WALLA WALLA & COLUMBIA Counties —Filing week for local and state elections closed Fri., May 17. While many are positions were open, only a few resulted in competition.

In Columbia County, Michael Paris, Delphine Bailey and Zack Weatherford have filed to run for Dayton Mayor. There are two candidates for each of the three open city council positions including Christine Broughton and Misty Yost for Position 1, Cara James and Dain Nysoe for Position 4 and Byron Kaczmarski and Seth Bryan for position 6.

In Waitsburg, Randy Hinchliffe and Pam Chapman will vie for school board position 4 while Karen Tonne and Kevin Chabre will compete for Prescott School Board Position 3.

Following are the candidates that have filed for open positions in Dixie, Waitsburg or Prescott:

Dixie School District Position 1: Lisa Davis

Dixie School District Position 3: Nicole Novak

Dixie School District Position 4: Judy Skillings

Waitsburg School District 1: Jason Kaehler

Waitsburg School District 2: Christine (Christy House)

Waitsburg School District 3: Lisa Morrow

Waitsburg School District 4: Randy Hinchliffe, Pam Chapman

Prescott School District 3: Karen S. Tonne, Kevin Lee Chabre

Prescott School District 4: Preston Brock

Prescott City Council Position 3: Douglas (Doug) Venn, Sr.

Prescott City Council Position 4: Kathleen (Katie) Oliver

Prescott City Council Position 5: Brent Potts

Fire Protection District 4 Commissioner 1: Steve Hoffman

Fire Protection District 4 Commissioner 2: Jeff Buley

Prescott Joint Parks & Rec Subdivision 1: Carina Stillman

Prescott Joint Parks & Rec Subdivision 4: Chris Oliver

Prescott Joint Parks & Rec Subdivision 5: Cami McKeown

Waitsburg Park & Recreation District Subdivision 1: Danielle Carpenter

Waitsburg Park & Recreation District Subdivision 2: Justin Stegall

Waitsburg Park & Recreation District Subdivision 3: Wyatt Withers

Waitsburg Park & Recreation District Subdivision 4: Sandra Morrison

Waitsburg Park & Recreation District Subdivision 5: Dane Kiefel

Following are the candidates that have filed for open positions in Columbia County:

Col. Co. Hospital District Commissioner Position 1: Robert Hutchens

Port of Columbia Commissioner District: Dan Aschenbrenner

County Commissioner District 1: Ryan Rundell

City of Dayton Mayor: Michael Paris, Delphine Bailey. Zack Weatherford

City Council positions 2: Christine Broughton, Misty Yost

City council position 4: Cara M James, Dain Nysoe

City council position 6: Byron Kaczmarski, Seth Bryan

Town of Starbuck Clerk/Treasurer: Jan Ells

Town of Starbuck council Position 1: Zonia Dedloff

Starbuck council Position 2: Debra Cade

Starbuck council Position 3: Chariety Chamberlain

Starbuck council Position 5: Denerd Harstad

Dayton School District 2: Justin Jaech

Dayton School District 3: No filers

Dayton School District 4: Katie Leid

Dayton School District 5: Fred White

Fire Dist. 1 / Commissioner: Charles Mead

Fire Dist. 2, Commissioner Position 1: Bruce Abbey

Fire Dist. 3 Commissioner Position 3: Richard Turner