By DAVE SCHULTZ
The ballot for the 2022 primary election has been set, with some intraparty contests in May and some guaranteed contests in the general election in November.
Three Republican primary contests on the county level are set, with Laura Roberts taking on incumbent Kelly Herman for assessor, Ryan Mounsey taking on incumbent Sheriff Scott Holliday, and Brian Lambert and Mike Mossburg seeking the nomination for the open District 1 seat on the Wells County Council. Jim Oswalt, who currently holds the District 1 on the council, did not file for re-election.
Republicans running in the primary for county offices without opposition are Circuit Court Clerk Beth Davis, Auditor Lisa McCormick, District 1 County Commissioner Mike Vanover, Steven R. Huggins for County Council District 2, Todd J. Mahnensmith for County Council District 3, Brandon K. Harnish for County Council District 4, and Colin Z. Andrews for prosecutor.
Democrats have only two candidates seeking county-level offices — Brian Hollingsworth for District 1 County Council and Andrew Carnall for prosecutor. Chuck King, the lone Democrat on County Council, representing District 4, did not file for re-election.
Carnall will be opposed by Andrews for prosecutor in November and Hollingsworth will run against the Lambert-Mossburg winner for District 1 County Council in the fall.
On the state level, incumbent Matt Lehman is being challenged by Russ Mounsey for District 79 state representative and incumbent Dan Leonard is being challenged by Lorissa Sweet for District 50 state representative. Democrat Tammy Ingalls is unopposed in her party’s primary and will face the Leonard-Sweet winner in the fall.
State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, has no opposition in the primary or in the general election.
Democrat Mark Shaffer is running for Nottingham Township trustee and Republicans Jack C. Gentis in Liberty, Bruce Herr in Jackson, Kyle D. Hunt in Harrison, and David L. Rigney in Lancaster are unopposed in the Republican races for township trustee. There is a contest in for the Republican nomination for Jefferson Township trustee, as Barry Gordon is being challenged by Larry A. Heckber.
Two candidates have filed for Ossian Town Council at large — Josh Barkley and Democrat John C. Bodner.
On the federal level, U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, who is currently represents Indiana’s 3rd District in Congress, is unopposed for the Republic nomination. A field of four Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination for the seat — Phillip Beachy, Aaron “A.J. Calkins, Tommy Schrader, and Gary L. Snyder.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Todd Young has opposition for the Republican nomination, as Danny Niederberger has also filed. Three Democratic candidates are on the primary ballot — Haneefah Khaaliq, Valerie McCray, and Thomas M. McDermott Jr.
The filing period for the primary concluded at noon Friday. The primary is Tuesday, May 3.
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