(Corrected below)

No one rushed in the door at 3:58 this afternoon — everyone was done filing by about 3:45. Some of the most interesting races are the ones that aren’t races at all. Judge-Executive John Wilson has no opponent in the primaries. John told me that a judge-executive hasn’t run completely unopposed in Garrard County since 1963. The County Clerk, Circuit Court Clerk, Jailer, PVA and district-one magistrate Joe Leavell are all running unopposed as well.

Here are the final slates:

• County Judge-Executive: John Wilson (R)
• Sheriff: Ronnie Wardrip (R), Allen Weston (R)
• Lancaster Mayor: Don Rinthen, Brenda Powers
• City Council: Brandon McGlone, Chris Davis, Maggie Morris, Jesse Wagoner, Mike Sutton, Bret Baierlein
• District One Magistrate: Joe Leavell (R)
• District Two Magistrate: Doan Adkinson (R), Mike Carter (D)
• District Three Magistrate: Ronnie Lane (R), Freddy Day (R)
• District Four Magistrate: Fred Simpson (R), Michael Condon Sr. (R)
• District Five Magistrate: Marvin Conn (R), Chester Satterfield (D), Brenton Causey (D), Betty Von Gruenigen (R), Teresa Dollins Locker (R), Larry Nicely (R)
• Circuit Court Clerk: Dana Lane Hensley (R)
• PVA: Kay Sparks Hall (R)
• Jailer: Kevin Middleton (R)
• Coroner: Daryl Hodge (R), Kenny Johnson (R)
• County Clerk: Stacy May (R)
• County Attorney: Jeff Moss (R), Mark Metcalf (R)
• District One Constable: Earl David Thornton (D) (Corrected — Thornton is running in District Two)
• District Two Constable: Daniel Napier (R), Earl David Thornton (D)
• District Three Constable: John Dixon (R)
• District Four Constable: Wayne Burkhart (D), Billy Sebastian (R), Carliss Conley (R), John Nichols II (R), Harold Lester Jr. (R), Scott Miller (R)
• District Five Constable: Bryan Wilmot (R), Bruce Potter (R), Shannon Sizemore (D)

As you can see, there are six people running for the seat currently held by Magistrate Marvin Conn, as well as six people running for the position of District Four Constable. There are also six people running for the six seats on the city council. Another statistic of note: Excluding the mayoral and city council candidates who do not run with a party, there are 30 Republicans and 6 Democrats running.

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Correction: The way I originally wrote this post, it sounded like John Wilson told me no judge-executive had run unopposed in the primaries in Garrard County since 1963, which isn’t what he said. No judge-executive has run completely unopposed through a whole election since 1963. There have been occurrences of judge-executives running unopposed in their party’s primary and then facing a challenger in the main event.

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