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{"error":"Error updating candidate!","details":{"status":503,"response":{"req":{"method":"PATCH","url":"https://www.branch.vote/api/v1/candidate-drafts/69d5611ae5caf7c7e9bbebb7","data":{"output":{"issues":[{"key":"housing","missingData":"issue-specific","stances":[],"inferenceContext":"Source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nLocal NewsSportsOpinionNKYReal EstateAdvertiseObituarieseNewspaperLegalsNEWSN.Ky. candidates line up for Nov. 4 ballotBy Terry DeMio, Chris Mayhew and Melissa Stewarttdemio@enquirer.com, cmayhew@enquirer.com, mstewart@enquirer.comAug. 12, 2014Updated Aug. 15, 2014, 1:18 p.m. ET...County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R...\n\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKENTON COUNTY\nHere are Northern Kentucky voters' ballot choices for Election Day\nChris Mayhew\nCincinnati Enquirer\nSept. 19, 2018\nUpdated Nov. 5, 2018, 6:58 p.m. ET\n(Correction: This story was updated to include candidate David Guidugli, Independent, running for Campbell County Commissioner (1st District)and Jesse Parks, a Democrat running for 60th District House of Representatives.)\n\nHere's who will be on the Nov. 6 Election Day ballot in Northern Kentucky.\nWhile the midterm congressional elections have drawn the most attention nationally, Northern Kentucky has a lengthy slate of candidates running for statehouse, county, city and school board positions.\nSome elections were decided in the May primary, such as the hard-fought contest for Boone County judge-executive.\nAll voters in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties will see candidates on the ballot for the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nAn asterisk (*) denotes the incumbent officeholder.\n\nU.S. House\nDavid Goodwin, write-in\nSeth Hall, D\nThomas Massie, R *\nMike Moffett, I\n\nBoone County\nState House Representative (60th District)\nJesse Parks, D\nSal Santoro, R *\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (66th District)\nRobert Henriquez, D\nStacie Earl, Independent\nLex Hannan, Libertarian\nC. Ed Massey, R\nBrett Wesseling (write-in)\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\n\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (54th District, 4th Division) – nonpartisan\nTeresa Lyn Cunningham\nJennifer Dusing\nMichael Mason\nBonnie Rickert\nHoward Tankersley\nGreta Hoffman Walker\n\nDistrict Judge (District 1) – nonpartisan\nJeffrey S. Smith *\nDistrict Judge (District 2) – nonpartisan\nKeith McMain\nMarcia Thomas\n\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nLouis Kelly, R\nJudge-executive\nGary Moore, R *\nJailer\nJason Maydak, R *\nSheriff\nMichael A. Helmig, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nCindy Arlinghaus Martin, R *\nCounty Clerk\nKenny Brown, R *\nAmy Ferguson, D\nCircuit Court Clerk\nDavid Martin, R\nCounty Attorney\nRobert Neace, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nDebbie Davis, R\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nPhyllis Sparks, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nNo candidates filed.\n\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nCathy Hudson Flaig, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nCharles Kenner, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJesse Brewer, R\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDavid C. Flaig, R *\nRichard McKee, I\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nKen Baumgartner, R *\nKyle Sweeney, L\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nJoe Kalil, R *\nCoroner\nMissy Rittinger, R *\nLarry A. Brinneman, D\nCounty Surveyor\nThomas H. Bushelman Jr., R *\n\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nFlorence Mayor\nJosh Walton\nDiane Ewing Whalen *\nFlorence City Council (six seats)\nJulie Metzger Aubuchon *, Mel Carroll *, Duane Michael Froelicher *, Lance P. Howard, J. Kelly Huff *, David A. Osborne * and Gary Winn *.\nUnion Mayor\nLarry King Solomon *\nUnion City Commission (four seats)\nEric Dulaney *, John J. Mefford *, Bryan H. Miller * and Jeremy M. Ramage *\nWalton Mayor\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Brown *\nWalton City Council (six seats)\nRosalyn Beach *, Matthew Brown *, Adam Croweak *, Barbara Farrow, Dan Martin, Bobby McDonald *, John F. Wainwright * and Stephanie Williams *.\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 4)\nCarson Castleman\nJulia D. Pile\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 5)\nKaren Byrd\nWalton-Verona Independent Board of Education (three seats)\nKyle Art, Shelley Hurles, James Jay Martin, Susan N. Smith *, Heather Stewart *, Brett Strong, Stacy A. Thornberry.\n\nCampbell County\nState Senate (24th District)\nRachel Roberts, D\nWil Schroder, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (67th District)\nDennis Keene, D *\nBob Schrage, R\nState House Representative (68th District)\nJoseph M. Fischer, R *\nJason Kilmer, D\nCommonwealth Attorney\nJustin Fortner, R\nMichelle Snodgrass, D *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nTaunya Nolan Jack, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDaniel Kent Braun, R *\nJudge-executive\nCharlie \"Coach\" Coleman, I\nSteve Pendery, R *\nCalvin Sidle, D\nCounty Attorney\nSteven J. Franzen, R *\nCounty Clerk\nJim Luersen, R *\nSheriff\nMike Jansen, R *\nJailer\nJames A. Daley, R *\nCampbell County Commissioner (1st District)\nConnie Grubbs, D\nBrian Painter, R *\nDavid Guidugli, I\nCampbell County Commissioner (2nd District)\nGeoff Besecker, R\nCampbell County Commissioner (3rd District)\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nGinger Paul, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nKatherin Pinelo, D *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles \"Bud\" Wilson, D *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nKenneth W. Warden, R\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nNicholas Warden, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles Allen, R\nJim Peluso, D *\n\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nCircuit Court Judge (District 2) unexpired term\nDerek R. Durbin\nDan Zalla *\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nCameron Blau *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKaren A. Thomas *\nSoil and Water Conservation (three seats) (will not go on the ballot since only three people filed)\nKenneth McCormick *, James Benton, William J. Landon.\n\nAlexandria Mayor\nWilliam T. Rachford Jr. *\nAndrew \"Andy\" Schabell\nAlexandria Council (six seats)\nJoe Anderson, Thomas Baldridge, Jean Michael Beaupre, Scott Fleckinger *, Stacey L. Graus *, Sue Stein Neltner *, Bob Simon *, Kyle Sparks and Susan Vanlandingham *\n\nBellevue Mayor\nSteven A. Brun\nCharlie Cleves\nBellevue Council\nStephen R. Guidugli *, Sean Fisher *, Terry Hatton, Patrick Hogan, Shauna Kruse, Rodney Poynter *, Carol J. Rich, Ryan Salzman *, David Slater * and Scott Witte.\n\nCalifornia Mayor\nEmma Neises *\nCalifornia Commission (four seats)\nCasandra R. Jones, Sally O'Day *, and Charles Styer *.\n\nCold Spring Mayor\nDavid \"Angelo\" Penque *\nCold Spring Council\nChris Ampfer *, Lisa Ann Schmidt-Cavanaugh *, Brenda Rodgers Helton *, Paul Kloeker, Cindy J. Moore, Chris Dennis Myers, Stephen Roach, Michael D. Ruscher *, Adam Craig Sandfoss * and Gregory T. Wieland.\n\nCrestview Mayor\nShane Owens *\nCrestview Commission (four seats)\nBrian Merman *, Jason Muench *, Victoria L. Plantholt * and Jeremy Rider *.\n\nDayton Mayor\nBen Baker\nVirgil L. Boruske *\nDayton Council (six seats)\nScott Beseler, William \"Bill\" Burns *, Tammy Spradlin Cornett, Jeff Haas *, Christina Kelly, Dennis \"Denny\" Lynn *, Joseph \"Joe\" Neary *, Beth Nyman, Alexander Smith, Jeff Volter *, Johnny Walker Wirick.\n\nFort Thomas Mayor\nEric Haas *\nFort Thomas Council (six seats)\nJeff Bezold *, Adam Blau, Ken Bowman *, David Cameron, Mark Collier, Roger Peterman * and Sam Shelton.\n\nHighland Heights Mayor\nGregory V. Meyers *\nDavid Paul Ramler\nHighland Heights Council (six seats)\nDeborah Ball *, Gary Chinn *, Rene Heinrich, John Hoffert *, Virgil L. Miller and Jeanne Pettit.\n\nMelbourne Mayor\nDavid Charles King\nRonnie Walton *\nMelbourne Commission (four seats)\nKaren Daley, Edith Horstman, Paul Landwehr * and Joanne Layman.\n\nMentor Mayor\nPeggy Schoulties Fury *\nMentor Commission (four seats)\nJohn Erick Brock *, Keith Futscher *, Margaret Gosney and Lawrence Strasinger *.\n\nNewport Commission (four seats)\nBeth Fennell *, Thomas L. Guidugli, Robbie Hall, Ken Rechtin*, Frank Peluso * and Jason Walter.\n\nSilver Grove Mayor\nNeal Bedel *\nSilver Grove Council (six seats)\nJill Fessler *, Dan Gindele *, Jennifer Helton, Scott McCarter, Corey Pelle, Joe Pelle*, Herb Rardin, Anna Louise Reed\n\nSouthgate Mayor\nJim Hamberg *\nSouthgate Council (six seats)\nJoseph (Joe) M. Anderson *, Gene P. (Geno) Blanchet, Patricia Ann Hayley *, Leanna Homandberg, Chris A. Robisch * and Daniel J. Speier *.\n\nWilder Mayor\nRobert \"Bob\" Arnold\nStanley Turner *\nWilder Council (six seats)\nBob Blankenship *, Sandy Ruschman-Decker *, Robert Honaker *, Valerie A. Jones, Kelly Meiser and Jim Profitt.\n\nWoodlawn Mayor\nRonald Barth *\nWoodlawn Commission (four seats)\nCarol Eggemeier *, Robert Miller *, Christopher Williams *.\n\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 1\nJanis A. Winbigler *\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 4 (unexpired term)\nRich Mason *\nBellevue Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJenny Swope Hazeres *, Jenn Owens, Dan Sparks * and Dan Swope *\nDayton Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nCarrie Downard * and Diane Gunning Huff *.\nFort Thomas Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nLisa Duckworth *, Bradley Fennell *, Ann D. Meyer and John Thomas Weyer *.\nNewport Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nSylvia Covington, Shane M. Gosney, Ramona Malone *, Christopher Maloney and Matt Scott *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nNikki Brown *, Maurice Paul Hehman III, Jennifer Steidel Jones *, Tonya Ziegler McCarter and Jason Stewart *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (unexpired term - one seat)\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSouthgate Independent School District Board of Education (three seats)\nDrue Miller, William Shockney * and James W. Specht *.\n\nKenton County\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (65th District)\nCharles \"Buddy\" Wheatley, D\nAlyssa Dara McDowell, I\nJordan Huizenga, R\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\n\nJudge-executive\nKris Knochelmann, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nBeth Sewell, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nJon Draud, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJoe Nienaber Jr., R *\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nRob Sanders, R *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nJohn Middleton, R *\nCounty Attorney\nStacy Tapke, R *\nCounty Clerk\nGabrielle Summe, R *\nCoroner\nJoshua C. Ishmael, D\nDavid W. Suetholz, R *\nJailer\nTerry Carl, R *\nGeorge Exterkamp, D\nSheriff\nCharles Lee Korzenborn, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDarlene M. Plummer, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nStephen L. J. Hoffman, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nMary Lou Blount, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nKatherine W. Shumate, R *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDanny Cope, R *\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nPaul Woodard, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nMichael J. Moffitt, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R\n\nNONPARTISAN\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (16th District, 5th Division)\nDawn Gentry *\nTerri King Schoborg\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nAnn Ruttle *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKen Easterling *\nDistrict Judge (3rd District)\nDouglas J. Grothaus *\nSoil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (three seats)\nAndrew Johnson, Nancy F. Kloentrup *, Jennifer Leigh Myka *, Amy Powell and Bill Schneider.\n\nBromley Mayor\nMike Denham *\nBromley Council (six seats)\nCharlie Foulks, Lawrence \"Larry\" Hamant *, Michael E. Kendall *, Nancy Kienker *, David Radford *, Gail Smith *, Dianne Wartman and Tim Wartman *.\nCovington\nCommission (four seats)\nDenny Bowman, Christi Blair, Tim Downing *, John Flesch, Brandon Mims, Shannon Smith, Bill Wells *, Michelle Williams *\nCrescent Springs Mayor\nLou Hartfiel *\nCrescent Springs City Council (six seats)\nVincent Albanese, Christie Arlinghaus *, Carter Dickerson *, Chad Lognbons, and Bob Mueller *.\nCrestview Hills Mayor\nPaul W. Meier *\nCrestview Hills Council (six seats)\nWilliam C. \"Bill\" Dorsey *, David V. Kramer *, Arlene Brinker Luebbe *, Joseph Roesel * and Frank B. Sommerkamp Jr.*\nEdgewood Mayor\nJohn David Link\nEdgewood Council (seven seats)\nBen Barlage *, Dale Henson *, Joe Messmer *, Pete Roush, Scott M. Scholz, Jeff Schriver *, Rob Thelen*, Tony Ward*, and Kim Wolking*.\nElsmere Mayor\nMarty Lenhof *\nPreston L. Ritter Jr.\nElsmere Council (six seats)\nSpenser Auclerc, Nancy Bowman *, Billy Bradford *, Gloria Grubbs *, Lisa Mitchell, Aaron M. Moore *, Joanne Barnett-Smith *, Alexis Tanner *, Christopher A. Wichmann\nErlanger Mayor\nRandy Blankenship\nJessica Fette\nErlanger Council (12 seats)\nKevin Burke *, Kathy Cahill *, Thomas Cahill *, Marc Fields, Tyson Hermes, Victoria Kyle *, Shane Longshore, Gary Meyer, Stephen Montgomery *, Donald R. Niceley *, Corine L. Pitts *, Rebecca Reckers, Don Skidmore *, Renee Skidmore *, Jim Speier, and Patty Suedkamp *.\nFairview Mayor\nHarry Sprott *\nFairview Commission (four seats)\nBrenda P. Hobbs *, Shawntella Mumaw, Beverly Willman *, Fred Wilson Jr. *\nFort Mitchell Mayor\nJude Hehman *\nJim Hummeldorf\nFort Mitchell Council (seven seats)\nVicki S. Boerger *, Mary L. Burns *, Jerry Deatherage, Franklin D. Hicks, Scott McVey, Kim Nachazel *, Renee Oka, Greg Pohlgeers *, Don Rosing II, Michael Stoeckle *\nFort Wright Mayor\nDavid Hatter\nFort Wright Council (six seats)\nDavid Abeln *, Adam D. Feinauer *, Michael A. Hoerlein *, Scott Wall *, Bernie Wessels * and Margie Witt *.\nIndependence Mayor\nChris Reinersman *\nJoe Ulloa\nIndependence Council (six seats)\nBill Aseere *, Tom Brinker, John Deaton *, Lucas Deaton, Amy Engleman *, Carol Franzen * and Greg Waite *.\nKenton Vale Mayor\nMike Pendery\nKenton Vale Commission (four seats)\nDennis E. Briggs, Michael D. Burdge, Marsha Patrick and George Zunda.\nLakeside Park Mayor\nDavid E. Jansing *\nLakeside Park Council (six seats)\nAndrew Disken *, Tyler Gastright, Dennis W. Landwehr *, Paul Markgraf *, Matt Stegman *, Rebecca Stewart *, Brian Waite and David A. Wolfer *.\nLudlow Mayor\nJosh A. Boone\nKen Wynn *\nLudlow Council (six seats)\nTom Amann *, Stephen A. Chapman Sr., John Gaiser *, Tiffany Grider, Wayne Massey, Samantha Matthews, William \"Bill\" Mullins, Nancy Deaton Mullins, Julia Terry Navarre, Bill Whiteley* and Chris Wright.\nPark Hills Mayor\nKathy Zembrodt\nPark Hills Council (six seats)\nWesley Deters, Steve Elkins *, Sarah Froelich, Matt Mattone, Karl W. Oberjohn *, Monty O'Hara, Jason Reser *, Joe Shields, Pamela Spoor * and Kevin Theissen.\n\nSUPPORT JOURNALISM: Subscribe today to get access to all of our coverage\nRyland Heights Mayor\nJohn Cole *\nRyland Heights Commission (four seats)\nCarrol Bowman, Ralph \"Boz\" Collins, Jason Ponder and Barbara Stephenson.\nTaylor Mill Mayor\nDaniel L. Bell *\nSarah Frietch\nTaylor Mill Commission (four seats)\nCaroline A. Braden, Ed \"Keeney\" Kuehne, Julie Kirkpatrick, Mark Kreimborg *, Matthew Martin, Rose Merritt, Daniel E. Murray *, Phillip Peace * and Roger B. Reis.\nVilla Hills Mayor\nIrvin T. \"Butch\" Callery *\nHeather Jansen\nVilla Hills Council (six seats)\nRod Baehner, George Bruns *, Jim Cahill, Gregory W. Kilburn *, Mary Koenig *, Jason Phillips, Cathy Stover, Scott Ringo *, Seth Thompson, Jennifer Yost Vaden *, Suzanne Wadsworth, Gary Waugaman * and Adam S. Zepf.\nBeechwood Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJeanne Berger *, Bryan N. Bishop, Bradford M. Hood *, Norine Sullivan * and Anisa Willis.\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 4\nJoshua B. Crabtree * and Shannon Kwozalla Herold.\nCovington Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nJerry Louis Avery *, Sarah D. Flerlage and Eric Sherwood.\nErlanger/Elsmere Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nBert W. Brown, Robin Cooper *, Tom Luken * and Sarah Shackelford *.\nLudlow Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nKym King, Amy Hayden * and William N. McMilllen Jr.*\n\nEarlier coverage:\n► Kentucky House hopeful from NKY wins in court after GOP foe sues to boot her off ballot\n► Concerns over blight, discord mark a heated Erlanger mayor's race\n► NKY voter prep: Ballot choices differ sometimes by street\n► Erlanger road construction causes detour to election poll\n► Kenton's e-poll book should speed up voting on Election Day\n► Candidates: Opioid epidemic 'tearing families apart,' overwhelms Family Court\n► Maydak resigns as Boone County jailer: Remains sole candidate in the election"},{"key":"representation","stances":[{"_id":"NEW","text":"Elected as Campbell County District Judge in 2022.","directQuote":"James M.","sources":[{"sourceType":"other","url":"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/#~text=James,M:~:text=James%20M.","directQuote":"James M."}],"autoSummary":{"isAutoSummary":true,"text":"Elected as Campbell County District Judge in 2022.","directQuote":"James M.","issue":"representation"}}],"inferenceContext":"Source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nLocal NewsSportsOpinionNKYReal EstateAdvertiseObituarieseNewspaperLegalsNEWSN.Ky. candidates line up for Nov. 4 ballotBy Terry DeMio, Chris Mayhew and Melissa Stewarttdemio@enquirer.com, cmayhew@enquirer.com, mstewart@enquirer.comAug. 12, 2014Updated Aug. 15, 2014, 1:18 p.m. ET...County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R...\n\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKENTON COUNTY\nHere are Northern Kentucky voters' ballot choices for Election Day\nChris Mayhew\nCincinnati Enquirer\nSept. 19, 2018\nUpdated Nov. 5, 2018, 6:58 p.m. ET\n(Correction: This story was updated to include candidate David Guidugli, Independent, running for Campbell County Commissioner (1st District)and Jesse Parks, a Democrat running for 60th District House of Representatives.)\n\nHere's who will be on the Nov. 6 Election Day ballot in Northern Kentucky.\nWhile the midterm congressional elections have drawn the most attention nationally, Northern Kentucky has a lengthy slate of candidates running for statehouse, county, city and school board positions.\nSome elections were decided in the May primary, such as the hard-fought contest for Boone County judge-executive.\nAll voters in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties will see candidates on the ballot for the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nAn asterisk (*) denotes the incumbent officeholder.\n\nU.S. House\nDavid Goodwin, write-in\nSeth Hall, D\nThomas Massie, R *\nMike Moffett, I\n\nBoone County\nState House Representative (60th District)\nJesse Parks, D\nSal Santoro, R *\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (66th District)\nRobert Henriquez, D\nStacie Earl, Independent\nLex Hannan, Libertarian\nC. Ed Massey, R\nBrett Wesseling (write-in)\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\n\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (54th District, 4th Division) – nonpartisan\nTeresa Lyn Cunningham\nJennifer Dusing\nMichael Mason\nBonnie Rickert\nHoward Tankersley\nGreta Hoffman Walker\n\nDistrict Judge (District 1) – nonpartisan\nJeffrey S. Smith *\nDistrict Judge (District 2) – nonpartisan\nKeith McMain\nMarcia Thomas\n\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nLouis Kelly, R\nJudge-executive\nGary Moore, R *\nJailer\nJason Maydak, R *\nSheriff\nMichael A. Helmig, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nCindy Arlinghaus Martin, R *\nCounty Clerk\nKenny Brown, R *\nAmy Ferguson, D\nCircuit Court Clerk\nDavid Martin, R\nCounty Attorney\nRobert Neace, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nDebbie Davis, R\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nPhyllis Sparks, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nNo candidates filed.\n\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nCathy Hudson Flaig, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nCharles Kenner, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJesse Brewer, R\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDavid C. Flaig, R *\nRichard McKee, I\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nKen Baumgartner, R *\nKyle Sweeney, L\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nJoe Kalil, R *\nCoroner\nMissy Rittinger, R *\nLarry A. Brinneman, D\nCounty Surveyor\nThomas H. Bushelman Jr., R *\n\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nFlorence Mayor\nJosh Walton\nDiane Ewing Whalen *\nFlorence City Council (six seats)\nJulie Metzger Aubuchon *, Mel Carroll *, Duane Michael Froelicher *, Lance P. Howard, J. Kelly Huff *, David A. Osborne * and Gary Winn *.\nUnion Mayor\nLarry King Solomon *\nUnion City Commission (four seats)\nEric Dulaney *, John J. Mefford *, Bryan H. Miller * and Jeremy M. Ramage *\nWalton Mayor\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Brown *\nWalton City Council (six seats)\nRosalyn Beach *, Matthew Brown *, Adam Croweak *, Barbara Farrow, Dan Martin, Bobby McDonald *, John F. Wainwright * and Stephanie Williams *.\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 4)\nCarson Castleman\nJulia D. Pile\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 5)\nKaren Byrd\nWalton-Verona Independent Board of Education (three seats)\nKyle Art, Shelley Hurles, James Jay Martin, Susan N. Smith *, Heather Stewart *, Brett Strong, Stacy A. Thornberry.\n\nCampbell County\nState Senate (24th District)\nRachel Roberts, D\nWil Schroder, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (67th District)\nDennis Keene, D *\nBob Schrage, R\nState House Representative (68th District)\nJoseph M. Fischer, R *\nJason Kilmer, D\nCommonwealth Attorney\nJustin Fortner, R\nMichelle Snodgrass, D *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nTaunya Nolan Jack, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDaniel Kent Braun, R *\nJudge-executive\nCharlie \"Coach\" Coleman, I\nSteve Pendery, R *\nCalvin Sidle, D\nCounty Attorney\nSteven J. Franzen, R *\nCounty Clerk\nJim Luersen, R *\nSheriff\nMike Jansen, R *\nJailer\nJames A. Daley, R *\nCampbell County Commissioner (1st District)\nConnie Grubbs, D\nBrian Painter, R *\nDavid Guidugli, I\nCampbell County Commissioner (2nd District)\nGeoff Besecker, R\nCampbell County Commissioner (3rd District)\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nGinger Paul, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nKatherin Pinelo, D *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles \"Bud\" Wilson, D *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nKenneth W. Warden, R\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nNicholas Warden, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles Allen, R\nJim Peluso, D *\n\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nCircuit Court Judge (District 2) unexpired term\nDerek R. Durbin\nDan Zalla *\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nCameron Blau *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKaren A. Thomas *\nSoil and Water Conservation (three seats) (will not go on the ballot since only three people filed)\nKenneth McCormick *, James Benton, William J. Landon.\n\nAlexandria Mayor\nWilliam T. Rachford Jr. *\nAndrew \"Andy\" Schabell\nAlexandria Council (six seats)\nJoe Anderson, Thomas Baldridge, Jean Michael Beaupre, Scott Fleckinger *, Stacey L. Graus *, Sue Stein Neltner *, Bob Simon *, Kyle Sparks and Susan Vanlandingham *\n\nBellevue Mayor\nSteven A. Brun\nCharlie Cleves\nBellevue Council\nStephen R. Guidugli *, Sean Fisher *, Terry Hatton, Patrick Hogan, Shauna Kruse, Rodney Poynter *, Carol J. Rich, Ryan Salzman *, David Slater * and Scott Witte.\n\nCalifornia Mayor\nEmma Neises *\nCalifornia Commission (four seats)\nCasandra R. Jones, Sally O'Day *, and Charles Styer *.\n\nCold Spring Mayor\nDavid \"Angelo\" Penque *\nCold Spring Council\nChris Ampfer *, Lisa Ann Schmidt-Cavanaugh *, Brenda Rodgers Helton *, Paul Kloeker, Cindy J. Moore, Chris Dennis Myers, Stephen Roach, Michael D. Ruscher *, Adam Craig Sandfoss * and Gregory T. Wieland.\n\nCrestview Mayor\nShane Owens *\nCrestview Commission (four seats)\nBrian Merman *, Jason Muench *, Victoria L. Plantholt * and Jeremy Rider *.\n\nDayton Mayor\nBen Baker\nVirgil L. Boruske *\nDayton Council (six seats)\nScott Beseler, William \"Bill\" Burns *, Tammy Spradlin Cornett, Jeff Haas *, Christina Kelly, Dennis \"Denny\" Lynn *, Joseph \"Joe\" Neary *, Beth Nyman, Alexander Smith, Jeff Volter *, Johnny Walker Wirick.\n\nFort Thomas Mayor\nEric Haas *\nFort Thomas Council (six seats)\nJeff Bezold *, Adam Blau, Ken Bowman *, David Cameron, Mark Collier, Roger Peterman * and Sam Shelton.\n\nHighland Heights Mayor\nGregory V. Meyers *\nDavid Paul Ramler\nHighland Heights Council (six seats)\nDeborah Ball *, Gary Chinn *, Rene Heinrich, John Hoffert *, Virgil L. Miller and Jeanne Pettit.\n\nMelbourne Mayor\nDavid Charles King\nRonnie Walton *\nMelbourne Commission (four seats)\nKaren Daley, Edith Horstman, Paul Landwehr * and Joanne Layman.\n\nMentor Mayor\nPeggy Schoulties Fury *\nMentor Commission (four seats)\nJohn Erick Brock *, Keith Futscher *, Margaret Gosney and Lawrence Strasinger *.\n\nNewport Commission (four seats)\nBeth Fennell *, Thomas L. Guidugli, Robbie Hall, Ken Rechtin*, Frank Peluso * and Jason Walter.\n\nSilver Grove Mayor\nNeal Bedel *\nSilver Grove Council (six seats)\nJill Fessler *, Dan Gindele *, Jennifer Helton, Scott McCarter, Corey Pelle, Joe Pelle*, Herb Rardin, Anna Louise Reed\n\nSouthgate Mayor\nJim Hamberg *\nSouthgate Council (six seats)\nJoseph (Joe) M. Anderson *, Gene P. (Geno) Blanchet, Patricia Ann Hayley *, Leanna Homandberg, Chris A. Robisch * and Daniel J. Speier *.\n\nWilder Mayor\nRobert \"Bob\" Arnold\nStanley Turner *\nWilder Council (six seats)\nBob Blankenship *, Sandy Ruschman-Decker *, Robert Honaker *, Valerie A. Jones, Kelly Meiser and Jim Profitt.\n\nWoodlawn Mayor\nRonald Barth *\nWoodlawn Commission (four seats)\nCarol Eggemeier *, Robert Miller *, Christopher Williams *.\n\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 1\nJanis A. Winbigler *\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 4 (unexpired term)\nRich Mason *\nBellevue Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJenny Swope Hazeres *, Jenn Owens, Dan Sparks * and Dan Swope *\nDayton Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nCarrie Downard * and Diane Gunning Huff *.\nFort Thomas Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nLisa Duckworth *, Bradley Fennell *, Ann D. Meyer and John Thomas Weyer *.\nNewport Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nSylvia Covington, Shane M. Gosney, Ramona Malone *, Christopher Maloney and Matt Scott *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nNikki Brown *, Maurice Paul Hehman III, Jennifer Steidel Jones *, Tonya Ziegler McCarter and Jason Stewart *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (unexpired term - one seat)\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSouthgate Independent School District Board of Education (three seats)\nDrue Miller, William Shockney * and James W. Specht *.\n\nKenton County\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (65th District)\nCharles \"Buddy\" Wheatley, D\nAlyssa Dara McDowell, I\nJordan Huizenga, R\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\n\nJudge-executive\nKris Knochelmann, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nBeth Sewell, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nJon Draud, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJoe Nienaber Jr., R *\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nRob Sanders, R *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nJohn Middleton, R *\nCounty Attorney\nStacy Tapke, R *\nCounty Clerk\nGabrielle Summe, R *\nCoroner\nJoshua C. Ishmael, D\nDavid W. Suetholz, R *\nJailer\nTerry Carl, R *\nGeorge Exterkamp, D\nSheriff\nCharles Lee Korzenborn, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDarlene M. Plummer, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nStephen L. J. Hoffman, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nMary Lou Blount, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nKatherine W. Shumate, R *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDanny Cope, R *\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nPaul Woodard, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nMichael J. Moffitt, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R\n\nNONPARTISAN\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (16th District, 5th Division)\nDawn Gentry *\nTerri King Schoborg\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nAnn Ruttle *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKen Easterling *\nDistrict Judge (3rd District)\nDouglas J. Grothaus *\nSoil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (three seats)\nAndrew Johnson, Nancy F. Kloentrup *, Jennifer Leigh Myka *, Amy Powell and Bill Schneider.\n\nBromley Mayor\nMike Denham *\nBromley Council (six seats)\nCharlie Foulks, Lawrence \"Larry\" Hamant *, Michael E. Kendall *, Nancy Kienker *, David Radford *, Gail Smith *, Dianne Wartman and Tim Wartman *.\nCovington\nCommission (four seats)\nDenny Bowman, Christi Blair, Tim Downing *, John Flesch, Brandon Mims, Shannon Smith, Bill Wells *, Michelle Williams *\nCrescent Springs Mayor\nLou Hartfiel *\nCrescent Springs City Council (six seats)\nVincent Albanese, Christie Arlinghaus *, Carter Dickerson *, Chad Lognbons, and Bob Mueller *.\nCrestview Hills Mayor\nPaul W. Meier *\nCrestview Hills Council (six seats)\nWilliam C. \"Bill\" Dorsey *, David V. Kramer *, Arlene Brinker Luebbe *, Joseph Roesel * and Frank B. Sommerkamp Jr.*\nEdgewood Mayor\nJohn David Link\nEdgewood Council (seven seats)\nBen Barlage *, Dale Henson *, Joe Messmer *, Pete Roush, Scott M. Scholz, Jeff Schriver *, Rob Thelen*, Tony Ward*, and Kim Wolking*.\nElsmere Mayor\nMarty Lenhof *\nPreston L. Ritter Jr.\nElsmere Council (six seats)\nSpenser Auclerc, Nancy Bowman *, Billy Bradford *, Gloria Grubbs *, Lisa Mitchell, Aaron M. Moore *, Joanne Barnett-Smith *, Alexis Tanner *, Christopher A. Wichmann\nErlanger Mayor\nRandy Blankenship\nJessica Fette\nErlanger Council (12 seats)\nKevin Burke *, Kathy Cahill *, Thomas Cahill *, Marc Fields, Tyson Hermes, Victoria Kyle *, Shane Longshore, Gary Meyer, Stephen Montgomery *, Donald R. Niceley *, Corine L. Pitts *, Rebecca Reckers, Don Skidmore *, Renee Skidmore *, Jim Speier, and Patty Suedkamp *.\nFairview Mayor\nHarry Sprott *\nFairview Commission (four seats)\nBrenda P. Hobbs *, Shawntella Mumaw, Beverly Willman *, Fred Wilson Jr. *\nFort Mitchell Mayor\nJude Hehman *\nJim Hummeldorf\nFort Mitchell Council (seven seats)\nVicki S. Boerger *, Mary L. Burns *, Jerry Deatherage, Franklin D. Hicks, Scott McVey, Kim Nachazel *, Renee Oka, Greg Pohlgeers *, Don Rosing II, Michael Stoeckle *\nFort Wright Mayor\nDavid Hatter\nFort Wright Council (six seats)\nDavid Abeln *, Adam D. Feinauer *, Michael A. Hoerlein *, Scott Wall *, Bernie Wessels * and Margie Witt *.\nIndependence Mayor\nChris Reinersman *\nJoe Ulloa\nIndependence Council (six seats)\nBill Aseere *, Tom Brinker, John Deaton *, Lucas Deaton, Amy Engleman *, Carol Franzen * and Greg Waite *.\nKenton Vale Mayor\nMike Pendery\nKenton Vale Commission (four seats)\nDennis E. Briggs, Michael D. Burdge, Marsha Patrick and George Zunda.\nLakeside Park Mayor\nDavid E. Jansing *\nLakeside Park Council (six seats)\nAndrew Disken *, Tyler Gastright, Dennis W. Landwehr *, Paul Markgraf *, Matt Stegman *, Rebecca Stewart *, Brian Waite and David A. Wolfer *.\nLudlow Mayor\nJosh A. Boone\nKen Wynn *\nLudlow Council (six seats)\nTom Amann *, Stephen A. Chapman Sr., John Gaiser *, Tiffany Grider, Wayne Massey, Samantha Matthews, William \"Bill\" Mullins, Nancy Deaton Mullins, Julia Terry Navarre, Bill Whiteley* and Chris Wright.\nPark Hills Mayor\nKathy Zembrodt\nPark Hills Council (six seats)\nWesley Deters, Steve Elkins *, Sarah Froelich, Matt Mattone, Karl W. Oberjohn *, Monty O'Hara, Jason Reser *, Joe Shields, Pamela Spoor * and Kevin Theissen.\n\nSUPPORT JOURNALISM: Subscribe today to get access to all of our coverage\nRyland Heights Mayor\nJohn Cole *\nRyland Heights Commission (four seats)\nCarrol Bowman, Ralph \"Boz\" Collins, Jason Ponder and Barbara Stephenson.\nTaylor Mill Mayor\nDaniel L. Bell *\nSarah Frietch\nTaylor Mill Commission (four seats)\nCaroline A. Braden, Ed \"Keeney\" Kuehne, Julie Kirkpatrick, Mark Kreimborg *, Matthew Martin, Rose Merritt, Daniel E. Murray *, Phillip Peace * and Roger B. Reis.\nVilla Hills Mayor\nIrvin T. \"Butch\" Callery *\nHeather Jansen\nVilla Hills Council (six seats)\nRod Baehner, George Bruns *, Jim Cahill, Gregory W. Kilburn *, Mary Koenig *, Jason Phillips, Cathy Stover, Scott Ringo *, Seth Thompson, Jennifer Yost Vaden *, Suzanne Wadsworth, Gary Waugaman * and Adam S. Zepf.\nBeechwood Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJeanne Berger *, Bryan N. Bishop, Bradford M. Hood *, Norine Sullivan * and Anisa Willis.\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 4\nJoshua B. Crabtree * and Shannon Kwozalla Herold.\nCovington Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nJerry Louis Avery *, Sarah D. Flerlage and Eric Sherwood.\nErlanger/Elsmere Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nBert W. Brown, Robin Cooper *, Tom Luken * and Sarah Shackelford *.\nLudlow Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nKym King, Amy Hayden * and William N. McMilllen Jr.*\n\nEarlier coverage:\n► Kentucky House hopeful from NKY wins in court after GOP foe sues to boot her off ballot\n► Concerns over blight, discord mark a heated Erlanger mayor's race\n► NKY voter prep: Ballot choices differ sometimes by street\n► Erlanger road construction causes detour to election poll\n► Kenton's e-poll book should speed up voting on Election Day\n► Candidates: Opioid epidemic 'tearing families apart,' overwhelms Family Court\n► Maydak resigns as Boone County jailer: Remains sole candidate in the election"}],"bios":[{"type":"political","text":"James previously ran for Kenton County surveyor in 2014 but did not win. He is currently the Kenton County surveyor.","inferenceContext":"Source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nLocal NewsSportsOpinionNKYReal EstateAdvertiseObituarieseNewspaperLegalsNEWSN.Ky. candidates line up for Nov. 4 ballotBy Terry DeMio, Chris Mayhew and Melissa Stewarttdemio@enquirer.com, cmayhew@enquirer.com, mstewart@enquirer.comAug. 12, 2014Updated Aug. 15, 2014, 1:18 p.m. ET...County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKENTON COUNTY\nHere are Northern Kentucky voters' ballot choices for Election Day\nChris Mayhew\nCincinnati Enquirer\nSept. 19, 2018\nUpdated Nov. 5, 2018, 6:58 p.m. ET\n(Correction: This story was updated to include candidate David Guidugli, Independent, running for Campbell County Commissioner (1st District)and Jesse Parks, a Democrat running for 60th District House of Representatives.)\nHere's who will be on the Nov. 6 Election Day ballot in Northern Kentucky.\nWhile the midterm congressional elections have drawn the most attention nationally, Northern Kentucky has a lengthy slate of candidates running for statehouse, county, city and school board positions.\nSome elections were decided in the May primary, such as the hard-fought contest for Boone County judge-executive.\nAll voters in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties will see candidates on the ballot for the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.\nAn asterisk (*) denotes the incumbent officeholder.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nAn asterisk (*) denotes the incumbent officeholder.\nU.S. House\nDavid Goodwin, write-in\nSeth Hall, D\nThomas Massie, R *\nMike Moffett, I\nBoone County\nState House Representative (60th District)\nJesse Parks, D\nSal Santoro, R *\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (66th District)\nRobert Henriquez, D\nStacie Earl, Independent\nLex Hannan, Libertarian\nC. Ed Massey, R\nBrett Wesseling (write-in)\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (54th District, 4th Division) – nonpartisan\nTeresa Lyn Cunningham\nJennifer Dusing\nMichael Mason\nBonnie Rickert\nHoward Tankersley\nGreta Hoffman Walker\nDistrict Judge (District 1) – nonpartisan\nJeffrey S. Smith *\nDistrict Judge (District 2) – nonpartisan\nKeith McMain\nMarcia Thomas\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nLouis Kelly, R\nJudge-executive\nGary Moore, R *\nJailer\nJason Maydak, R *\nSheriff\nMichael A. Helmig, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nCindy Arlinghaus Martin, R *\nCounty Clerk\nKenny Brown, R *\nAmy Ferguson, D\nCircuit Court Clerk\nDavid Martin, R\nCounty Attorney\nRobert Neace, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nDebbie Davis, R\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nPhyllis Sparks, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nNo candidates filed.\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nCathy Hudson Flaig, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nCharles Kenner, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJesse Brewer, R\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDavid C. Flaig, R *\nRichard McKee, I\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nKen Baumgartner, R *\nKyle Sweeney, L\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nJoe Kalil, R *\nCoroner\nMissy Rittinger, R *\nLarry A. Brinneman, D\nCounty Surveyor\nThomas H. Bushelman Jr., R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nFlorence Mayor\nJosh Walton\nDiane Ewing Whalen *\nFlorence City Council (six seats)\nJulie Metzger Aubuchon *, Mel Carroll *, Duane Michael Froelicher *, Lance P. Howard, J. Kelly Huff *, David A. Osborne * and Gary Winn *.\nUnion Mayor\nLarry King Solomon *\nUnion City Commission (four seats)\nEric Dulaney *, John J. Mefford *, Bryan H. Miller * and Jeremy M. Ramage *\nWalton Mayor\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Brown *\nWalton City Council (six seats)\nRosalyn Beach *, Matthew Brown *, Adam Croweak *, Barbara Farrow, Dan Martin, Bobby McDonald *, John F. Wainwright * and Stephanie Williams *.\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 4)\nCarson Castleman\nJulia D. Pile\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 5)\nKaren Byrd\nWalton-Verona Independent Board of Education (three seats)\nKyle Art, Shelley Hurles, James Jay Martin, Susan N. Smith *, Heather Stewart *, Brett Strong, Stacy A. Thornberry.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCampbell County\nState Senate (24th District)\nRachel Roberts, D\nWil Schroder, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (67th District)\nDennis Keene, D *\nBob Schrage, R\nState House Representative (68th District)\nJoseph M. Fischer, R *\nJason Kilmer, D\nCommonwealth Attorney\nJustin Fortner, R\nMichelle Snodgrass, D *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nTaunya Nolan Jack, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDaniel Kent Braun, R *\nJudge-executive\nCharlie \"Coach\" Coleman, I\nSteve Pendery, R *\nCalvin Sidle, D\nCounty Attorney\nSteven J. Franzen, R *\nCounty Clerk\nJim Luersen, R *\nSheriff\nMike Jansen, R *\nJailer\nJames A. Daley, R *\nCampbell County Commissioner (1st District)\nConnie Grubbs, D\nBrian Painter, R *\nDavid Guidugli, I\nCampbell County Commissioner (2nd District)\nGeoff Besecker, R\nCampbell County Commissioner (3rd District)\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nGinger Paul, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nKatherin Pinelo, D *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles \"Bud\" Wilson, D *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nKenneth W. Warden, R\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nNicholas Warden, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles Allen, R\nJim Peluso, D *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nCircuit Court Judge (District 2) unexpired term\nDerek R. Durbin\nDan Zalla *\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nCameron Blau *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKaren A. Thomas *\nSoil and Water Conservation (three seats) (will not go on the ballot since only three people filed)\nKenneth McCormick *, James Benton, William J. Landon.\nAlexandria Mayor\nWilliam T. Rachford Jr. *\nAndrew \"Andy\" Schabell\nAlexandria Council (six seats)\nJoe Anderson, Thomas Baldridge, Jean Michael Beaupre, Scott Fleckinger *, Stacey L. Graus *, Sue Stein Neltner *, Bob Simon *, Kyle Sparks and Susan Vanlandingham *\nBellevue Mayor\nSteven A. Brun\nCharlie Cleves\nBellevue Council\nStephen R. Guidugli *, Sean Fisher *, Terry Hatton, Patrick Hogan, Shauna Kruse, Rodney Poynter *, Carol J. Rich, Ryan Salzman *, David Slater * and Scott Witte.\nCalifornia Mayor\nEmma Neises *\nCalifornia Commission (four seats)\nCasandra R. Jones, Sally O'Day *, and Charles Styer *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCold Spring Mayor\nDavid \"Angelo\" Penque *\nCold Spring Council\nChris Ampfer *, Lisa Ann Schmidt-Cavanaugh *, Brenda Rodgers Helton *, Paul Kloeker, Cindy J. Moore, Chris Dennis Myers, Stephen Roach, Michael D. Ruscher *, Adam Craig Sandfoss * and Gregory T. Wieland.\nCrestview Mayor\nShane Owens *\nCrestview Commission (four seats)\nBrian Merman *, Jason Muench *, Victoria L. Plantholt * and Jeremy Rider *.\nDayton Mayor\nBen Baker\nVirgil L. Boruske *\nDayton Council (six seats)\nScott Beseler, William \"Bill\" Burns *, Tammy Spradlin Cornett, Jeff Haas *, Christina Kelly, Dennis \"Denny\" Lynn *, Joseph \"Joe\" Neary *, Beth Nyman, Alexander Smith, Jeff Volter *, Johnny Walker Wirick.\nFort Thomas Mayor\nEric Haas *\nFort Thomas Council (six seats)\nJeff Bezold *, Adam Blau, Ken Bowman *, David Cameron, Mark Collier, Roger Peterman * and Sam Shelton.\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSouthgate Mayor\nJim Hamberg *\nSouthgate Council (six seats)\nJoseph (Joe) M. Anderson *, Gene P. (Geno) Blanchet, Patricia Ann Hayley *, Leanna Homandberg, Chris A. Robisch * and Daniel J. Speier *.\nWilder Mayor\nRobert \"Bob\" Arnold\nStanley Turner *\nWilder Council (six seats)\nBob Blankenship *, Sandy Ruschman-Decker *, Robert Honaker *, Valerie A. Jones, Kelly Meiser and Jim Profitt.\nWoodlawn Mayor\nRonald Barth *\nWoodlawn Commission (four seats)\nCarol Eggemeier *, Robert Miller *, Christopher Williams *.\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSouthgate Independent School District Board of Education (three seats)\nDrue Miller, William Shockney * and James W. Specht *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKenton County\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (65th District)\nCharles \"Buddy\" Wheatley, D\nAlyssa Dara McDowell, I\nJordan Huizenga, R\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nJudge-executive\nKris Knochelmann, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nBeth Sewell, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nJon Draud, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJoe Nienaber Jr., R *\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nRob Sanders, R *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nJohn Middleton, R *\nCounty Attorney\nStacy Tapke, R *\nCounty Clerk\nGabrielle Summe, R *\nCoroner\nJoshua C. Ishmael, D\nDavid W. Suetholz, R *\nJailer\nTerry Carl, R *\nGeorge Exterkamp, D\nSheriff\nCharles Lee Korzenborn, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDarlene M. Plummer, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nStephen L. J. Hoffman, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nMary Lou Blount, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nKatherine W. Shumate, R *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDanny Cope, R *\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nPaul Woodard, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nMichael J. Moffitt, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (16th District, 5th Division)\nDawn Gentry *\nTerri King Schoborg\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nAnn Ruttle *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKen Easterling *\nDistrict Judge (3rd District)\nDouglas J. Grothaus *\nSoil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (three seats)\nAndrew Johnson, Nancy F. Kloentrup *, Jennifer Leigh Myka *, Amy Powell and Bill Schneider.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nBromley Mayor\nMike Denham *\nBromley Council (six seats)\nCharlie Foulks, Lawrence \"Larry\" Hamant *, Michael E. Kendall *, Nancy Kienker *, David Radford *, Gail Smith *, Dianne Wartman and Tim Wartman *.\nCovington\nCommission (four seats)\nDenny Bowman, Christi Blair, Tim Downing *, John Flesch, Brandon Mims, Shannon Smith, Bill Wells *, Michelle Williams *\nCrescent Springs Mayor\nLou Hartfiel *\nCrescent Springs City Council (six seats)\nVincent Albanese, Christie Arlinghaus *, Carter Dickerson *, Chad Lognbons, and Bob Mueller *.\nCrestview Hills Mayor\nPaul W. Meier *\nCrestview Hills Council (six seats)\nWilliam C. \"Bill\" Dorsey *, David V. Kramer *, Arlene Brinker Luebbe *, Joseph Roesel * and Frank B. Sommerkamp Jr.*\nEdgewood Mayor\nJohn David Link\nEdgewood Council (seven seats)\nBen Barlage *, Dale Henson *, Joe Messmer *, Pete Roush, Scott M. Scholz, Jeff Schriver *, Rob Thelen*, Tony Ward*, and Kim Wolking*.\nElsmere Mayor\nMarty Lenhof *\nPreston L. Ritter Jr.\nElsmere Council (six seats)\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nElsmere Mayor\nMarty Lenhof *\nPreston L. Ritter Jr.\nElsmere Council (six seats)\nSpenser Auclerc, Nancy Bowman *, Billy Bradford *, Gloria Grubbs *, Lisa Mitchell, Aaron M. Moore *, Joanne Barnett-Smith *, Alexis Tanner *, Christopher A. Wichmann\nErlanger Mayor\nRandy Blankenship\nJessica Fette\nErlanger Council (12 seats)\nKevin Burke *, Kathy Cahill *, Thomas Cahill *, Marc Fields, Tyson Hermes, Victoria Kyle *, Shane Longshore, Gary Meyer, Stephen Montgomery *, Donald R. Niceley *, Corine L. Pitts *, Rebecca Reckers, Don Skidmore *, Renee Skidmore *, Jim Speier, and Patty Suedkamp *.\nFairview Mayor\nHarry Sprott *\nFairview Commission (four seats)\nBrenda P. Hobbs *, Shawntella Mumaw, Beverly Willman *, Fred Wilson Jr. *\nFort Mitchell Mayor\nJude Hehman *\nJim Hummeldorf\nFort Mitchell Council (seven seats)\nVicki S. Boerger *, Mary L. Burns *, Jerry Deatherage, Franklin D. Hicks, Scott McVey, Kim Nachazel *, Renee Oka, Greg Pohlgeers *, Don Rosing II, Michael Stoeckle *\nFort Wright Mayor\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nPark Hills Mayor\nKathy Zembrodt\nPark Hills Council (six seats)\nWesley Deters, Steve Elkins *, Sarah Froelich, Matt Mattone, Karl W. Oberjohn *, Monty O'Hara, Jason Reser *, Joe Shields, Pamela Spoor * and Kevin Theissen.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSUPPORT JOURNALISM: Subscribe today to get access to all of our coverage\nRyland Heights Mayor\nJohn Cole *\nRyland Heights Commission (four seats)\nCarrol Bowman, Ralph \"Boz\" Collins, Jason Ponder and Barbara Stephenson.\nTaylor Mill Mayor\nDaniel L. Bell *\nSarah Frietch\nTaylor Mill Commission (four seats)\nCaroline A. Braden, Ed \"Keeney\" Kuehne, Julie Kirkpatrick, Mark Kreimborg *, Matthew Martin, Rose Merritt, Daniel E. Murray *, Phillip Peace * and Roger B. Reis.\nVilla Hills Mayor\nIrvin T. \"Butch\" Callery *\nHeather Jansen\nVilla Hills Council (six seats)\nRod Baehner, George Bruns *, Jim Cahill, Gregory W. Kilburn *, Mary Koenig *, Jason Phillips, Cathy Stover, Scott Ringo *, Seth Thompson, Jennifer Yost Vaden *, Suzanne Wadsworth, Gary Waugaman * and Adam S. Zepf.\nBeechwood Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJeanne Berger *, Bryan N. Bishop, Bradford M. Hood *, Norine Sullivan * and Anisa Willis.\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 4\nJoshua B. Crabtree * and Shannon Kwozalla Herold.\nCovington Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nJerry Louis Avery *, Sarah D. Flerlage and Eric Sherwood.\nErlanger/Elsmere Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nBert W. Brown, Robin Cooper *, Tom Luken * and Sarah Shackelford *.\nLudlow Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nKym King, Amy Hayden * and William N. McMilllen Jr.*\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nEarlier coverage:\n► Kentucky House hopeful from NKY wins in court after GOP foe sues to boot her off ballot\n► Concerns over blight, discord mark a heated Erlanger mayor's race\n► NKY voter prep: Ballot choices differ sometimes by street\n► Erlanger road construction causes detour to election poll\n► Kenton's e-poll book should speed up voting on Election Day\n► Candidates: Opioid epidemic 'tearing families apart,' overwhelms Family Court\n► Maydak resigns as Boone County jailer: Remains sole candidate in the election","sources":[{"directQuote":"County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R.","url":"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/#~text=County,Shumate%E2%80%93R:~:text=County%20Surveyor%20(elect%20one)*Gregory%20Barker%E2%80%93D*James%20Shumate%E2%80%93R.","sourceType":"website"},{"directQuote":"County Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R James M.","url":"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/#~text=County,M:~:text=County%20Surveyor%0AJames%20M.%20Shumate%2C%20R%20James%20M.","sourceType":"website"}],"autoSummary":{"isAutoSummary":true,"text":"James previously ran for Kenton County surveyor in 2014 but did not win. He is currently the Kenton County surveyor.","sources":[{"directQuote":"County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R.","url":"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/#~text=County,Shumate%E2%80%93R:~:text=County%20Surveyor%20(elect%20one)*Gregory%20Barker%E2%80%93D*James%20Shumate%E2%80%93R.","sourceType":"website"},{"directQuote":"County Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R James M.","url":"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/#~text=County,M:~:text=County%20Surveyor%0AJames%20M.%20Shumate%2C%20R%20James%20M.","sourceType":"website"}]}},{"type":"personal","text":null,"missingData":"issue-specific","inferenceContext":"Source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/nky-candidates-filed/13973529/\nLocal NewsSportsOpinionNKYReal EstateAdvertiseObituarieseNewspaperLegalsNEWSN.Ky. candidates line up for Nov. 4 ballotBy Terry DeMio, Chris Mayhew and Melissa Stewarttdemio@enquirer.com, cmayhew@enquirer.com, mstewart@enquirer.comAug. 12, 2014Updated Aug. 15, 2014, 1:18 p.m. ET...County Surveyor (elect one)*Gregory Barker–D*James Shumate–R...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nAn asterisk (*) denotes the incumbent officeholder.\nU.S. House\nDavid Goodwin, write-in\nSeth Hall, D\nThomas Massie, R *\nMike Moffett, I\nBoone County\nState House Representative (60th District)\nJesse Parks, D\nSal Santoro, R *\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (66th District)\nRobert Henriquez, D\nStacie Earl, Independent\nLex Hannan, Libertarian\nC. Ed Massey, R\nBrett Wesseling (write-in)\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (54th District, 4th Division) – nonpartisan\nTeresa Lyn Cunningham\nJennifer Dusing\nMichael Mason\nBonnie Rickert\nHoward Tankersley\nGreta Hoffman Walker\nDistrict Judge (District 1) – nonpartisan\nJeffrey S. Smith *\nDistrict Judge (District 2) – nonpartisan\nKeith McMain\nMarcia Thomas\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nLouis Kelly, R\nJudge-executive\nGary Moore, R *\nJailer\nJason Maydak, R *\nSheriff\nMichael A. Helmig, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nCindy Arlinghaus Martin, R *\nCounty Clerk\nKenny Brown, R *\nAmy Ferguson, D\nCircuit Court Clerk\nDavid Martin, R\nCounty Attorney\nRobert Neace, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nDebbie Davis, R\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nPhyllis Sparks, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nNo candidates filed.\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nCathy Hudson Flaig, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nCharles Kenner, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJesse Brewer, R\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDavid C. Flaig, R *\nRichard McKee, I\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nKen Baumgartner, R *\nKyle Sweeney, L\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nJoe Kalil, R *\nCoroner\nMissy Rittinger, R *\nLarry A. Brinneman, D\nCounty Surveyor\nThomas H. Bushelman Jr., R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nFlorence Mayor\nJosh Walton\nDiane Ewing Whalen *\nFlorence City Council (six seats)\nJulie Metzger Aubuchon *, Mel Carroll *, Duane Michael Froelicher *, Lance P. Howard, J. Kelly Huff *, David A. Osborne * and Gary Winn *.\nUnion Mayor\nLarry King Solomon *\nUnion City Commission (four seats)\nEric Dulaney *, John J. Mefford *, Bryan H. Miller * and Jeremy M. Ramage *\nWalton Mayor\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Brown *\nWalton City Council (six seats)\nRosalyn Beach *, Matthew Brown *, Adam Croweak *, Barbara Farrow, Dan Martin, Bobby McDonald *, John F. Wainwright * and Stephanie Williams *.\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 4)\nCarson Castleman\nJulia D. Pile\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 5)\nKaren Byrd\nWalton-Verona Independent Board of Education (three seats)\nKyle Art, Shelley Hurles, James Jay Martin, Susan N. Smith *, Heather Stewart *, Brett Strong, Stacy A. Thornberry.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCampbell County\nState Senate (24th District)\nRachel Roberts, D\nWil Schroder, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (67th District)\nDennis Keene, D *\nBob Schrage, R\nState House Representative (68th District)\nJoseph M. Fischer, R *\nJason Kilmer, D\nCommonwealth Attorney\nJustin Fortner, R\nMichelle Snodgrass, D *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nTaunya Nolan Jack, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDaniel Kent Braun, R *\nJudge-executive\nCharlie \"Coach\" Coleman, I\nSteve Pendery, R *\nCalvin Sidle, D\nCounty Attorney\nSteven J. Franzen, R *\nCounty Clerk\nJim Luersen, R *\nSheriff\nMike Jansen, R *\nJailer\nJames A. Daley, R *\nCampbell County Commissioner (1st District)\nConnie Grubbs, D\nBrian Painter, R *\nDavid Guidugli, I\nCampbell County Commissioner (2nd District)\nGeoff Besecker, R\nCampbell County Commissioner (3rd District)\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nGinger Paul, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nKatherin Pinelo, D *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles \"Bud\" Wilson, D *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nKenneth W. Warden, R\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nNicholas Warden, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles Allen, R\nJim Peluso, D *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nCircuit Court Judge (District 2) unexpired term\nDerek R. Durbin\nDan Zalla *\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nCameron Blau *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKaren A. Thomas *\nSoil and Water Conservation (three seats) (will not go on the ballot since only three people filed)\nKenneth McCormick *, James Benton, William J. Landon.\nAlexandria Mayor\nWilliam T. Rachford Jr. *\nAndrew \"Andy\" Schabell\nAlexandria Council (six seats)\nJoe Anderson, Thomas Baldridge, Jean Michael Beaupre, Scott Fleckinger *, Stacey L. Graus *, Sue Stein Neltner *, Bob Simon *, Kyle Sparks and Susan Vanlandingham *\nBellevue Mayor\nSteven A. Brun\nCharlie Cleves\nBellevue Council\nStephen R. Guidugli *, Sean Fisher *, Terry Hatton, Patrick Hogan, Shauna Kruse, Rodney Poynter *, Carol J. Rich, Ryan Salzman *, David Slater * and Scott Witte.\nCalifornia Mayor\nEmma Neises *\nCalifornia Commission (four seats)\nCasandra R. Jones, Sally O'Day *, and Charles Styer *.\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nHighland Heights Mayor\nGregory V. Meyers *\nDavid Paul Ramler\nHighland Heights Council (six seats)\nDeborah Ball *, Gary Chinn *, Rene Heinrich, John Hoffert *, Virgil L. Miller and Jeanne Pettit.\nMelbourne Mayor\nDavid Charles King\nRonnie Walton *\nMelbourne Commission (four seats)\nKaren Daley, Edith Horstman, Paul Landwehr * and Joanne Layman.\nMentor Mayor\nPeggy Schoulties Fury *\nMentor Commission (four seats)\nJohn Erick Brock *, Keith Futscher *, Margaret Gosney and Lawrence Strasinger *.\nNewport Commission (four seats)\nBeth Fennell *, Thomas L. Guidugli, Robbie Hall, Ken Rechtin*, Frank Peluso * and Jason Walter.\nSilver Grove Mayor\nNeal Bedel *\nSilver Grove Council (six seats)\nJill Fessler *, Dan Gindele *, Jennifer Helton, Scott McCarter, Corey Pelle, Joe Pelle*, Herb Rardin, Anna Louise Reed\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSouthgate Mayor\nJim Hamberg *\nSouthgate Council (six seats)\nJoseph (Joe) M. Anderson *, Gene P. (Geno) Blanchet, Patricia Ann Hayley *, Leanna Homandberg, Chris A. Robisch * and Daniel J. Speier *.\nWilder Mayor\nRobert \"Bob\" Arnold\nStanley Turner *\nWilder Council (six seats)\nBob Blankenship *, Sandy Ruschman-Decker *, Robert Honaker *, Valerie A. Jones, Kelly Meiser and Jim Profitt.\nWoodlawn Mayor\nRonald Barth *\nWoodlawn Commission (four seats)\nCarol Eggemeier *, Robert Miller *, Christopher Williams *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 1\nJanis A. Winbigler *\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 4 (unexpired term)\nRich Mason *\nBellevue Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJenny Swope Hazeres *, Jenn Owens, Dan Sparks * and Dan Swope *\nDayton Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nCarrie Downard * and Diane Gunning Huff *.\nFort Thomas Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nLisa Duckworth *, Bradley Fennell *, Ann D. Meyer and John Thomas Weyer *.\nNewport Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nSylvia Covington, Shane M. Gosney, Ramona Malone *, Christopher Maloney and Matt Scott *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nNikki Brown *, Maurice Paul Hehman III, Jennifer Steidel Jones *, Tonya Ziegler McCarter and Jason Stewart *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (unexpired term - one seat)\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSouthgate Independent School District Board of Education (three seats)\nDrue Miller, William Shockney * and James W. Specht *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKenton County\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (65th District)\nCharles \"Buddy\" Wheatley, D\nAlyssa Dara McDowell, I\nJordan Huizenga, R\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nJudge-executive\nKris Knochelmann, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nBeth Sewell, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nJon Draud, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJoe Nienaber Jr., R *\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nRob Sanders, R *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nJohn Middleton, R *\nCounty Attorney\nStacy Tapke, R *\nCounty Clerk\nGabrielle Summe, R *\nCoroner\nJoshua C. Ishmael, D\nDavid W. Suetholz, R *\nJailer\nTerry Carl, R *\nGeorge Exterkamp, D\nSheriff\nCharles Lee Korzenborn, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDarlene M. Plummer, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nStephen L. J. Hoffman, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nMary Lou Blount, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nKatherine W. Shumate, R *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDanny Cope, R *\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nPaul Woodard, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nMichael J. Moffitt, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (16th District, 5th Division)\nDawn Gentry *\nTerri King Schoborg\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nAnn Ruttle *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKen Easterling *\nDistrict Judge (3rd District)\nDouglas J. Grothaus *\nSoil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (three seats)\nAndrew Johnson, Nancy F. Kloentrup *, Jennifer Leigh Myka *, Amy Powell and Bill Schneider.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nBromley Mayor\nMike Denham *\nBromley Council (six seats)\nCharlie Foulks, Lawrence \"Larry\" Hamant *, Michael E. Kendall *, Nancy Kienker *, David Radford *, Gail Smith *, Dianne Wartman and Tim Wartman *.\nCovington\nCommission (four seats)\nDenny Bowman, Christi Blair, Tim Downing *, John Flesch, Brandon Mims, Shannon Smith, Bill Wells *, Michelle Williams *\nCrescent Springs Mayor\nLou Hartfiel *\nCrescent Springs City Council (six seats)\nVincent Albanese, Christie Arlinghaus *, Carter Dickerson *, Chad Lognbons, and Bob Mueller *.\nCrestview Hills Mayor\nPaul W. Meier *\nCrestview Hills Council (six seats)\nWilliam C. \"Bill\" Dorsey *, David V. Kramer *, Arlene Brinker Luebbe *, Joseph Roesel * and Frank B. Sommerkamp Jr.*\nEdgewood Mayor\nJohn David Link\nEdgewood Council (seven seats)\nBen Barlage *, Dale Henson *, Joe Messmer *, Pete Roush, Scott M. Scholz, Jeff Schriver *, Rob Thelen*, Tony Ward*, and Kim Wolking*.\nElsmere Mayor\nMarty Lenhof *\nPreston L. Ritter Jr.\nElsmere Council (six seats)\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nFort Wright Mayor\nDavid Hatter\nFort Wright Council (six seats)\nDavid Abeln *, Adam D. Feinauer *, Michael A. Hoerlein *, Scott Wall *, Bernie Wessels * and Margie Witt *.\nIndependence Mayor\nChris Reinersman *\nJoe Ulloa\nIndependence Council (six seats)\nBill Aseere *, Tom Brinker, John Deaton *, Lucas Deaton, Amy Engleman *, Carol Franzen * and Greg Waite *.\nKenton Vale Mayor\nMike Pendery\nKenton Vale Commission (four seats)\nDennis E. Briggs, Michael D. Burdge, Marsha Patrick and George Zunda.\nLakeside Park Mayor\nDavid E. Jansing *\nLakeside Park Council (six seats)\nAndrew Disken *, Tyler Gastright, Dennis W. Landwehr *, Paul Markgraf *, Matt Stegman *, Rebecca Stewart *, Brian Waite and David A. Wolfer *.\nLudlow Mayor\nJosh A. Boone\nKen Wynn *\nLudlow Council (six seats)\nTom Amann *, Stephen A. Chapman Sr., John Gaiser *, Tiffany Grider, Wayne Massey, Samantha Matthews, William \"Bill\" Mullins, Nancy Deaton Mullins, Julia Terry Navarre, Bill Whiteley* and Chris Wright.\nPark Hills Mayor\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nPark Hills Mayor\nKathy Zembrodt\nPark Hills Council (six seats)\nWesley Deters, Steve Elkins *, Sarah Froelich, Matt Mattone, Karl W. Oberjohn *, Monty O'Hara, Jason Reser *, Joe Shields, Pamela Spoor * and Kevin Theissen.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nSUPPORT JOURNALISM: Subscribe today to get access to all of our coverage\nRyland Heights Mayor\nJohn Cole *\nRyland Heights Commission (four seats)\nCarrol Bowman, Ralph \"Boz\" Collins, Jason Ponder and Barbara Stephenson.\nTaylor Mill Mayor\nDaniel L. Bell *\nSarah Frietch\nTaylor Mill Commission (four seats)\nCaroline A. Braden, Ed \"Keeney\" Kuehne, Julie Kirkpatrick, Mark Kreimborg *, Matthew Martin, Rose Merritt, Daniel E. Murray *, Phillip Peace * and Roger B. Reis.\nVilla Hills Mayor\nIrvin T. \"Butch\" Callery *\nHeather Jansen\nVilla Hills Council (six seats)\nRod Baehner, George Bruns *, Jim Cahill, Gregory W. Kilburn *, Mary Koenig *, Jason Phillips, Cathy Stover, Scott Ringo *, Seth Thompson, Jennifer Yost Vaden *, Suzanne Wadsworth, Gary Waugaman * and Adam S. Zepf.\nBeechwood Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJeanne Berger *, Bryan N. Bishop, Bradford M. Hood *, Norine Sullivan * and Anisa Willis.\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 3\nJesica P. Jehn *\nKenton County Schools Board of Education District 4\nJoshua B. Crabtree * and Shannon Kwozalla Herold.\nCovington Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nJerry Louis Avery *, Sarah D. Flerlage and Eric Sherwood.\nErlanger/Elsmere Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nBert W. Brown, Robin Cooper *, Tom Luken * and Sarah Shackelford *.\nLudlow Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nKym King, Amy Hayden * and William N. 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Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (66th District)\nRobert Henriquez, D\nStacie Earl, Independent\nLex Hannan, Libertarian\nC. Ed Massey, R\nBrett Wesseling (write-in)\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (54th District, 4th Division) – nonpartisan\nTeresa Lyn Cunningham\nJennifer Dusing\nMichael Mason\nBonnie Rickert\nHoward Tankersley\nGreta Hoffman Walker\nDistrict Judge (District 1) – nonpartisan\nJeffrey S. Smith *\nDistrict Judge (District 2) – nonpartisan\nKeith McMain\nMarcia Thomas\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nLouis Kelly, R\nJudge-executive\nGary Moore, R *\nJailer\nJason Maydak, R *\nSheriff\nMichael A. Helmig, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nCindy Arlinghaus Martin, R *\nCounty Clerk\nKenny Brown, R *\nAmy Ferguson, D\nCircuit Court Clerk\nDavid Martin, R\nCounty Attorney\nRobert Neace, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nDebbie Davis, R\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nPhyllis Sparks, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nNo candidates filed.\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nCathy Hudson Flaig, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nCharles Kenner, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJesse Brewer, R\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDavid C. Flaig, R *\nRichard McKee, I\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nKen Baumgartner, R *\nKyle Sweeney, L\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nJoe Kalil, R *\nCoroner\nMissy Rittinger, R *\nLarry A. Brinneman, D\nCounty Surveyor\nThomas H. Bushelman Jr., R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nFlorence Mayor\nJosh Walton\nDiane Ewing Whalen *\nFlorence City Council (six seats)\nJulie Metzger Aubuchon *, Mel Carroll *, Duane Michael Froelicher *, Lance P. Howard, J. Kelly Huff *, David A. Osborne * and Gary Winn *.\nUnion Mayor\nLarry King Solomon *\nUnion City Commission (four seats)\nEric Dulaney *, John J. Mefford *, Bryan H. Miller * and Jeremy M. Ramage *\nWalton Mayor\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Brown *\nWalton City Council (six seats)\nRosalyn Beach *, Matthew Brown *, Adam Croweak *, Barbara Farrow, Dan Martin, Bobby McDonald *, John F. Wainwright * and Stephanie Williams *.\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 4)\nCarson Castleman\nJulia D. Pile\nBoone County Schools Board of Education (Division 5)\nKaren Byrd\nWalton-Verona Independent Board of Education (three seats)\nKyle Art, Shelley Hurles, James Jay Martin, Susan N. Smith *, Heather Stewart *, Brett Strong, Stacy A. Thornberry.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCampbell County\nState Senate (24th District)\nRachel Roberts, D\nWil Schroder, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (67th District)\nDennis Keene, D *\nBob Schrage, R\nState House Representative (68th District)\nJoseph M. Fischer, R *\nJason Kilmer, D\nCommonwealth Attorney\nJustin Fortner, R\nMichelle Snodgrass, D *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nTaunya Nolan Jack, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDaniel Kent Braun, R *\nJudge-executive\nCharlie \"Coach\" Coleman, I\nSteve Pendery, R *\nCalvin Sidle, D\nCounty Attorney\nSteven J. Franzen, R *\nCounty Clerk\nJim Luersen, R *\nSheriff\nMike Jansen, R *\nJailer\nJames A. Daley, R *\nCampbell County Commissioner (1st District)\nConnie Grubbs, D\nBrian Painter, R *\nDavid Guidugli, I\nCampbell County Commissioner (2nd District)\nGeoff Besecker, R\nCampbell County Commissioner (3rd District)\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nTom Lampe, R *\nCoroner\nMark Schweitzer, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nNo candidates\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nGinger Paul, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nKatherin Pinelo, D *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles \"Bud\" Wilson, D *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nKenneth W. Warden, R\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nNicholas Warden, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nCharles Allen, R\nJim Peluso, D *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN ELECTIONS\nCircuit Court Judge (District 2) unexpired term\nDerek R. Durbin\nDan Zalla *\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nCameron Blau *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKaren A. Thomas *\nSoil and Water Conservation (three seats) (will not go on the ballot since only three people filed)\nKenneth McCormick *, James Benton, William J. Landon.\nAlexandria Mayor\nWilliam T. Rachford Jr. *\nAndrew \"Andy\" Schabell\nAlexandria Council (six seats)\nJoe Anderson, Thomas Baldridge, Jean Michael Beaupre, Scott Fleckinger *, Stacey L. Graus *, Sue Stein Neltner *, Bob Simon *, Kyle Sparks and Susan Vanlandingham *\nBellevue Mayor\nSteven A. Brun\nCharlie Cleves\nBellevue Council\nStephen R. Guidugli *, Sean Fisher *, Terry Hatton, Patrick Hogan, Shauna Kruse, Rodney Poynter *, Carol J. Rich, Ryan Salzman *, David Slater * and Scott Witte.\nCalifornia Mayor\nEmma Neises *\nCalifornia Commission (four seats)\nCasandra R. Jones, Sally O'Day *, and Charles Styer *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCold Spring Mayor\nDavid \"Angelo\" Penque *\nCold Spring Council\nChris Ampfer *, Lisa Ann Schmidt-Cavanaugh *, Brenda Rodgers Helton *, Paul Kloeker, Cindy J. Moore, Chris Dennis Myers, Stephen Roach, Michael D. Ruscher *, Adam Craig Sandfoss * and Gregory T. Wieland.\nCrestview Mayor\nShane Owens *\nCrestview Commission (four seats)\nBrian Merman *, Jason Muench *, Victoria L. Plantholt * and Jeremy Rider *.\nDayton Mayor\nBen Baker\nVirgil L. Boruske *\nDayton Council (six seats)\nScott Beseler, William \"Bill\" Burns *, Tammy Spradlin Cornett, Jeff Haas *, Christina Kelly, Dennis \"Denny\" Lynn *, Joseph \"Joe\" Neary *, Beth Nyman, Alexander Smith, Jeff Volter *, Johnny Walker Wirick.\nFort Thomas Mayor\nEric Haas *\nFort Thomas Council (six seats)\nJeff Bezold *, Adam Blau, Ken Bowman *, David Cameron, Mark Collier, Roger Peterman * and Sam Shelton.\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 1\nJanis A. Winbigler *\nCampbell County Schools Board of Education District 4 (unexpired term)\nRich Mason *\nBellevue Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nJenny Swope Hazeres *, Jenn Owens, Dan Sparks * and Dan Swope *\nDayton Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nCarrie Downard * and Diane Gunning Huff *.\nFort Thomas Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nLisa Duckworth *, Bradley Fennell *, Ann D. Meyer and John Thomas Weyer *.\nNewport Independent Schools Board of Education (two seats)\nSylvia Covington, Shane M. Gosney, Ramona Malone *, Christopher Maloney and Matt Scott *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (three seats)\nNikki Brown *, Maurice Paul Hehman III, Jennifer Steidel Jones *, Tonya Ziegler McCarter and Jason Stewart *.\nSilver Grove Independent Schools Board of Education (unexpired term - one seat)\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKathryn Dee and Shannon Turner *.\nSouthgate Independent School District Board of Education (three seats)\nDrue Miller, William Shockney * and James W. Specht *.\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nKenton County\nState House Representative (61st District)\nDarrell L. Link, D\nSavannah Maddox, R\nState House Representative (63rd District)\nJosh Blair, D\nDiane St. Onge, R *\nState House Representative (64th District)\nLarry Varney, D\nKimberly Poore Moser, R *\nState House Representative (65th District)\nCharles \"Buddy\" Wheatley, D\nAlyssa Dara McDowell, I\nJordan Huizenga, R\nState House Representative (69th District)\nCol Owens, D\nAdam Koenig, R *\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nJudge-executive\nKris Knochelmann, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 1)\nBeth Sewell, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 2)\nJon Draud, R *\nCounty Commissioner (District 3)\nJoe Nienaber Jr., R *\nCommonwealth's Attorney\nRob Sanders, R *\nCircuit Court Clerk\nJohn Middleton, R *\nCounty Attorney\nStacy Tapke, R *\nCounty Clerk\nGabrielle Summe, R *\nCoroner\nJoshua C. Ishmael, D\nDavid W. Suetholz, R *\nJailer\nTerry Carl, R *\nGeorge Exterkamp, D\nSheriff\nCharles Lee Korzenborn, R *\nProperty Valuation Administrator\nDarlene M. Plummer, R *\nJustice of the Peace (1st Magisterial District)\nStephen L. J. Hoffman, D *\nJustice of the Peace (2nd Magisterial District)\nMary Lou Blount, R *\nJustice of the Peace (3rd Magisterial District)\nKatherine W. Shumate, R *\nConstable (1st Magisterial District)\nDanny Cope, R *\nConstable (2nd Magisterial District)\nPaul Woodard, R\nConstable (3rd Magisterial District)\nMichael J. Moffitt, R *\nCounty Surveyor\nJames M. Shumate, R\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nNONPARTISAN\nCircuit Court Judge Family Court (16th District, 5th Division)\nDawn Gentry *\nTerri King Schoborg\nDistrict Judge (1st District)\nAnn Ruttle *\nDistrict Judge (2nd District)\nKen Easterling *\nDistrict Judge (3rd District)\nDouglas J. Grothaus *\nSoil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (three seats)\nAndrew Johnson, Nancy F. Kloentrup *, Jennifer Leigh Myka *, Amy Powell and Bill Schneider.\n...\nSource: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/kentoncounty/2018/09/19/candidates-ballot-northern-kentucky-election-day-nov-6/997091002/\nFort Wright Mayor\nDavid Hatter\nFort Wright Council (six seats)\nDavid Abeln *, Adam D. Feinauer *, Michael A. Hoerlein *, Scott Wall *, Bernie Wessels * and Margie Witt *.\nIndependence Mayor\nChris Reinersman *\nJoe Ulloa\nIndependence Council (six seats)\nBill Aseere *, Tom Brinker, John Deaton *, Lucas Deaton, Amy Engleman *, Carol Franzen * and Greg Waite *.\nKenton Vale Mayor\nMike Pendery\nKenton Vale Commission (four seats)\nDennis E. Briggs, Michael D. Burdge, Marsha Patrick and George Zunda.\nLakeside Park Mayor\nDavid E. Jansing *\nLakeside Park Council (six seats)\nAndrew Disken *, Tyler Gastright, Dennis W. 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JAMES M. SHUMATE