As in election years past, the races for constable in Floyd County fill up with candidates faster than some others. Likewise, these races often see more candidates having filed when deadlines are reached.

In the past two weeks it has been constable hopefuls who have most often visited the clerk’s office in Prestonsburg to toss their hats in the ring for the May primary.

There have been three candidates file to run in constable races across two of the county’s districts.

In the District 3 constable race, Tony Flanery, of Weeksbury, and Michael Tackett, of Wheelwright, have now filed to run for that position. They join Ronnie Vicars, of Melvin, in that race.

David “Winford” Wakeland, of Betsy Layne, filed this past week to run in the District 4 constable race, as well. His only challenger at this point is Jordan Case.

A total of 10 individuals have now filed to run for constable across the four districts, while nine have put their names in for magistrate.

The only other filing that has been handled at the clerk’s office in the past two weeks has been for another challenger for John’s Goble’s seat as magistrate in District 1.

Janice Pennington Davis, of Prestonsburg, made her candidacy official and now joins Keith Stapleton and Ernest G. Burchett in that race. Goble, an incumbent finishing his first term on the fiscal court, has said he will wait until after the first of the year to file.

In the Fifth District congressional race, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, who filed to run again less than two weeks ago, picked up his first challenger for the upcoming election in Louisa resident David Prince. Prince filed to run against Rogers, who has held his seat for 29 years, on Dec. 28.

To date, candidate filings include:

U.S. Congressman, 5th District

Harold “Hal” Rogers, Republican

David Prince, Democrat

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

Janice Pennington Davis, 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, Democrat

Constable, District 1

Ben Ferguson, Democrat

Mike Hall, Democrat

Lester Jarvis, Democrat

Constable, District 2

Terry Triplett, Democrat

Samuel Duncan, Democrat

Constable, District 3

Ronnie Vicars, Democrat

Tony Flanery, Democrat

Michael Tackett, Democrat

Constable, District 4

Jordan Case, Democrat

David “Winford” Wakeland, Democrat

Circuit Court Judge, 31st Circuit, Division 1

Johnny Ray Harris

District Court Judge, 31st District, Division 1

James R. Allen

Correction

Floyd County District 3 Magistrate Donny Daniels has not yet filed to run in the May primary election as previously reported. The Times regrets this error.