Eight-person battle underway for three school board seats

The filing period for special districts in Hot Springs County has closed and an eight-person race has developed for the Hot Springs County School District #1 board of trustees.

Two incumbents and six challengers will be seeking one of three, four-year term seats on the board. Incumbents Jennifer Axtell and Sherman Skelton are running for reelection. Rick Engelbrecht is not seeking reelection. Challengers include Cynthia Garbin, Andrea Miller, Nate Miller, Mellisa V. Mohr, Bethany Rose Webber and Mandy Wilson.

Jessica Benefiel, Melissa McCumber Johnson and Aimee Kay are running for three four-year term seats in the HSC Hospital District Board of Directors.

Stan Kraushaar, Merrill J. Ready and Basil Sorensen are running for three four-year term seats on the HSC Cemetery District.

James Byrd and Keith O’Brien are running for two four-year term seats on the HSC Rural Fire Protection District.

Jim Wilson is the only candidate running for two 4-year term seats on the HSC Conservation District - Rural Supervisor. No candidates filed for the one open seat for the HSC Conservation District At-large Supervisor.

There are a few candidates that earned enough qualified write-ins in the Primary Election that they will be listed on the General Election ballot in November.

For the office of Mayor of the Town of East Thermopolis, Jeremiah Ramsey earned enough write-in votes that he will run against Jack Kuiper in the General Election.

For Kirby Town Council, Barrie Lynn Bryant, Jr. earned enough qualified write-in votes that he will run against Kimberly Graham and Nathaniel Rodriquez in the General Election. Two seats are available.