Five county supervisors face challengers in April

There will be one primary race Feb. 16 for county supervisor, and five contests in the April 6 election.

The remainder of the Rusk County Board members were unchallenged after the deadline to file papers passed Tuesday afternoon and all but one, District 14 supervisor James Schultz. filed to run for re-election.

The filing deadline in that district will extend until Friday afternoon because Schultz did not file a declaration of non-candidacy and did not file to seek re-election. The extended deadline will not apply to Schultz, but only to any other parties interested in running.

A primary contest will take place in District 9 where incumbent Lyle Lieffring is challenged by Art Dixon and Duane Taylor. The two highest vote-getters in the primary will then battle it out for votes in the April election.

Other districts where there will be contests in April are:

• District 2 where Walter Herrmann wants to take incumbent Anthony Hauser’s post.

• District 6 where Robert Nawrocki is challenging incumbent supervisor Lucinda LaPorte.

• District 19 where Gary Swoverland is challenging incumbent supervisor Cliff Taylor.

• District 21 where Roger Gierke is challenging incumbent supervisor Henry Golat.

Incumbent board members who have filed are:

District 1, Eugene DuSell; District 3, Roger Svoma; District 4, Arian Knops; District 5, Sandy Roth; District 7, Phil Kaiser; District 8, Randy Tatur; District 10, Thomas Costello; District 11, Eldon Skogen; District 12, Kathleen Mai; District 13, David Willingham; District 15, James Hofacker; District 16, James Platteter; District 17, Erny Heiden; District 18, John Stencil; Dstrict 20, Phillip Schneider.