By TESA CULLI

tesa.culli@register-news.com

MT. VERNON — Petitions have been filed for those candidates running in the Feb. 2, 2010 General Primary Election.

There are three county offices which will be on the ballot: County clerk, sheriff and treasurer. Incumbent Democrat Connie Simmons is the sole person who is running for County Clerk; Incumbent Democrat Roger Mulch and Republican Eric K. Breeze are running for Jefferson County Sheriff; and incumbent Republican Debbie Elliott Marlow and Democrat Steve Langa are running for Jefferson County Treasurer.

Seven county board seats are up, in District 1, District 4, District 8, District 9, District 11, District 13 and District 15. In District 1, which includes Grand Prairie, Rome 1 and Rome 2 precincts, incumbent Democrat John C. Riley and Republican Joey McDermott are on the ballot; in District 4, which includes Casner, Shiloh 1 and Shiloh 2 precincts, Democrat Charles McNealy and Robert D. Knutson are on the ballot; for District 8, which includes Mt. Vernon 1 and Mt. Vernon 13 precincts, Democrat incumbent Wayne Hicks will be running; in District 9, which includes Mt. Vernon 2, Mt. Vernon 3 and Mt. Vernon 14 precincts, incumbent Democrat Pat Garrett will be on the ballot as will Republican John D. Keele; in District 11, which includes Mt. Vernon 6, Mt. Vernon 7 and Mt. Vernon 8 precincts, Republican Tommy Hayes will be running and Democrat incumbent Steven J. Damron will be on the ballot. In District 13, which includes Mt. Vernon 11 and Mt. Vernon 12 precincts, incumbent Democrat James Malone is running; and in District 15, which includes Shiloh 4 Precinct, incumbent Democrat Jim Nelson will be on the ballot.

Precinct Committeemen are also up for election during the Primary, and Mt. Vernon 5 has two Democrats and two Republicans vying for the position. Democrat incumbent Larry W. Hicks will be on the ballot against John Scrivner; and Republican incumbent Michael E. Flanagan will be up against Randy Winn. In Shiloh 4, two Republicans are vying for the position of precinct committeemen, Rolland W. Lewis and Douglas R. Hoffman. A lottery for ballot placement between Lewis and Hoffman has been scheduled for 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

Others filing for precinct committee men are:

Democrat: Blissville Precinct, Paul Kubiak; Casner Precinct, Walt Garrison; Dodds 1 Precinct, Laura B. White; Field Precinct, Connie Simmons; McClellan 1 Precinct, David H. Stewart; McClellan 2 Precinct, Russell Wilton; Mt. Vernon 1 Precinct, Paul Rainwater; Mt. Vernon 2 Precinct, Pat Garrett; Mt. Vernon 4 Precinct, Bart Wright; Mt. Vernon 7 Precinct, Donald Irvin; Mt. Vernon 11 Precinct, James Malone; Mt. Vernon 12 Precinct, James Moore; Mt. Vernon 13 Precinct, Grace Smith; Pendleton Precinct, Philip Hopkins; Rome 1 Precinct, Larry Mooney; Shiloh 1 Precinct, Kay Elliott; Shiloh 2 Precinct, Jeff Bradley; Shiloh 4 Precinct, Russell Dalby; Spring Garden 2 Precinct, Buddy Allen; Webber 1 Precinct, Alice Harris; and Webber 2 Precinct, Tamara Rankin-Harris.

Republican: Bald Hill Precinct, Barbara A. Shurtz; Blissville Precinct, Randy Pytlinski; Casner Precinct, Maurice R. Schmidt; Dodds 1 Precinct, Benjamin Johnson; Dodds 2 Precinct, Walter Nadolski; Elk Prairie Precinct, Richard D. Rowe; Farrington Precinct, Mark Donoho; Field Precinct, Christopher K. Bean; Grand Prairie Precinct, Matt Hails; McClellan 1 Precinct, Johnnie L. Nelson; McClellan 2 Precinct, Amy Scott; Moores Prairie Precinct, Billy D. Johnson; Mt. Vernon 1 Precinct, Allen Simpson; Mt. Vernon 2 Precinct, Leslie A. Sinks; Mt. Vernon 3 Precinct, C. David Capps; Mt. Vernon 4 Precinct, Cassandra McDermott; Mt. Vernon 6 Precinct, Paul Adams; Mt. Vernon 7 Precinct, Jeff Thomas; Mt. Vernon 8 Precinct, Richard L. Stubblefield; Mt. Vernon 9 Precinct, Kevin Sweeney; Mt. Vernon 10 Precinct, Wm. Todd Cole; Pendleton Precinct, Gerald Robertson; Rome 1 Precinct, Charles H. Burge; Rome 2 Precinct, Dessie Staley; Shiloh 1 Precinct, Deanne E. Warren; Shiloh 2 Precinct, Jeffrey C. Holt; Shiloh 3 Precinct, Richard “Dick” Martin; Spring Garden 1 Precinct, Eric Wolf; Spring Garden 2 Precinct, Lloyd Adams; Webber 1 Precinct, Robert Lane; and Webber 2 Precinct, Mark Marlow.