Candidates for May 2 primary election

The Lorain County Board of Elections released the list of candidates for the May 2 primary election.

The deadline to register to vote is April 3.

Amherst City

Mark L. Costilow, Republican mayor Anthony R. Pecora, Democratic law director Brian Dembinski, Democratic First Ward Council Kevin DeLong, Republican First Ward Council Becky Harmych, Democratic Second Ward Council Nicole Janik, Democratic Second Ward Council Jerry Gach, Republican Second Ward Council Jake Wachholz, Democratic Third Ward Council Stephanie Smith Pinskey, Democratic Fourth Ward Council Matthew W. Nahorn, Republican Fourth Ward Council

Avon Lake City

Mark A. Spaetzel, mayor Karl C. Zuber, mayor Tracey Corbo, First Ward Council

Rob Shahmir, First Ward Council Bob Brooks, Second Ward Council Jennifer G. Fenderbosch, Second Ward Council Amy Gentry, Third Ward Council Deanna M. Leitner, Third Ward Council Holly Moore Kowalski, Third Ward Council David L. Kos, Fourth Ward Council John G. Dzwonczyk, Board of Muni Utilities David J. Rickey, Board of Muni Utilities Dana Schnabel, Board of Muni Utilities

Avon Lake Municipal Court judge

Wayne R. Nicol, Democrat Geoffrey R. Smith, Democrat Paul M. Kocsis, Republican Allison L. Manning, Republican

Elyria City

Kevin A. Brubaker, Democrat mayor Alice Gobeille, Republican mayor Ted M. Pileski, Democrat finance director Amanda R. Deery, Democrat law director

Honey Howard, Republican law director Thomas G. Callahan, Democrat Councilat-Large Chad Schneider, Democrat Council-at-Large Victor F. Stewart III, Democrat Council-at-Large Phil Tollett, Democrat Council-at-Large John Gall, Republican Council-at-Large Garry Gibbs, Republican Council-at-Large James L. Miller, Republican Council-at-Large Ray Noble, Republican Council-at-Large Matthew Van Wormer, Democrat First Ward Council Brenda K. Davis, Democrat Second Ward Council Mary F. Siwierka, Democrat Third Ward Council Maurice E. Corbin III, Republican Third Ward Council Kenny Oswald, Democrat Fourth Ward Council Jeffrey A. Baxter, Republican Fourth Ward Council Leigh Ann Arroyo, Democrat Fifth Ward Council Kim Black-Brown, Democrat Fifth Ward Council Keandra Shores, Democrat Fifth Ward Council

Brenda W. Warren, Democrat Fifth Ward Council Donna Mitchell, Democrat Sixth Ward Council Marcio Tolentino, Republican Sixth Ward Council Jack W. Cerra, Democrat Seventh Ward Council

Elyria Municipal Court clerk

Eric J. Rothgery, Democrat Greg Fanning, Republican Mike Musto, Republican

Lorain City

Jack W. Bradley, Democrat mayor Mitchell J. Fallis, Democrat mayor Mary Springowski, Democrat mayor Joel P. Arredondo, Democrat, President of Council Karen A. Shawver, Democrat auditor Patrick D. Riley, Democrat law director Tony Dimacchia, Democrat Council-at-Large Sylvia DuVall, Democrat Councilat-Large Anthony Eliopoulos, Democrat Council-atLarge Rita Linda Garcia,

Democrat Council-at-Large Daniel W. Given, Democrat Council-at-Large Joseph F. Koziura, Democrat Council-at-Large Brittany Nazario, Democrat Council-atLarge Kyriece Brooks, Republican Council-at-Large Raymond J. Dennis, Republican Council-at-Large Gilbert Garcia, Republican Council-at-Large Marlin Linger, Republican Council-at-Large Beth Henley, Democrat First Ward Council Victoria Kempton, Democrat Second Ward Council Pamela M. Carter, Democrat Third Ward Council Dan Nutt, Democrat Fourth Ward Council Antonio Barrios, Democrat Fifth Ward Council JoAnne Moon, Democrat Fifth Ward Council Antonio L. Baez, Democrat Sixth Ward Council Kenneth S. Marrero, Republican Sixth Ward Council Erin Graham, Democrat Seventh Ward Council Cory L. Shawver, Democrat Seventh Ward Council Mary E. Spellacy, Democrat Seventh

Ward Council Joshua Thornsberry, Democrat Eighth Ward Council

North Ridgeville City

Paul Wolanski, Democrat mayor Kevin Corcoran, Republican mayor Susan Olsen, Democrat First Ward Council Holly A. Swenk, Republican First Ward Council Dennis J. Boose, Democrat Second Ward Council Eric Todd Shaffer, Republican Second Ward Council Bruce F. Abens, Republican Third Ward Council Genevieve Flieger, Democrat Fourth Ward Council Clifford B. Winkel, Republican Fourth Ward Council

Sheffield Lake City

Dennis Bring, mayor Romolo DeBottis, mayor Rocky Radeff, mayor Richard Rosso, President of Council Mark Cizl, Councilat-Large Rosa Gee, Council-at-Large Steve Kovach, Council-at-Large Adam Shaw, Council-at-Large