Editor’s note: Candidates are shown in the order in which they filed for their respective seats.
The books for local and regional filings for school board seats and places on the boards of area technical schools closed Dec. 7.
Filing for Watonga School Board Seat three was Andy Wigington, who is unopposed for the seat he currently fills. Unopposed seats will not appear on the ballots in the board of education general on April 4 for Geary, Okeene, Canton and Cimarron Schools along with municipality elections.
The filing for municipalities is Feb. 6-8.
At Canton, Shannon Sinclair, the incumbent, will face Darren Cavett, while in Geary Amy Wood will run against Kendra Houston. The women are seeking the seat vacated by Waylan Upchego, who decided against seeking re-election.
Meanwhile at Okeene, sitting school board member Bennet Peters will seek reelection, running against challenger Sandy Boeckman.
There is a sliver of Blaine County served by Fairview schools, and Tracy Grove will return to that seat unopposed and a similar situation near Hinton sees Jodi Combs unopposed for her seat.
In Hydro-Eakly, a district that straddles the Blaine-Caddo county line, Lanae Meacham is running unopposed for seat three, while Amber Sturgeon will fill the unexpired term for seat two.
There are also a few in Blaine County who can vote for the Cimarron school board seat three, being sought by Chris Patterson and Gary Naugle, while Justin Glazier is unopposed for seat three on the Lomega School Board.
And over on the Custer County borderland, Haley Kliewer is unopposed for seat three on the Thomas-Fay-Custer school board, and Traci Haijny will fill out the unexpired term for seat one on that same board.
Dustin Broderick is standing for seat five on the Chisholm Trail Technology Center board, while Lary Weeks is on the ballot for Zone three of Northwest Technology Center. Roxanne Pollard is seeking to serve on the Autry Technology Center board for Zone 1 and Dustin Tackett is standing for a seat on the Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center board for Zone 5.