HAYS – Two Ellis County Commissioners up for re-election in the fall will face primary opponents in August.
The deadline for party candidates to file for the August 2nd primary election was 12 p.m. Wednesday. Independent candidates have until noon on August 1st to file for the November general election.
Incumbent second district commissioner Barb Wasinger has filed for re-election as a Republican and will face fellow Republican Al Ackerman in the August Primary.
District three commissioner Dean Haselhorst has also filed for re-election as a Republican and faces Republican challenger Ronald Adams in August.
There are only two other contested races in the August primary in Ellis County.
The general election is November 8.
Below is a list of all the party candidates that have filed for election in Ellis County, according to the County Clerkâs office.
| COUNTY OFFICE | PERSON FILING | PARTY AFFILIATION |
| Attorney | Thomas J Drees | Democrat |
| Clerk | Donna J Maskus | Democrat |
| Treasurer | Ann Pfeifer | Democrat |
| Lisa Schlegel | Republican | |
| Register of Deeds | Rebecca A Herzog | Democrat |
| Sheriff | Ed Harbin | Democrat |
| County Comm 2 | Al Ackerman | Republican |
| Barbara K Wasinger | Republican | |
| County Comm 3 | Dean F Haselhorst | Republican |
| Ronald Adams | Republican | |
| Big Creek Twp Treasurer | Michael A Slattery | Republican |
| Big Creek Twp Trustee | Shane J Scheve | Democrat |
| Freedom Twp Treasurer | Florian Dome | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 1 Committeewoman | Shala Mills | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 1 Committeeman | Darrell Hamlin | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 2 Committeewoman | Patricia JoAnn Jennings | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 2 Committeeman | Henry Schwaller | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 3 Committeewoman | Samantha Kochanowski | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 3 Committeeman | Louis Caplan | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 4 Committeewoman | Trina M Powell | Democrat |
| Ward 2 Precinct 4 Committeeman | Ed Harbin | Democrat |
| Ward 3 Precinct 1 Committeewoman | Cheryl A Duffy | Democrat |
| Ward 3 Precinct 2 Committeewoman | Dorothy M (Dottie) Staab | Democrat |
| Ward 3 Precinct 2 Committeeman | Glenn D Staab | Democrat |
| Ward 3 Precinct 4 Committeewoman | Ann Pfeifer | Democrat |
| Joni Phelps | Democrat | |
| Ward 3 Precinct 4 Committeeman | Eber Phelps | Democrat |
| Lyn R Lee | Democrat | |
| Ward 3 Precincnt 4 Committeewoman | Becky Pyle | Republican |
| Ward 3 Precincnt 4 Committeeman | John W Pyle | Republican |
| Ward 4 Precinct 1 Committeeman | Asher C White | Democrat |
| Ellis Ward 2 Precinct Committeewoman | Jolene M Niernberger | Democrat |
| Ellis Ward 3 Precinct Committeeman | Philip H Martin | Democrat |
| E Big Creek Precinct Committeewoman | Elaine Adams | Republican |
| E Big Creek Precinct Committeeman | Ronald Adams | Republican |
| N Big Creek Precinct Committeewoman | Gipsy G Bird | Democrat |
| N Big Creek Precinct Committeeman | John Michael Bird | Democrat |
| Herzog Twp Treasurer | Jerry Schmidtberger | Democrat |