LEWISTOWN - School board politics looks to be the focal point in this year's primary election cycle with nine people in Mifflin County running for five open spots and eight candidates running for seven spots in Juniata County.
Three incumbent school board members in Mifflin County - Beth Reifsnyder, John Traxler and Kirk Rager - have chosen not to run for re-election according to an unofficial list released by the voter registration and elections office.
The nine cross-filed candidates running are as follows: Ruth D. Armstrong, Janel Harrop, Beth Laughlin, David W. Molek, Neil Russler, Mary Lou M. Sigler, Kent A. Smith, Annemarie Swineford and Thomas White Jr.
According to an unofficial list released by Juniata County, incumbent school members Elaine Van Horn, Mark Wagner and Angela Burdge are not seeking re-election.
According to the unofficial release, of the eight candidates running for Juniata County School Board, seven have cross-filed: Gary Zeiders, Glenda Ehrenzeller Leister, Ray D. Page, Melvin E. Brubaker Jr., Daniel I. Clark, Christine D. Shadel and John G. Noss. Danny R. Snyder has filed to run only as a Democrat.
In the Mount Union Area School District, two cross-filed candidates have filed petitions to run for school board, Dolly M. Ranck and Rexall H. Secrest.
Of the three incumbent Mifflin County Commissioners, only Bob Reck has chosen not to run. Both Mark Sunderland and Otis Riden are running as Republicans, in addition to three other candidates running as Republicans, Monte Kemmler, James R. Fosselman and Dave Runk, according to the unofficial list. In addition, two Democratic candidates are running as well - Kevin P. Kodish and R. Dennis Noble.
In Juniata County, Commissioner Dale Shelley has chosen not to run again but Commissioner Jeffrey Zimmerman, a Republican, and Commissioner Teresa L. O'Neal, a Democrat, are both running, according to the release.
Also running for commissioner on the Republican ticket are Gary Tweedle, Mark F. Wagner, Robert N. Reynolds and Timothy L. Foltz.
On the Democratic side, O'Neal will be joined by two other Democrats running: Steven L. Zeiders and Mark Partner.
Juniata County District Attorney Cory Snook is running unopposed as the Republican candidate and no Democratic candidate filed petitions, according to the unofficial release. Mifflin County District Attorney Stephen S. Snook is in the same boat, running unopposed on the Republican ticket in the primary with no Democratic candidates filed.
Other county positions on the ballot in Mifflin County include two county auditor positions where Helen E. Kirk and James W. North Jr., are running as Republicans and Cynthia G. Knorr is running as a Democrat.
Longtime incumbent Mifflin County Coroner Daniel P. Lynch will face off against D. Scott Swanger on the Republican ticket. No Democratic candidate filed petitions for county coroner.
Republican Mifflin County Prothonotary candidate Tammy Stuck is running unopposed in the primary and no Democratic candidate filed petitions.
Magisterial District Judge Jack Miller has cross-filed for the primary and is running unopposed. Miller's district encompasses Juniata Terrace Borough, Kistler Borough, Lewistown Borough Wards 1 to 5, McVeytown Borough, Newton Hamilton Borough, Bratton Township, Granville Township, Oliver Township and Wayne Township.
In Juniata County, incumbent Republican Coroner Lee E. Snyder is running unopposed and no Democratic candidate has filed petitions.
Incumbent Republican Prothonotary candidate Lori A. Ferry is running unopposed in her party and no Democratic candidate has filed petitions.
Two Republican candidates filed petitions for Juniata County auditor - Nancy H. Phelan and Miriam Anstine. Three Democratic candidates have also filed petitions, R. Edward Rozell, Laura A. Cunningham and David S. Stetler.
Magisterial District Judge Jacqueline Leister is running for re-election unopposed as a cross-filed candidate. Leister's district encompasses Beale, Lack, Milford, Spruce Hill, Turbett, Tuscarora and Walker townships, as well as Mifflin Borough and Port Royal Borough.
The following Municipal Offices will be on the ballot in Mifflin County
Armagh Township
Tax Collector, Republican candidate Danielle A. Sheetz. No Democratic candidate.
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Nancy A. Nale. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Mike Reed and Robert Paige. Democratic candidate Sid Hile.
Bratton Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Lonnie Griffith. No Democratic candidate.
Brown Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Eugene I. Glick. No Democratic candidate.
Burnham Borough
Borough Council, Republican candidates Rodney A. Barger and Jeffrey L. Plank. Democratic candidate mark Steele.
Decatur Township
Township Auditor, Republican candidates Richard Fultz and Cynthia Freed. No Democratic candidate.
Derry Township
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Thomas B. Lake. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Donald R. Warntz II. No Democratic candidate.
Granville Township
Township Auditor, Democratic candidate Elizabeth A. Ripka. No Republican candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Mark M. Ellinger. No Democratic candidate.
Juniata Terrace Borough
Borough Council, Republican candidate Nancy Jo Gibbons. Democratic candidates Douglas Kepner, William H. Conway Jr. and Franklin J. Dukes.
Tax Collector, Republican candidate Jeri E. Minnick Dukes. No Democratic candidate.
Kistler Borough
Borough Council, Democratic candidates Barbara Hobbs and Evelyn Henry. No Republican candidate.
Lewistown Borough
Borough Council, Republican candidates John C. Adams, Lee D. Bollinger, Sam Stewart, James W. Felmlee, Nelson E. Reiffannacht and Scott P. Gutshall. No Democratic candidate.
McVeytown Borough
Borough Council, Republican candidate Steven D. Dillon and Steven R. Feathers. No Democratic candidate.
Menno Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Brent M. Miller and Bradley O. Yoder. No Democratic candidate.
Newton Hamilton Borough
Borough Council, Democratic candidate Carl D. Sunderland. No Republican candidate.
Oliver Township
Tax Collector, Republican candidate Sherry L. Miller. No Democratic candidate.
Township Auditor 4-year term, Democratic candidate Lawrence D. "Larry" Clark. No Republican candidate.
Township Auditor 6-year term, Republican candidate Susan E. Bratton. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Thomas White Jr. No Democratic candidate.
Union Township
Township Auditor, Democratic candidate Amor S. Bulick Jr. No Republican candidate.
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Nancy L. Yoder. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate I. Robert Esh. No Democratic candidate.
Wayne Township
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Barbara Clemmons. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Dwight K. Aurand and Alan R. Sunderland. No Democratic candidate.
The following municipal offices will be on the ballot in Juniata County.
Beale Township
Constable, Republican candidate William D. Harrison, Sr. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Thomas J. Campbell.
Delaware Township
Constable, Republican candidate Jeffrey S. Leitzel. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, I Charles Diem Jr. No Democratic candidate.
Fayette Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Michael L. Kramer and Lonnie Snyder. Democratic candidate William S. Varner.
Fermanagh Township
Township Supervisor, Harold R. Kauffman. No Democratic candidate.
Greenwood Township
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Pauline J. Helwig. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Donna J. Wood. No Democratic candidate.
Lack Township
Township Auditor, Democratic candidate Gail L. Corwell.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Andrew L. Parker and Ralph L. Clayton.
No Democratic candidate.
Port Royal
Councilman, Republican candidate Ronald A. Watkins and John P. Henry III. Democratic candidate Stephen L. Bargo.
Mifflin
Councilman, Democratic candidates John E. Yorks Sr., Dorothy P.T. Heck, Samuel L. Stine and Jane R. Frampton. Republican candidate, John T. Tyson.
Mifflintown
Councilman, Republican candidate Edward R. Singer, Richard Zimmerman Jr. Democratic candidate Polly S. Digon and Teresa A. Nearhood.
Milford Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Walter Stoner Jr. Democratic candidates William C. Dressler and Gregory J. Yesko.
Monroe Township
Township Auditor, Democratic candidate Steven Sheerer. No Republican candidate.
Constable, Republican candidate D. Robert Heister. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Democratic candidate Albert Jay Cluck. Republican candidate Glenn A Hoffman.
Spruce Hill Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidate Justin Earl Imes. No Democratic candidate.
Susquehanna Township
Township Auditor, Republican candidate Coreen Basom. No Democratic candidate.
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Wallace C. Bennett and Hayes Stahr.
Thompsontown Borough
Township Assessor, Republican candidate Bonnie Roush. No Democratic candidate.
Councilman, Republican candidate Gerald E. Eaton and Andrew Lenig.
Tuscarora Township
Auditor, Republican candidate Janice Owens. Democratic candidate Sharon Milliken.
Constable, Republican candidate Harry B. Murphy.
Township Supervisor, Democratic candidate Barry Milliken.
Walker Township
Township Supervisor, Republican candidates Gregg A Corman, Harry L. Shearer and Robert L. Watson.
