Jimmy Davenport, Russell Jones, Lanny McPherson, Chuck Phillips, Mark Stratton and Jack J. Whipple all filed to reelection before Tuesday's deadline.
They will be running along with four others - Pat Walpole Bell, Betty J. Hardcastle, Joe Laird and Douglas R. Nash - to bring the total number of candidates up to 10.
With only 10 people running, there will not be a primary in the city council race.
Two more people signed up to run for the unexpired term in the First District of Logan County Fiscal Court.
Tim Huddleston and Barry Smotherman, both Democrats, will be running in the primary for the seat that was previously held by the late Starling Murphy.
Huddleston and Smotherman join the already crowded field on the Democratic side, along with former magistrate Clem “Dickie” Carter, Fount Shifflett and Chad Hall.
There will not be a primary for the Republican nomination, where Kerry Kenady is the only person from that party on the ballot.
Kenady is currently serving as the First District Magistrate after being appointed to that position by then-Governor Ernie Fletcher in December.
In other regional offices, three Republicans stepped up this week to run for the District 16 seat in the House of Representatives. District 16 takes in all of Logan and Todd counties.
William “Billy” Hall of Russellville and a pair of Guthrie residents - Tim Thompson and Michael J. Smith - will all be vying for the Republican nomination for the seat currently held by Sheldon Baugh.
Baugh, who has been District 16 representative for 13 years, recently announced that he will not seek reelection this year.
“This is something I've always wanted to do,” Billy Hall said. “I never had any plans to run against Sheldon. I just had to wait for this opportunity. Sheldon has done a good job and as long as people were happy with him, I felt like he deserved to be in there as long as he wanted to be.”
Billy Hall is currently in his 15th year as a member of the Logan County School Board.
“I think that prepares you for something like this, because you have to watch where every penny goes,” he said. “Tax dollars are hard to come by and it's important that you spend them wisely. Being on the school board is a humbling experience, because it makes you realize that you're serving someone else.”
Billy Hall said one of the biggest issues facing Logan and Todd counties right now is jobs.
“Even though we're very fortunate for the amount of jobs that we have - there's always a need for more jobs,” he said. “You have to be careful in bringing in more jobs, because we don't want to hurt our agricultural economy.”
Billy Hall has been living in Logan County since 1964. He is married to Dorothy Hall and the couple has three children - Chris Hall, Lori Davenport and Sarah Hall.
In addition to the three Republican candidates, two Democrats filed for the District 16 seat - former Todd County Judge Executive Kent Knight and former head of the Logan County Democrats Martha Jane King.
With five people running for the seat, the 16th will have the most contestants of all the 100 districts on the ballot for the May primary.
“I'd like my chances better if no one was running against me,” Billy Hall said. “But it's good that that this many are running, because that means people have an interest in it. If more candidates gets more people out to vote then we should look at that as a good thing.”
The local state senate seat is also up for grabs this year, but there will not be a primary.
Only one Republican - Christian County magistrate Tom Jones - and one Democrat - incumbent Joey Pendleton - filed before Tuesday's deadline.
"Serving the people of the third district has been one of the greatest privileges of my life," Pendleton said when he filed for the third district seat, which encompasses Logan, Todd and Christian counties. "I want to continue to use my seniority and position to increase opportunities and improve the quality of life for the people of the 3rd district and Kentucky. Education, health care and jobs for our citizens must be the priorities of Kentucky state government."
Pendleton has been a member of the State Senate since 1993 and has served as Senate Minority Whip since 1995.
Pendleton currently serves on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Health and Welfare; Seniors, Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection; Program Review; Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee; Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee; Rules, and Committee on Committees.
A farmer who owns a 140-acre farm in Christian County, Pendleton raises dairy heifers and beef cattle.
The final race in the upcoming ballot will be for the unexpired term of the 7th Circuit Commonwealth's Attorney. J. Gail Guiling, who is currently serving as Commonwealth's Attorney in the place of the late Charles Orange, will be running against Russellville lawyer Elizabeth D. Wilson. Both are registered as Democrats.
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