Special district candidates filed

Some seats remain without candidates

Filing for special districts closed Monday, Aug. 24. The following candidates will appear on the general election ballot for area voters in November.

SCHOOL

Big Horn County School District No. 4’s school board will see current Vice Chair Greg Gloy run unopposed for the open four-year term Basin area seat. Current board member Brenda Wood will also run, seeking a two-year seat representing the Manderson-Hyattville area. Wood was appointed to fill the remainder of Pricie Butcher’s term when Butcher moved into town from the Manderson-Hyattville area and will now seek to keep her seat. For two at-large four-year seats, candidates Butcher, Enrika Rain Joy Potter and Merrita Powell will be on the ballot. Current board members Austin Alexander and Terri Hobmier did not file for re-election. 

Big Horn County School District No. 1 has three candidates running for two open at-large four-year term school board seats; incumbents Hiedi Christensen and Holly Michaels, and new candidate Hunter Allen. For Burlington, current board member Craig Jones has re-filed to fill a four-year term seat. Incumbent Thomas Bridges and new candidate Emily Leonhardt, both of Cowley, have filed to run for their area’s single open four-year seat. 

CEMETERY

Burlington Cemetery District has three candidates filed for three four-year term seats; incumbents Jacob Davidson and Kimberly Rasmussen, and new candidate Norman Preator. Brandon Preator filed for the single open two-year term seat. Not running for re-election is Albert Henderson, who had a four-year term seat. 

Emblem Cemetery District has three four-year term seats available; incumbents Chris Edwards, George Kelso and Janet Kummerfeldt filed. 

Hyattville Cemetery District also has three candidates for three open four-year term seats; Kelly Darling, Kelli Mercer and Jill Tharp have filed. Jill Tharp will look to replace her husband Guy Tharp, whose term expires this year. Darling and Mercer presently sit on the board. 

Otto Cemetery District will have incumbent Camilla Hancock on the ballot for a four-year seat. Carrinne Jones and Michelle Jones will toss their hats in the ring for the remaining two four-year seats. Sheri Hartman and Judy Winters did not file for re-election. 

CONSERVATION

South Big Horn Conservation District currently has three total candidates for three open seats; all incumbents, all four-year terms. Howard Wildman filed for the at-large seat, George Kelso for rural Eddie Johnson for urban. 

FIRE

Basin’s fire district has one four-year term seat available which no one has filed for. For Manderson-Hyattville’s fire district, Joe Wildman has filed to fill one open, four-year term seat. The same for Gary Hibbert, who has filed for Burlington’s fire district. 

HOSPITAL

Current Chair Jeff Petty has filed for re-election to the South Big Horn County Hospital District board. He would fill one of two at-large, four-year term open seats for the district. Janet Evans did not file for re-election. 

SENIOR CITIZEN

South Senior Citizen Service District has received no candidates for two four-year seats and one two-year seat. 

RURAL HEALTH

Rural Health District No. 1, which supports EMS services for Big Horn County residents, has three candidates for three four-year, at-large seats; incumbents Russell Fowler and Kenneth Nelson, and new candidate Theresa Turner. Laura Huber did not file for re-election.