Grundy County voters will have a host of races to decide in Tuesday’s Primary Election.
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The Republican ballot is filled with candidates for local offices with one of those races, sheriff, deciding who will face the Democrat candidate in November. The winners of all other local GOP races will be the lone candidates appearing on the November General Election ballot.
With Grundy County now being in the Seventh Legislative District, voters will have two candidates on both the GOP and Democrat ballots. Incumbent Mike Lair of Chillicothe faces challenger John Meyers of Trenton on the Republican ballot while the Democrat ballot has Harry Wyse of Chillicothe against Travis Gonzalez of Trenton.
In addition to the county races, voters in Trenton will decide the fate of a one-fourth of 1 percent sales tax which, if approved, will provide funds for the local fire department. According to information from previous city council meetings, the funds would be used to help pay for equipment as well as to establish a fire training center, which could be used to train not only local firefighters, but firemen from throughout north Missouri as well.
Local candidates on the August ballot include:
Republican
Public Administrator – Jill Eaton, Dawn Trask, Alice Albers.
Assessor – Don Stotts, Kathy Veatch.
Collector/Ex-Officio Recorder – Colleen Williams, Barbara Harris, Ashley Boren.
Corner – Vince Neal, Dewayne Slater.
Sheriff – Rodney Herring, Jeff Spencer.
Associate County Commissioner, First District – Gene Wyant, Donald Bridges.
Associate County Commissioner, Second District – Joe Brinser.
State Representative – Mike Lair, John Meyers.
Third Circuit Judge – Jack Peace.
U.S. Representative, Sixth District – Bob Gough, Sam Graves, Christopher Ryan.
Democrat
Sheriff - Mike Smith.
State Representative – Harry Wyse, Travis Gonzalez.
U.S. Representative, Sixth District – Kyle Yarber, Ted Rights, W.A. (Bill) Hedge, Ronald William Harris.
Polls will open at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and close at 7 p.m. Election results, beginning with absentees, will be shown on Tele-News 11 (cable channel 11) as well as on the Republican-Times website, www.republican-times.com.