Election

Franklin County (Pa.) Commissioner David Keller announced Tuesday he intends to seek re-election in 2011. Keller, a Republican, was first elected in November 2007. "I believe we've accomplished a lot over these past three years. I think the bottom line is this — with the help of a very capable management team and our employees, and the cooperation of our fellow elected officials and the courts, we have made very good progress in a number of key aspects of county government," Keller said in a news release.

Election of two pork producer delegate candidates for the 2006 Delegation Body of the National Pork Board are to begin at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 in Annapolis, an official said. Jennifer Debnam, president of the Maryland Pork Producers Association, said the election will be held in conjunction with the MPPA Board of Directors meeting at the state Department of Agriculture. She said any pork producer who lives in Maryland and has paid all assessments due, may be considered as a delegate candidate and participate in the election.

SMITHSBURG - Smithsburg Mayor Mildred "Mickey" Myers will run unopposed in the town's general election this spring, town officials announced Tuesday. Myers and three other candidates in the town's May election were announced during the town's monthly council meeting. Incumbent Councilman Ralph Regan and two newcomers, Dennis "Jack" Wenthe and Thomas Chiarizia, will run in the spring election, vying for two open council seats. Councilman William Mills said in January that he was not running in the spring election because he has purchased a home in Pennsylvania.

Bartlett files for re-election By GUY FLETCHER Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS - U.S. Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md., officially filed for re-election to the House of Representatives Wednesday. Bartlett, 71, who had said last year he planned to seek a fourth term, said he isn't particularly looking forward to another year on the campaign trail. "I've never looked forward to campaigning. That's one of the biggest incentives congressmen have to run for the Senate; you only have to do it once every six years," he said.

CLEAR SPRING -- It's too bad Clear Spring doesn't have an electoral college. Maybe then, residents would know the winner of Monday's Town Council election. Town Clerk Juanita Grimm said the two candidates running for the seat, Walter D. Irvin Jr. and Pamela M. Sasser, tied with 23 votes each. Grimm said she wouldn't be certain how to proceed with the election until she confers Tuesday with Town Attorney William Barton. Irvin and Sasser were vying for the Town Council seat that will be vacated in January by Councilman Stewart Brennan, 88, who said in September that he wouldn't seek re-election because of his age. Both candidates said Monday night that they would wait patiently to see what happens.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Voter turnout was low Thursday for the Charles Town municipal election. Only 55 ballots from a possible 1,260 registered voters in Charles Town were cast for the five unopposed candidates, according to City Clerk Brenda Hamilton. In the 1997 municipal election, 200 voters came out, compared to 523 in 1996, Hamilton said. A total of 48 votes were cast for Mayor J. Randolph Hilton, who will enter his second term as mayor. Hilton got into town politics in 1986 when he was chosen to finish the final year of a term vacated when a council member died.

John R. Bloyer is seeking re-election as Register of Wills for Washington County. A lifelong resident of Washington County, Bloyer, 50, has worked in the office since 1983. Appointed to the post of Register of Wills in 1992 when Marvin Toms retired, Bloyer successfully ran for the office in 1994. Bloyer graduated in May 1997 from the paralegal studies program at Hagerstown Junior College. "I am also now the president of the Maryland Association of Registers of Wills," Bloyer said.