CENTER – Another person has filed for one of the three seats up for election on the Wausa Public Schools Board of Education.
Newcomer Amanda Nipp, Wausa, joins incumbent Derek Cunningham, rural Wausa, as a candidate for the school board race, according to the Knox County Clerk’s Office in Center.
Cunningham is running again to serve on the board of education. He is finishing up his first four-year term in 2024.
Fellow incumbents Terry Nelson and Pepper West each have decided not to file for another term on the school board.
Nelson is in his 16th year on the board of education, while West is in the final year of her first term.
For Nebraska’s primary election – set for May 14 – this year, the candidate filing deadline was 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 is 5 p.m. March 1 for non-incumbents.
These deadlines include the Knox County supervisor and school board positions that will be on the ballot this year.
Incumbent Danny Schlote, rural Wausa, has filed for another four-year term to represent Knox 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 Knox 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. 26, both Schlote, a Democrat, and Sokol, a Republican, were running unopposed for their respective spots.
Over in Cedar County, a Laurel man has filed for a seat on the county board of commissioners.
Mike Meier filed his paperwork with the Cedar County Clerk’s Office in Hartington, seeking the seat representing District 2, which includes the community of Magnet.
Craig Bartels, Belden, currently holds the position and withdrew his filing for re-election. Bartels’ commissioner seat is the only one with an expiring term on the three-person board.
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. His subdistrict includes the community of Wausa.
Incumbent Christopher Johnson, rural Bloomfield, has filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office for re-election to his Subdistrict 2 seat on the Lewis & Clark Natural Resources District Board of Directors. His subdistrict includes the community of Bloomfield.
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 voters in Cedar and Knox counties will be mailed out on April 24 and need to be returned to the respective county clerk’s offices by 8 p.m. May 14.
