The ballot for the 2019 city general election in November is expected to be complete this week.
No new independent candidates filed by the noon deadline on Monday that would have allowed a candidate to have his or her name added to the fall ballot, Bartholomew County elections supervisor Shari Lentz said.
Incumbent Republican Mayor Jim Lienhoop and incumbent Republican city Clerk-Treasurer Luann Welmer remain unopposed on the ballot. Lienhoop won the GOP nomination in the May primary with 71 percent of the vote, challenged by Glenn Petri. Welmer did not have opposition in the primary.
There are three candidates who will be running in November whose names did not appear on any of the May 7 primary ballots.
March 29 — Independent candidate Michael Kinder announced he would run for the District 1 city council seat now held by incumbent Republican Dascal Bunch.
May 9 — Attorney Katea Ravega was chosen by the Democrats to replace Nancy Hoover as District 3 council candidate. This fall, she’ll run against incumbent Republican David Bush, who was chosen by the GOP last December to fill the remainder of Frank Jerome’s term.
May 14 — The Bartholomew County Democratic Party announced that Jerone Wood would be their candidate running against Bunch in District 1.
Another significant deadline arrives on noon Wednesday. Republican, Democrat and Libertarian party leaders must fill vacancies on the ballot by that time. If they don’t, unopposed primary winners will not have opposition on the fall ballot.
Candidates have until noon July 15 to voluntarily withdraw from the municipal election ballot.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 municipal general election is Oct. 7.
