CENTER – The deadline for incumbent candidates to file for re-election to certain public offices will be here soon.
Candidate filing for Nebraska’s 2024 primary election – set for May 14 – started on Jan. 5. The primary election candidate filing deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 15 for incumbents – anyone serving in an elective office, even if it is not the public office for which they are filing – and 5 p.m. March 1 for non-incumbents.
These deadlines include the Knox County supervisor and Wausa school board seats up for election this year.
Incumbent Danny Schlote, rural Wausa, has filed for another four-year term to represent the county’s sixth district. Fellow incumbents Patrick Liska, rural Verdigre, and James Sokol Jr., rural Verdigre, have done the same for the county’s second and fourth districts, respectively.
Liska, a Republican, will have competition for the county’s District 2 supervisor seat, as Kevin Mlady, a Republican from rural Bloomfield, also has filed to run for the position. As of Jan. 29, both Schlote, a Democrat, and Sokol, a Republican, were running unopposed for their respective spots.
The seats of three members of the Wausa Public Schools Board of Education – Derek Cunningham, Terry Nelson and Pepper West – are up for election this year. Their terms are each for four years.
The Knox County Clerk’s Office in Center will be open until 5 p.m. Feb. 15 for incumbent candidates filing for the primary election.
All village board races will appear on the general election ballot only. Nebraska’s 2024 general election is scheduled for Nov. 5.
Incumbents on village boards have until July 15 to file for re-election for another four-year term while all new candidates will have until Aug. 1 to file.
The Wausa Village Board of Trustees has two seats up for election this year. The incumbents who hold those positions currently are Cheryl Marks and Ron Nelson.
The Magnet Village Board of Trustees has three seats up for election this year. The incumbents who hold those spots currently are Jason Becker, Bradley Backstrom and James Cautrell.
Those filing for county and local elections will do so with their respective county clerk’s offices. Candidates for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, the Nebraska Public Service Commission, the Nebraska Legislature, natural resources districts and other governmental entities will file with the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office.
Primary election ballots for Knox County voters will be mailed out on April 24 and need to be returned to the county clerk’s office by 8 p.m. May 14.
Some election races require that a filing fee be paid and others require that a filing fee be paid along with a financial disclosure statement be completed, so it is recommended that candidates contact Knox County Clerk Joann Fischer at 402-288-5604 or clerk@knoxclerkne. gov for more information or with questions.
