Fayetteville City Council member Mark Kinion filed as a Democrat for Washington County judge on Monday, setting up a contested Democratic primary March 1 and a Nov. 8 general election decision.
Monday was the last day for filing for partisan races and nonpartisan judicial races. Kinion will face Fayetteville businessman Joshua Mahony, president of the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund and chairman of the Fayetteville Airport Board.
Washington County candidates
The following candidates filed for office for the preferential primaries and nonpartisan judicial election March 1, 2016. The general election is Nov. 8.
County Judge
Mark Kinion (D)
Joshua Mahoney (D)
Micah Neal (R)
County Sheriff
Tim Helder (D) *
County Clerk
Becky Lewallen (R) *
Circuit Clerk
Kyle Sylvester (R) *
County Treasurer
Bobby Hill (R) *
County Assessor
Carol Waddle (D)
Russell Hill (R) *
County Collector
Teresa Soares (R)
Angela Wood (R)
County Coroner
Roger Morris (D) *
Justice of the Peace, District 1
Tom Lundstrum (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 2
H. Roddy Lloyd (R)
Justice of the Peace, District 3
Harvey Bowman (R) *
Andrew Gaber (D)
Justice of the Peace, District 4
Bill Ussery (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 5
Stacy Cavender (D)
Joe Patterson (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 6
Lisa Ecke (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 7
Rick Cochran (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 8
Daniel William Balls (D) *
Samuel Taylor (R)
Justice of the Peace, District 9
Eva Madison (D) *
Marilyn Edwards (D)
Justice of the Peace, District 10
Robert Dennis (R) *
Justice of the Peace, District 11
Joseph Kieklak (D)
Patrick Robert Briney (R)
Justice of the Peace, District 12
Sue Madison (D) *
Justice of the Peace, District 13
Joel Maxwell (R) *
Laurie Roy-Smith (R)
Justice of the Peace, District 14
Ann Harbison (D) *
Jim Renfrow (R)
Justice of the Peace, District 15
Butch Pond (R) *
Constable, District 1
Tom Clowers (R)
John Duggar (R) *
Jim Snow (R)
Matt Miller (D)
Constable, District 2
William Billy Harris (D)
Gene Allen Franco (D)
Nickel Potter (D)
Constable, District 3
Ronnie K. Jones (R)
Kyle Woodruff (R) *
Nonpartisan
Circuit Judge, District 4, Division 7
Joanna Taylor *
District Judge, Division 1
Jeff Harper *
District Judge, Division 2
Graham Nations *
Casey Copeland
District Judge, Division 3
Clinton (Casey) Jones *
District Judge, Division 4
Bill Storey *
D - Democrat
R - Republican
L - Libertarian
- Incumbent
Source: www.co.washington.a…
The winner of the Democratic primary for county judge will face state Rep. Micah Neal, R-Springdale. Neal is leaving his state representative seat to run for the county position. Incumbent judge Marilyn Edwards is leaving her office, but is challenging fellow Democrat and Quorum Court member Eva Madison of Fayetteville in her re-election bid in the District 9 race.
Incumbent county assessor Russell Hill will face opposition in November from Democrat Carol Waddle, a Fayetteville real estate broker. There is a contested Republican primary for county collector between candidates Teresa Soares and Angela Wood. The winner will have no Democratic opposition in November. No other courthouse incumbents with a countywide position were challenged.
In the Justice of the Peace, District 3 race, incumbent Republican Harvey Bowman will face Democratic challenger Andrew Gaber of Springdale. Gaber teaches at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. In District 2, Republican H. Roddy Lloyd faces no Democratic opposition. Lloyd is the husband of Sharon Lloyd, who is leaving that justice of the peace position to run for state Senate.
In District 5, incumbent Republican Joe Patterson faces Democrat Stacy Cavender. In District 8, incumbent Democrat Daniel William Balls faces a challenge from Republican Samuel Taylor. Democrat Joseph Kieklak will face Republican Patrick Robert Briney in the open District 11 election.
District 13 incumbent Joel Maxwell faces a challenger in the primary, fellow Republican Laurie Roy-Smith. Democratic incumbent Ann Harbison faces a general election challenge from Republican Jim Renfrow in District 14. All other incumbent Quorum Court members are unopposed.
In nonpartisan judicial races, District Judge, Division 2 incumbent Graham Nations faces a challenge from Casey Copeland of Prairie Grove. This is Copeland's first run for office.
Joanna Taylor, circuit judge for Division 7, did not draw opposition for re-election. Neither did District Judges Jeff Harper, Casey Jones and Bill Storey.
NW News on 11/10/2015