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Four in field for Ford seat |
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Written by Reporter1
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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Senator Dave Ford.
The filing deadline was 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The vote will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bluffton High School.
Seeking to fill Ford's term until the end of 2010 and almost certainly to go for a four-year term in November of that year are the following:
Nan Nidlinger, 51, rural Decatur, who spent the past eight years as Adams County Clerk.
Mike Scott, 37, Gas City, president of the Grant County Council.
Travis Holdman, 57, of rural Markle, a banker in Bluffton and a past chairman of that county's Republican organization.
Tamra Boucher, 41, Markle, now in her second term as a member of the Markle Town Council, of which she is the president. She was the final entry in the race.
Two other men indicated they plan to run but did not. Jerry Boone of Marion told the Marion Chronicle-Tribune he would file for the office and Ford’s nephew, Joshua Richardson, told the Hartford City News-Times that he had filed his papers.
Boone did not follow through and while Richardson filed some of the necessary papers, he not complete all the paperwork.
State Senate District 19 includes all of Adams, Wells, and Blackford counties and parts of Grant and Allen counties. A total of 109 precinct committee members are eligible to vote in the caucus.
Boucher is employed at Bluffton Regional Medical Center and her husband, Joel, is a teacher at Bellmont Middle School. They have two sons.
She is also a member of Markle's planning commission and board of zoning appeals and a member of the United Way of Wells County and the Wells County Chamber of Commerce, having served as president of both groups. She is on the steering committee of the Wells County Leadership Academy and the county's Inclusiveness Initiative.
The Bouchers moved to Markle in 2000 from Connersville, where she was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the city's Altrusa Club, and the board of directors of the United Way of Fayette County. She was that United Way's president in 1999 and 2000.
Boucher is a 1988 graduate of Ball State University in Muncie, with degrees in political science and in journalism/public relations.
She told the Bluffton News-Banner, "Responsible economic development, education, and plugging the brain drain from Indiana are key issues that resonate throughout the district. Blackford and Grant counties have been hit very hard by the loss of well-paying manufacturing jobs.
"I have direct experience in economic development and working to bring new companies into the community and I would be honored to have the opportunity to put that experience to work for our region."
Scott has worked as a case manager at Preventative AfterCare for the past 13 years.
His community involvement includes five years on the Grant County Council, president of the Gas City Area Chamber of Commerce, president of the Grant County Boys and Girls Club and president of the Mississinewa Youth Sports, Inc.
He was the recipient of the 2008 House Congressional Merit of Honor, awarded by the House Republicans of the 110th Congress.
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