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May 27, 2012

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The spring ballot will be a much more crowded place than anyone expected.

A rush of filings on Monday and Tuesday pushed the number of Emporia school board candidates to eight. Another eight people are set to run for the Emporia City Commission. And four of the county school board races will be competitive ones, including one in Southern Lyon County that will require a primary election.

The Lyon County election races and their participants will be as follows:

Emporia school board

-- Michael Helbert

-- Arden “Ardie” Lauxman

-- Leslie Rathke-Seeley

-- Grant Riles (incumbent)

-- Angie Schreiber

-- Glen Strickland

-- Ty Wheeler

-- Brent Windsor

Four at-large seats are up for election.

North Lyon County school board

Position 1

-- Michael Hanks

-- Donna Taylor

Position 2

-- Sarah Meenen

Position 3

-- Bill McClellan

Position 7

-- Greg Larson

-- Wayne Symmonds

Southern Lyon County school board

Position 1

-- Shelly Jenkins (incumbent)

Position 2

-- Kenny Hamman

-- John O’Connor

-- Donald Roberts

Position 3

-- Kevin Flott

Position 7

-- Craig Clark

-- Jesse Howard

-- Roland Martin

Positions 2 and 7 will both require a primary Feb. 27 to narrow the field to two candidates.

Emporia City Commission

-- Bobbie Agler (incumbent)

-- Phil Dillon

-- Jeff Longbine

-- Mike Mercer

-- Tom Myers (incumbent)

-- Kevin Nelson

-- Jesse Solis

-- Percy Wayman

A primary election will be held Feb. 27 to narrow the ballot to six candidates. Three at-large seats are up for election.

Americus City Council

-- Linda Stringer

-- Troy Greenwood

Three seats are up for election.

Hartford Mayor

-- Roy Black

Hartford City Council

Position 1

-- Kimberly York

Position 3

-- Diana Michaels

Position 5

-- Farah Naylor

-- Andrea Warren

Neosho Rapids Mayor

-- Jenny Wagers

Neosho Rapids City Council

-- Julie Buckridge

-- Richard Givens

-- Larry Masenthin

-- Brian Shank

-- William Smith

Five seats are up for election.

Reading City Council

-- Ellis Atchison

-- Marc Atchison

-- Bill Hanlon

-- Kevin Sorensen

-- Tom Willard

Three seats are up for election.

The general election will be held April 3.