Yesterday at 5:00 PM was the deadline to file for a federal or state office with the Iowa Secretary of State. For federal offices representing our listening area, John Archer of Bettendorf and Dan Dolan of Muscatine filed as Republicans for House District 2. Dave Loebsack of Iowa City filed as a Democrat.

For State Senate District 14, filing as Republicans were Steven Everly of Knoxville, Stephanie Jones of Knoxville, and Amy Sinclair of Allerton, near Chariton. Dick Schrad of Knoxville and Jason Demichelis of Chariton filed as Democrats.

For State Representative District 28, Len Gosselink of Painted Rocks and Greg T. Heartsill of Columbia filed as Republicans. Megan Suhr of Knoxville will run unchallenged in the Democratic primary.

In State Senate District 40, Ken Rozenboom of Oskaloosa filed as a Republican. No Democratic candidate filed.

In State House District 79, Guy Vander Linden of Oskaloosa filed as a Republican. As in District 40, no Democratic candidate filed.