And they’re off! Filing to run for office in the official 2022 election began strong on Monday, with twelve candidates filing for local office with the Churchill County Clerk and one filing at City Hall.
Kelly Frost filed Monday morning for re-election to her City Council Ward I seat. Due to changes at the legislature, for the first time, the municipal election will be held in November along with election for every other office. See the story here: https://www.thefallonpost.org/news/4374,municipal-elections-move-to-november
At the county, several candidates filed for re-election including Denise Mondhink-Felton for Assessor, Linda Rothery for Clerk/Teasurer, Arthur Mallory for District Attorney, Tasha Hessey for Recorder, and Richard Hickox for Sheriff.
Sheriff Hickox is being challenged by Daniel Ray Sharp.
Pete Olsen is termed out of his County Commission seat in District III, leaving an empty seat that both Tom Riggins and Myles Getto have filed to fill.
The School Board of Trustees race looks to be interesting with Amber Getto filing for re-election and newcomers Julie Guerrero-Goetsch, Joe McFadden, and Bill Post all filing. There are four seats open in that race.
School board candidates run at large in a non-partisan race, with the four candidates who receive the most votes winning the four open seats. If only four candidates file, their names will be placed on the Primary Election ballot and they will be elected at that election. If more than twice (more than eight) file, they will go to the primary and get narrowed down to eight candidates. If five, six, or seven candidates file they will go straight to the General Election with no primary.
Churchill County voter registration reflects the make-up of most rural Nevada counties with a total of 12,166 registered voters in a community of 24,909. After several election law changes since the 2020 election, that number is down from 2020 when there were 14,707 registered voters. “The Fallon Post” will explore that issue in an upcoming story. There are 3,183 Democrats and 6,774 Republicans, along with 1,512 non-partisans and 697 from the other smaller parties.
Filing remains open until March 18 at 5:00 p.m.
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