Many election candidate filings take place as incumbent deadline nears

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YORK – There have been many election candidate filings in recent days as the incumbent deadline arrives for the 2026 Primary Election.

​The deadline for incumbents arrives at 5 p.m., today, Feb. 17. Non-incumbents have until March 2 to file their candidacies.
The following people have filed to run for local offices, so far:

• Daniel Grotz, incumbent, for District 1 county commissioner
• Andy Bowman, incumbent, for District 3 county commissioner
• Randy Obermier, incumbent, for District 4 county commissioner
• Kurt Bulgrin, incumbent, for county assessor
• Gary Olson, incumbent, for county attorney
• Mary Melby, incumbent, for county clerk
• Sharilyn Steube, incumbent, for clerk of the district court
• Timothy Matas, non-incumbent, for county public defender
• Joshua Gillespie, non-incumbent, for sheriff
• Megan Williams, incumbent, for county treasurer
• Ryan Goertzen, incumbent, for Heartland School Board
• Alysia Clark, Krystal Rasmussen and Matthew Clark, all incumbents, for McCool School Board
• Alison North, Alex Hildebrand and Pepper Papineau, all incumbents, for York School Board
• Jordan Hiebner, incumbent, for Henderson City Council
• Stephen Postier, Doreen Lopez and Scott Van Esch, all incumbents, for York City Council

There have also been a few candidate filings for village board elections, although those deadlines do not arrive until this summer:

• Kim Sheehan, incumbent, for Village of Gresham
• Sandra Browitt, incumbent, for Village of McCool Junction
• Dustin Drake, incumbent, for Village of Thayer
• Don Copeland and Rick Pfeifer, both incumbents, for Village of Waco