Election filing for Cook County offices closed Tuesday, June 3, 2014. There will be a primary election with six citizens running for the Commissioner District 1 and four citizens running in Commissioner District 5.
In Commissioner District 1, the six candidates in the running are John W. Bockovich, Steve Fleace, and Harry Drabik, all of Hovland and Frank Moe, Jerry Hiniker, and Kristin DeArruda Wharton of Colvill.
On May 27, incumbent Janice Hall confirmed that she would not be filing for reelection.
Voters in Commissioner District 3 will not have to vote in the August 12 primary. Only one candidate—Jan Sivertson of Grand Marais has filed for that office. She is unopposed. Incumbent Sue Hakes has announced that she is not running for reelection.
In Commissioner District 5, incumbent Bruce Martinson was the first and only candidate that had filed the first week of the filing period. Since then Tim Goettl and Ginny Storlie of Lutsen and Stanley Tull of Grand Marais have filed to run against him.
The Cook County Sheriff race has two candidates, both who declared their candidacy before the filing period opened, Deputies Patrick S. Eliasen and Leif Lunde. Incumbent Sheriff Mark Falk announced that he would be retiring on June 30, 2014.
Two other county officials, Auditor- Treasurer Braidy Powers and Recorder Dusty Nelms have both filed for reelection are unopposed.
Molly Hicken, who has been fulfilling county attorney duties since County Attorney Tim Scannell went on medical leave on October 13, 2013, is running for that office. She is unopposed.
There are two positions up for election on the Cook County Soil & Water District. Nancye Belding had filed for S&W District 3, but has apparently withdrawn. Jim Hall of Lutsen is now the sole candidate for that S&W District.
The other S&W District now has a candidate, David Berglund of Grand Marais.
The City of Grand Marais, the Cook County North Shore Hospital District and School District 166 have a different election filing period. Candidates for those offices must file between July 29 – August 12.
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