{"id":76606,"date":"2020-02-21T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T21:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?page_id=76606"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:24:32","slug":"2020-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/elections\/2020-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Primary Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_80825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80825\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500.jpg\" alt=\"Elections\" width=\"446\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500.jpg 446w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500-150x168.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500-300x336.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/elections_logo_500-375x420.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2020 Elections logo. Image credit: YAY Media AS \/ Alamy Stock Vector.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe slate of candidates for the 2020 Primary Election to be held May 5, 2020. The deadline to file was February 7, 2020.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Allen County offices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen County Board of Commissioners, District 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Nelson Peters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen County Coroner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican: Joel Nagel<\/li>\n<li>Republican: <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/01\/21\/brandenberger-files-for-ac-coroner\/\">Dr. Jon Brandenberger<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen County Council At-Large (3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Erin Fogg<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Stephanie Henry<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Marsha L. McCroskey<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Robert A. Armstrong<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Ken Fries<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Kyle Kerley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen County Surveyor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican: David P. Devine<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Jeff Sorg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen County Treasurer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican incumbent: William Royce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judge of the Allen County Circuit Court, 38th Circuit<\/strong> &#8211; (<em>Non-partisan race<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incumbent: Judge Thomas A. Felts, announced January 1, 2020, he will not be seeking re-election<\/li>\n<li>Judge Wendy Davis, announced January 10, 2020, has not filed yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the following two categories, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/docs\/elections\/2020\/2020_02_07_Primary_Candidates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 7, 2020, Primary Candidate Filings<\/a> from the Allen County Board of Elections. <strong>Various Republican and Democrat State Convention Delegates<\/strong> <strong>Various Allen County Republican Precinct Committeeman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>State offices<\/strong> up for election this year,<br \/> including incumbents and candidates who have filed to participate in the Primary Election:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana Governor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Woodrow (Woody) Myers<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Eric J. Holcomb<\/li>\n<li>Republican: Brian D. Roth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Senator, 16th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Tim Barr<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Juli Dominguez<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Justin Busch<\/li>\n<li>Republican: <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/01\/27\/rhoades-files-for-16th-state-senate-district\/\">Tom Rhoades<\/a> &#8211; <em>filed January 24, 2020<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 50th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Jorge Fernandez<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Daniel J. (Dan) Leonard<\/li>\n<li>Republican: John A. Stoffel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 52nd District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Ben Smaltz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 79th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Matthew S. Lehman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 80th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat incumbent: Phil GiaQuinta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 81st District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Kyle Miller<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Martin Carbaugh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 82nd District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican incumbent: David H. Abbott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 83rd District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Michael Bienz<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Christopher N. Judy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 84th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Repulican incumbent: Bob Morris &#8211; <em>filed January 15, 2020<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana State Representative, 85th District<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Pablo Hurtado III<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Dave Heine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>U.S. offices<\/strong> up for election this year,<br \/> including incumbents and candidates who have filed to participate in the Primary Election:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>U.S. President<strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Joseph R. Biden<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Michael R. Bloomberg<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Pete Buttigieg<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Tulsi Gabbard<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Amy Klobuchar<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Bernie Sanders<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Tom Steyer &#8211; <em>filed January 31, 2020<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Elizabeth Ann Warren<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Andrew Yang<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Republican: Bill Weld<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>United States Representative, 3rd District<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrat: Chip Coldiron<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Jean-Paul (JP) B. Kalonji<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Carlos Marcano Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Democrat: Thomas Allan Schrader<\/li>\n<li>Republican incumbent: Jim Banks<\/li>\n<li>Republican: Christopher (Chris) Magiera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Download a copy of the February 7, 2020, list provided by the Indiana Secretary of State&#8217;s Election Division website, which includes Judicial, State, and Federal races.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The slate of candidates for the 2020 Primary Election to be held May 5, 2020. The deadline to file was February 7, 2020. 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