Voters in Hood River and Cascade Locks Port districts will have races in all commission races on May 19.
Candidates stepped forward to run for a contested seat on the School District as well as for Parks and Recreation – where five candidates will run for three spots.
The Port of Hood River Position 5 drew two candidates, Brian Hardy and Jason Carpenter, along with incumbent Hoby Streich. Meanwhile, Position 4 incumbent Brian Shortt will get a race from Dennis Cullington.
The filing deadline was Thursday for the Special Districts Election in May, and ballots will go out on May 1.
Seats without candidates remain on Transportation District and Parkdale Sanitary District; potential candidates must run as write-ins.
Here is the rundown of filed candidates:
Transportation District
Unexpired 2 year term — Theresa L. North
Director, 4-year term — Paul L Randall, William E Byrne (vote for 3)
Hood River County School District
Board Pos.1 — Kris Wilhelm, Chris Reitz, Hood River; Rob E Brostoff, Cascade Locks
Board Pos. 3 — Kateri Osborne Lohr
Board Pos. 5 — Tom Scully, Parkdale
Parkdale Rural Fire District — Steven A Short, Jeanne M. Sreenan, Leonard L. Aubert (vote for 3)
Westside Rural Fire District — John Beeman, Mark T Beam, Robert S. Benton (vote for 3)
Wy’east Rural Fire District — Gary L. Willis, Dick Reed (vote for 2)
Crystal Springs Water District — G. Mick Swyers, Bill Munk, Michael L. McCafferty, Larry Brown (vote for 3)
Ice Fountain Water District — Kris A. Zorza, Brad Fowler
Hood River County Library District — Jean Sheppard, John Schoppert (vote for 2)
Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District — Glenna Mahurin, Michael McCarthy, Karen Ford, Matt Rutledge, Art Carroll (vote for 3)
Port of Cascade Locks
Commissioner, Pos. 1 — John R. Stipan, Philip D. Schey
Commissioner, Pos. 2 — Brad Lorang, Donna M Mohr
Commissioner, Pos. 3 — David A. Lipps, Brenda Cramblett
Port of Hood River
Commissioner, Pos. 4 — Brian Shortt, Dennis E. Cullington
Commissioner, Pos. 5 — Hoby Streich Brian Hard , Jason Carpenter
Odell Sanitary District — Richard Sohler
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