Candidate filing for the May primary is closed and the slates are set for both parties to see who will make the November election ballot.

Races are slated from the federal level to the state and county levels on the Republican and Democrat ballots in May.

At the federal level races will be for U.S. Representative District 3 on both the party ballots with the Democrats also having a race for U.S. Representative District 2. At the state level there will be a race for the nomination for State Representative District 22 and on the county level races will be on the Republican ballot for the offices of judge, Kosciusko Superior Court 1 and 2 as well county commissioner southern district.

Republican Ballot

Mark William Baringer, James (Jim) E. Mahoney III and Marlin A. Stutzman for the U.S. Representative District 3 nomination.

Rebecca Kubacki and Curt Nisly will be vying for the nomination for State Representative District 22.

David C. Cates, Stephen P. Harris and Chad Miner have all filed their candidacies for Superior Court 1 judge.

There will be a race between Torrey J. Bauer, Mark E. Caruso and Tyler S. Haines for the ballot position for Superior Court 2 judge.

The southern district county commissioner seat race will be between incumbent Robert M. (Bob) Conley and Jonathan (Jon) Fussle.

Residents in Seward Township will choose between Aime Hoffman and Robert Edling for the trustee nomination.

There will also be a race for the nomination for township advisory boards in a number of townships. Races will be in townships of:

Jefferson — Robert Riley, Dee Ann Beer, Jane Hunsberger and Arlen Mullet

Plain — Robert W. Bishop, Tyler Huffer, Craig A. Charlton and Dan Gast

Tippecanoe — Jonathan Jon T. Tyler, Steve P. Carson, James M. (Jim) Rhodes and Richard Owen

Additional candidates to be found on the Republican ballot include:

U.S. Representative District 2 — Jackie Walorski

State Representative District 18 — Dave Wolkins

Judge Kosciusko Superior Court 3 — Joe V. Sutton

Prosecuting Attorney, 54th Judicial District — Daniel H. Hampton

County Auditor — Michelle L. Puckett

County Recorder — Joetta Mitchell

County Sheriff — C. Aaron Rovenstine

County Assessor — Susan D. Engelberth

County Council District 1 — Doug Heinisch

County Council District 2 — James R. Moyer

County Council District 3 — Bradley J. Tandy

County Council District 4 — Jon L. Garber

Syracuse Town Council District 1 — Larry Siegel

Syracuse Town Council District 2 — Paul A. Stoelting

Filings for township trustees include:

Clay — Helen I. Brown

Etna — Gary Sponseller

Franklin — Trillia Gearhart

Harrison — Tracy Moyer

Jackson — Gwendolyn L. Ostrom

Jefferson — Beth Krull

Lake — Molly Bradford

Monroe — Joshua Spangle

Plain — Jerry Kammerer

Prairie — Julie A. Goon

Seward — Aime Hoffman and Robert Edling

Tippecanoe — Steve Ward

Turkey Creek — Barbara Griffith

Van Buren — Rebecca Alles

Washington — Dean Rhodes

Wayne — Sheila K. Burner

Additional filings for township advisory board members include:

Clay — Donald L. Morris, Danny D. Ransbottom and Daniel E. Willis

Etna — Joe R. Mooney and Tony Tribalski

Franklin — William A. Leininger, James L. Eads and Paul Haist

Harrison — Joseph C. Good, Steven Sponseller and Gerald Weirick

Jackson — Ray P. Fisher, Marcia J. Dierks and Jill Slater

Lake — Kathleen A. Lokotar and Wayne Spratt

Monroe — Patrick Landrigan and Sonya Hathaway

Prairie — Virginia Baker, Gordon R. Drake and Marjorie Himes

Scott — John R. Mast

Seward — Allison T. McSherry, Keven Hohman and Bruce Lankenae

Turkey Creek — Dennis R. Darr, John D. Heckaman and Kimberly Miller-Cates

Van Buren — Harry Doty, Robert L. Beer and Stephen Unruh

Washington — Roger S. Thomas and James A. Craig

Wayne — Robert J. Bishop, Gordon Nash and Erin N. Jones

Democrat Ballot

Vying for the nomination for U.S. Representative District 2 will be Joe Bock, Douglas M. Carpenter, Bob Kern and Dan Morrison.

Justin Kuhnle, Jim Redmond and Tommy A. Schrader will be seeking the nomination for U.S. Representative District 3.

Additional filings for nominations on the Democrat primary ballot include:

State Representative District 22 — David C. Kolbe

County Commissioner Southern District — Gale G. Owens

County Council District 4 — Dan Damron

Clay Township Trustee – Adam Hyde

Scott Township Trustee — Fred A. Slabaugh

Etna Township Advisory Board – Patrick J. Morr

Lake Township Advisory Board — Paul Sibray

Scott Township Advisory Board – Paul E. Parks and Thomas A. Besson

Van Buren Township Advisory Board — Vickie Marquart