Nine candidates file for three At-Large county council seats

Hamilton County Reporter

Filings for the upcoming May Primary Election ended on Friday with a surprise last minute filing by Noblesville resident Charlie McMillan for the Hamilton County Commissioner District 2 seat.

District 2 has been represented by the state’s longest serving county commissioner, Steve
Dillinger. Dillinger was first elected to the position in 1989.

The county’s four judges up for re-election will not see an opponent on the Republican ballot. Circuit Court Judge Paul Felix and Superior Court judges William Hughes, Richard
Campbell and David Najjar will be running for new six-year terms.

The three other Superior Court judges, Michael Casati, Jon Brown and Gail Bardach, are not up for election this year.

The Treasurer position will see a contested race with Kim Good and Susan Byer running.
Byer, a former Treasurer’s office employee, has filed suit against the county for allegedly
being unjustly fired after making allegations of late property tax payment penalties not being charged to family members of Treasurer’s Office employees. Good, the county’s current Chief Deputy Treasurer, has filed a defamation lawsuit
against Byer.

Nine people have so far filed for the county council At-Large position, including one Democrat. Those individuals are: Ralph F. (Rick) McKinney (R), Brandon (Brad) Beaver (R), Sue Maki (R), Jeff Hern (R), Steven R Nation (R), Lyneen Burrow (R), John Ditslear (R), Gardiner P. Bink III (D) and Tony Scott (R).