New Filings Add To Contested Races

Jim Brumfield and Brad Korn this week filed for the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department, creating a four-way race for two seats on the board.

Robert Kavaliauskas and Jeanette Wood had earlier filed for the two four-year terms, which are no held by Wood and Lisa Jokerst. Wood was appointed last month by the County Commission to succeed Susie Bach, who had resigned,

The health board also has a seat up to election to fill out the final two years of David Woods’s four-year term. Woods had resigned in November. The County Commission appointed Carl Kinsky to fill that vacancy.

The city’s of Ste. Genevieve’s Ward 2 alderman race turned into a three-person race this week as Gretchen Wolf filed for the office, joining challenger Marsha Akins and incumbent Michael Buck” Jokerst.The filing deadline for all races is Tuesday, January 15.

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