2018 primary election guide

Here are the contested races in the News 5 viewing area.

BACA COUNTY

• County Commissioner District 2 (Republican)
  • Peter Dawson
  • Shiloh Freed
• County Sheriff (Republican)
  • Anthony Richard LeBlanc
  • Aaron Shiplett

BENT COUNTY

No contested county races in June Primary

CUSTER COUNTY

• County Coroner
  • Brad L Baltzly
  • Arthur L Nordyke

EL PASO COUNTY

• State Senator District 2 (includes parts of Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Park, and Teller Counties) both parties have contested races

  • Beth Harz (D)

  • Dennis Obduskey (D)

  • Dennis Hisey (R)

  • Stephanie Luck (R)

• State Representative District 14 (Republican)

  • Shane Sandrige- Incumbent

  • Kanda Calef

• State Representative District 18 (Democrat)

  • Marc Snyder

  • Terry Martinez

• State Representative District 21 (Republican)

  • Lois Landgraf- Incumbent

  • Raymond Garcia

• County Commissioner District 1 (Republican)

  • Holly Williams

  • Calandra Vargas

• County Commissioner District 5 (Republican)

  • Vickie Tonkins

  • Cami Bremer

• County Clerk & Recorder (Democrat)

  • Yonatan ‘Jonathan’ Herrera

  • Elizabeth ‘Lisa’ Wilkes

• County Sheriff (Republican)

  • Bill Elder-Incumbent

  • Mike Angley

FREMONT COUNTY

• State Senator District 2 (includes parts of Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Park, and Teller Counties) both parties have contested races

  • Beth Harz (D)

  • Dennis Obduskey (D)

  • Dennis Hisey (R)

  • Stephanie Luck (R)

• State Representative District 47 Republican race (includes parts of Fremont, Otero, and Pueblo counties) 

  • Judy Reyher- Incumbent

  • Don Bendell

• County Commissioner District 2 (Republican)

  • Debbie Bell

  • Dale Carroll

• County Treasurer (Republican)

  • Dotty ‘Dot Gardunio

  • Kathy Elliott

• County Sheriff (Republican) 

  • Clint Robertson

  • Allen Cooper

  • Mica Simpleman

HUERFANO COUNTY

• No contested races in primary

KIOWA COUNTY

• No contested races in primary

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

• County Commissioner District 3 (Democrat)
  • Dan Ruscetti
  • Joseph ‘Jojo’ Martinez
• County Commissioner District 3 (Republican)
  • Tony Hass
  • Dean Oatman
• County Sheriff (Democrat)
  • Derek J Navarette
  • Tracy Bonham (Write-in)

OTERO COUNTY

• County Commissioner District 2 (Republican)
  • Michelle Gardner
  • John Hostetler
• County Clerk (Republican) 
  • Rhonda Jaramillon
  • Lynda Lyn Scott

PUEBLO COUNTY

• No contested races in primary

PROWERS COUNTY

• County Treasurer (Republican)
  • Judy Wittman
  • Kayla Koehn