The filing period for candidates for the Starke County Primary Election ended Friday, February 6th.
While filings were still coming in, WKVI reported some of the candidates who filed on-air. These are the candidates that had not yet been mentioned by name as filing for various positions across the county, to be announced on-air on Monday, February 16th, to ensure equal coverage of all candidates:
US Representative
Rudy Yakym (R)
State Representative
Juanita Haney (R) – District 020
Prosecuting Attorney
Leslie Ann Baker (R)
Autumn C. Ferch (R)
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Kathy Norem (R)
County Auditor
Bernadette M. Manuel (R)
County Council Member
Debra K. Wappel (R) – District 4
Township Board Member
Lesley A. Banks Craft (R) – California Township
S. Mark Dedloff (R) – California Township
Garry L. King, Sr. (R) – California Township
Matthew E. McGowan (R) – California Township
Larry Jernas (R) – Davis Township
Rick Steven Martin (R) – Davis Township
Rebecca (Becky) Pflugshaupt (R) – Davis
James J. Johnson (R) – North Bend
James Michael Korous (R) – Railroad Township
Town Council Member
Josh Brown (R) – North Judson Town Council
Republican Convention Delegate
Rebecca L. Bailey (R)
Leslie Ann Baker (R)
Marcia L. Bedrock (R)
Norman Bruce Bennett (R)
Sandra L. Bennett (R)
Don Binkley (R)
Sandy Binkley (R)
Anthony Black (R)
Rachel Black (R)
Andrea Cox (R)
Bill R. Crase, Jr. (R)
Autumn C. Ferch (R)
James (Jim) Garner (R)
Eva Howard (R)
Steve Howard (R)
Dave V. Kesvormas, Sr. (R)
Roberta L. Lee (R)
E. Todd Leinbach (R)
Lauri Anne Manns Venckus (R)
Bernadette M. Manuel (R)
Geary M. Manuel (R)
Rebecca Martin (R)
Rick Martin (R)
Lee Nagai (R)
Tiffany Nagai (R)
Kathy Norem (R)
David (Dave) Pearman (R)
Eugene Pugh (R)
Gwen L. Rentz (R)
Justin B. Risner (R)
Brent Van Norman (R)
Linda Van Norman (R)
Debra K. Wappel (R)
Rodger (Rod) Weigel (R)
Kate Yankauskas (R)
US Representative
Jamee Decio (D) – 2nd District
Shaun Michael Maeyens (D) – 2nd District
State Representative
Alicia Firanek (D) – District 020
County Council Member
Joshua D. Pitts (D) – District 2
Township Trustee
Thomas Schouten (D) – Center Township
Township Board Member
John J. Ahlenius (D) – North Bend Township
Bonita Beck (D) – North Bend Township
Robert M. Coffin (D) – North Bend Township
Joseph D. Wojdyla (D) – North Bend Township
Joe Krzyzanowski (D) – Railroad Township
David Switt (D) – Railroad Township
Robert E. Olejniczak (D) – Washington Township
Mike Adams (D) – Wayne Township
Alicia (Amidei) Collins (D) – Wayne Township
Town Clerk-Treasurer
Kristina Pitts (D) – Hamlet Town Clerk-Treasurer
Town Council Member
Brian J. Earnest (D) – Hamlet, District 1
John W. Rowe (D) – North Judson
Convention Delegate
Bonita Beck (D)
Christine Lotter (D)
Matthew Lotter (D)
Stephen W. Sturman (D)
Precinct Committeeman
Dennis Estok (D) – Center, Precinct 2
Andrew J. Rowe (D) – Wayne, Precinct 1
This is not a full listing of candidates who filed, rather the ones who had not yet been mentioned on-air as filing for candidacy. For the full list of primary election candidates this year, you can visit WKVI’s Election Central page, located here.
