Two races emerge from elections filings

Last day for election filing saw Jim Hawkes, appraiser in the assessor’s office, file a challenge for the assessor’s position. Hawkes filed against long-time incumbent Joe Reynolds who filed for re-election at the start of last week.

The close of filing Friday also saw two of the open courthouse offices, treasurer and superior court clerk, with just one candidate for the ballot. Mark Clinton filed May 14 for the treasurer’s job, and Jill Whelchel Wahl filed May 13 for the clerk’s job.

Clinton has been the Colfax city treasurer for the past 14 years, and Wahl is the CASA supervisor for the cour...