Three Days Left for Candidate Filing

by Rachel Dahl --  With three days left to file for office, two more local candidates have thrown their hat in the ring this morning for election 2020. Greg Malkovich filed for the school board and Keith Boone filed for county commissioner in district 3. Boone is a democrat and will face Kelli Kelly in a primary run off. Also filing since last week were Kathryn Whitaker for school board along with Marion Jonte for mosquito abatement and Justin Heath for county commissioner in district 1. As a republican, Heath creates a primary in district 1, running against Bus Scharmann, the republican incumbent. Filing on the first day of the declaration of candidacy were Scharmann and Kelly, along with Mick Casey and Greg Koenig who both filed as republicans in district 3 and will face off in the primary. Tricia Strasdin and Lee Tisdale both filed for school board trustee. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. School board candidates run at large in a non-partisan race, with the three candidates who receive the most votes winning the three open seats. If more than twice (more than six) candidates file, they will go to the primary and be narrowed down to six candidates. If four, five, or six candidates file they will go straight to the General Election on November 3^rd. Open county seats in this election include the two county commission seats, district 1 and 3; three school board seats; and two mosquito abatement seats. Candidate file at the County Clerk’s office in Fallon at 155 N. Taylor Street. Filing remains open until this Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The list of candidates who have filed as provided by the County Clerk: SCHARMANN, HARRY “BUS” - COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 1 (REPUBLICAN) CASEY, MICHAEL “MICK” - COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3 (REPUBLICAN) KOENIG, GREGORY S. - COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3 (REPUBLICAN) TISDALE, LEE – BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES (NONPARTISAN) KELLY, KELLI - COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3 (DEMOCRAT) STRASDIN, TRICIA – BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES (NONPARTISAN) JONTE, MARION - MOSQUITO, VECTOR & WEED ABATEMENT BOARD (NONPARTISAN) WHITAKER, KATHRYN – BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES (NONPARTISAN) HEATH, JUSTIN - COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 1 (REPUBLICAN) GREG MALKOVICH – BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES (NONPARTISAN) KEITH BOONE – COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3 (DEMOCRAT)       Support local, independent news – contribute to The Fallon Post, your non-profit (501c3) online news source for all things Fallon. Never miss the local news -- read more on The Fallon Post home page.