By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Four fire districts in Lewis County will see contested races for commissioner positions in the coming election, according to the list of candidates who filed last week to run for various offices.
In Lewis County Fire District 5, in the Napavine area, James M. Guenther will run against Kevin Hanson.
In the Winlock area, Lewis County Fire District 15, Dan Godat will run against Randy Pennington.
In Lewis County Fire District 6, rural Chehalis, Kirk Johnston is running against James Martin.
They are all six-year-terms, according to the Lewis County Auditors Office which is responsible for elections.
Two individuals have filed to run for a two-year unexpired term in Lewis County Fire District 2, Toledo. They are Clark Spahr and Jacqui Spahr.
They will be on the November 8 ballot.
On the August 16 primary ballot will be three-way races for positions on some city councils, school boards and the board of the Centralia Port District.
Also on the primary ballot is an emergency medical services levy – six-year – for Lewis County Fire District 10 in Packwood, according to Elections Supervisor Mariann Zumbuhl.
A special three-day filing period runs through Wednesday afternoon to accept candidates for positions in which nobody applied for during filing week.
Those include a fire commissioner position in Packwood, and three commissioner positions in Lewis County Fire District 17 near Ashford, according to the auditors office.
District 17’s chair of the fire commissioners Elizabeth Marzano said they all three plan to stay on, and she doesn’t believe her term is set to expire this year.
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