The Floyd County Clerk’s Office saw seven more candidates file to run in the May primary in the past week and a half, one of whom lost in the 2006 election by less than 60 votes.

Five of those were filings for magistrate across all four districts and the other two were for constable in districts 1 and 2.

In the District 1 magistrate race, incumbent John Goble, who said he does not plan to file until after the first of the year, saw two challengers in Keith Stapleton, of Emma, and Ernest G. Burchett, of Long Fork in Prestonsburg.

Kenneth Roberts, of Garrett, joins sitting District 2 Magistrate Jackie Edford Owens and a second challenger, Owens’ niece Marie Martin Holbrook, filing this past week.

The other two filings for magistrates were Glenn Moore, of Bevinsville, entering the race for District 3 Magistrate and Dean M. Hall, of Craynor, for District 4.

In constable races, Samuel Duncan, of Garrett, filed to run in the District 2 race. Terry Triplett is the only other candidate to have filed in that race to date.

A return candidate from the 2006 election, Lester Jarvis, of Dwale, has filed again to run against incumbent Mike Hall and, at this point, challenger Ben Ferguson for District 1 Constable. Lester lost to Hall by only 57 votes in the last matchup, with Hall winning with 1,170 votes to Lester’s 1,113.

To date, candidate filings include:

State Representative, 97th District

Bill Mike Runyon, Republican

Hubert Collins, Democrat

Judge-Executive

R.D. “Doc” Marshall, Democrat

Sheriff

John K Blackburn, Democrat

Steve Little, Democrat

Magistrate, District 1

Keith Stapleton, Democrat

Ernest G. Burchett, Democrat

Magistrate, District 2

Marie Martin Holbrook, Democrat

Jackie Edford Owens, Democrat

Kenneth Roberts, Democrat

Magistrate, District 3

German Stumbo, Democrat

Glenn Moore, Democrat

Magistrate, District 4

Dean M. Hall

Constable, District 1

Ben Ferguson, Democrat

Mike Hall, Democrat

Lester Jarvis, Democrat

Constable, District 2

Terry Triplett, Democrat

Samuel Duncan

Constable, District 4

Jordan Case, Democrat

Circuit Court Judge, 31st Circuit, Division 1

Johnny Ray Harris

District Court Judge, 31st District, Division 1

James R. Allen