CENTER – Candidates are needed for the three seats up for election this year on the Wausa Public Schools Board of Education.
For Nebraska’s 2024 primary election – set for May 14 – the 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 positions that will be on the ballot this year.
The seats of three members of the Wausa school board – Derek Cunningham, Terry Nelson and Pepper West – are up for election this year. Their terms are each for four years.
As of Feb. 5, no incumbents or newcomers had filed for the Wausa school board race, according to the Knox County Clerk’s Office.
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 Feb. 5, both Schlote, a Democrat, and Sokol, a Republican, were running unopposed for their respective spots.
Other recent filings on the county level were Creighton residents Roger and Kay Morrill registering for the Knox County Republican Party Convention.
The county clerk’s office in Center will be open until 5 p.m. Feb. 15 for incumbent candidates filing for the primary election.
Incumbent Jay Reikofski, rural Foster, has filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office for re-election to his Subdistrict 1 seat on the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors. Subdistrict 1 includes the community of Wausa.
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 fouryear 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 April 24 and be returned by 8 p.m. May 14.
Some election races require a filing fee be paid and others require a filing fee be paid along with a financial disclosure statement, so it is recommended candidates contact Knox County Clerk Joann Fischer at 402-288-5604 or [email protected] for more information or with questions.
