In each city in Ellsworth County, the race for mayor will be contested.

Ellsworth, Wilson and Kanopolis all have two candidates vying for the mayor’s seat. The deadline to file for office was noon June 2.

“It’s more likely to have more than one candidate when the current elected official is not running,” Ellsworth County Election Officer Shelly Vopat said.

The mayor in each city is not seeking reelection, so the seat is considered open.

In each municipality, the mayor is a nonvoting member of the city council.

In addition to the mayor’s seat, all municipalities have seats up for election for city council members. Additionally, the local school boards and Midway Extension District also have candidates up for election Nov. 4.

Candidates are as follows:

Ellsworth Mayor

Russell Allen, Jessica L. Kootz

Ellsworth City Council (2 seats)

Steven Bishop, Daniel A. Finnegan, Tyler Renard

Holyrood City Council (3 seats) Brock Lawrence Kevin Jewell, Tom Wilkinson Jr.

Kanopolis City Council (2 seats, 4-year term)

Theresa Kyler, Levi Schneider

Kanopolis City Council Unexpired (2 seats, 2-year term) Tim Bobbett

Lorraine City Council (2 seats) Josh Homolka, Peter Solie

Wilson Mayor

David Criswell, Jeffery Keith

Wilson City Council (2 seats)

Anthony John Demel, Cathy Smith

MIDWAY EXTENSION DISTRICT #15 (2 seats) Mariana Kinnard, Daron Stevenson

Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327 Board of Education

Position 3, Member Dist. 6: Brian E. Rush Position 4, Member Dist. 1: Travis Holt, Cheryl Kennedy Position 6, Member Dist. 3: Jacob Svaty

Central Plains USD 112 Board of Education Position 2, Member Dist. 2: None Position 4, Member Dist. 4: Allison (Koch) Gonzalez Position 6, Member Dist. 6: Dalton R. Wirth

Ell-Saline USD 307 (1 seat per position)

Position 2: David Hiechel Position 4: Stephanie Bremerman, Martin Kramer Position 5: Heather Hardesty Postion 6: Rebecca Kejr