* (Democrat)
Rhett Zenke (Republican)
MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 31B
Gregory Davids (Republican)
Ken Tschumper* (Democrat)
CITY OF GOODVIEW
MAYOR
Jack Weimerskirch*
AT-LARGE COUNCIL, TWO-YEAR TERM
Charlie Andring*
AT-LARGE COUNCIL, FOUR-YEAR TERM (PICK TWO)
Steve Baumgart
Leon “Bo” Bowman*
Bruce Brinkman*
Sandra Erdman
CITY OF STOCKTON
MAYOR**
Steve Cook
Lee Henry
Pete Logan
AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL (PICK TWO)**
Colleen Bambenek
Lisa Gibbs*
Dave Johannes
Brent Roeder
Ron Volkman
Steve Wheeler
HOUSTON COUNTY
1ST DISTRICT COMMISSIONER**
Gregory Husmann
John Meyer
Jack Miller
Robert “Bob” Reider
3RD DISTRICT COMMISSIONER**
Robert Augedahl
Neil Goetzinger
Bradley King
Richard “Dick” Kleist
Loren Lapham
Joe Welch
5TH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER**
Tom Bjerke*
Brad Hernandez
Brent Newgaard
FILLMORE COUNTY
1ST DISTRICT COMMISSIONER**
Cathy French
Thomas Kaase
Karen Reisner
3RD DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
Chuck Amunrud*
5TH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
Gary Gunderson
Marc Prestby*
