Here we are halfway through Thursday and a ton of new people have filed for various offices up for election in November. Yesterday morning the pickings were slim, but not any more. Two new people have filed to run for Spokane Valley City Council, both for the seat that will be vacated by Bill Gothmann. The first is a familiar name - John Baldwin. He's a longtime SCOPE volunteer who applied for both of the vacant seats on the City Council this year. The other person, Lewis Higgins, isn't familiar to me. We've also gotten some filings for the East Valley and West Valley school boards now and the Liberty Lake City Council is beginning to look like a horse race, with numerous people trying for the win. Check out the Spokane County Elections Office website here for a current list.

But there is a little problem. The deadline for the Saturday Valley Voice is today and the deadline for candidate filings is Friday at 4 p.m. So we'll have the stories on what candidates have filed for each seat in next Thursday's Valley Voice.