The Alpena County Courthouse is seen in this News file photo.

ALPENA — It appears there will be several contested races that could reshape the Alpena County Board of Commissioners in the August primary in Northeast Michigan, according to candidate filings available on Tuesday.

The filing deadline for candidates to be placed on the ballot in the Aug. 2 primary was Tuesday.

A primary election is an election used either to narrow the field of candidates for a given elective office or to determine the nominees for political parties in advance of a general election.

The Alpena area will also have a new legislator in the state House who will replace State Rep. Sue Allor, a Republican from Wolverine, who has reached her term limit, and 36th District State Sen. Jim Stamas, a Republican from Midland, who also reached his term limit.

Below is a list of commissioners’ races as they currently stand. A candidate has until Friday to remove themselves from the ballot.

If more than one candidate from the same party is running for any seat, the winner of the most votes will advance to the November general election to face off against the winner in the opposing party’s primary.

If only one candidate from a party is running, that candidate automatically advances to November, as long as he or she earns at least one vote in August.

If only one candidate has filed for a particular race, he or she will automatically win the seat in November, provided he or she earns at least one vote in both August and November, unless they are challenged by an independent.

ALPENA COUNTY

Alpena County Board of Commissioners

District 1

William LaHaie, Republican

Scott Parkham, Libertarian

District 2

Robert Adrian, Democrat (incumbent)

Jesse Osmer, Republican

District 3

David Karschnick, Republican (incumbent)

District 4

Bill Peterson, Republican (incumbent)

District 5

Brenda Fournier, Republican (incumbent)

Terry King, Republican

Tammy Thomson, Republican

District 6

Kevin Osbourne, Republican (incumbent)

Burton Francisco, Republican

District 7

Eric Smith, Republican

Travis Konarzewski, Republican

District 8

John Kozlowski, Republican (incumbent)

County Clerk

Keri Bertrand, Republican (Incumbent)

Amber Hess, Republican

Probate Judge

Alan Curtis (incumbent)

Cynthia Muszynski

MAPLE RIDGE

TOWNSHIP

Clerk

Melissa Hoskinson, Republican

SANBORN TOWNSHIP

Clerk

Angela Carstens, Republican

GREEN TOWNSHIP

Treasurer

Melanie Roznowski, Republican

MICHIGAN 106TH

DISTRICT

Cam Cavitt, Republican

Geyer Balog, Republican

Larry Hall, Republican

Marie Fielder, Democrat

MICHIGAN 36th STATE SENATE

Michele Hoitenga, Republican

Joel Sheltrown, Democrat

U.S. CONGRESS

Jack Bergman, Republican (incumbent)

Bob Lorinser, Democrat

CORRECTION: Alan Curtis’s was misspelled incorrect in an earlier version of this story.