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Carpenter confirms commission bid, Cates says no
Butler County Clerk of Courts Cindy Carpenter is going for it. She is done with ambiguity, I’m told, and preparing to make a run for county commission.
Carpenter said she would have to think about it after the Butler County GOP failed to endorse any candidate for the seat Thursday, Nov. 5. But I’m told she visited the county Board of Elections today with a fistful of petitions and started the filing process.
Carpenter was the third to be eliminated in voting Thursday, after no-name Wes Retherford and incumbent Commissioner Gregory Jolivette.
The deadline to file for the May primary isn’t until February, and others are expected to step forward.
One who says he does not plan to step forward is state Sen. Gary Cates, R-West Chester Twp., despite a rumor to the contrary.
“There’s no truth to that,” he said when asked if he was planning to run.
Pledged Republican candidates now include Commissioner Gregory Jolivette (the incumbent), former West Chester Twp. trustee Jose Alvarez, Hamilton resident Wes Retherford and Miami University journalism professor Bob Weber. Treasurer Nancy Nix hasn’t announced a decision since Thursday’s endorsement meeting.
Nix received the most party support Thursday, though only by a few more votes than Alvarez after several rounds of voting.
On the Democratic side, Lester “Butch” Hubble has pulled petitions. He ran against Commissioner Charles Furmon last year and lost.
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By Harry
November 10, 2009 8:33 AM | Link to this
Surely the democrats can find a candidate other than the always running and losing Hubble. If ever the Democratic Party wants to win a countywide race, this is the opportunity.