Republican Kent Adams, whose career in public service has included a wide range of positions, announced re-election plans as clerk-treasurer for the town of Winona Lake.
Adams is finishing his second term as clerk-treasurer and will seek a third when he files next week at the Kosciusko County Clerk’s office.
Filing for municipal and town elections begins Wednesday and continues until Feb. 8.
The primary is May 7.
Adams has never lost an election.
He is a former Indiana state trooper and served 16 years in the Indiana General Assembly, retiring from the State Senate in 2004.
His first elected position was in Bremen, where he worked as a township trustee.
He also served as Kosciusko County treasurer for one term and on the Warsaw Community School Board for one term.
During his years in public service, he’s campaigned as a fiscal conservative who is pro-family and pro-business.
During his tenure as clerk-treasurer, the town has improved physical access to the clerk’s office.
The town has no debt, and Adams suggested the town is the only municipality he knows of that can make that claim.
“We have made a number of improvements in the fiscal and physical areas of the clerk-treasurer’s office since assuming office that have benefited the residents, businesses and visitors of the town,” Adams said in the news release.
“We flatlined and reduced budgets that parallel the great history and legacy that is Winona Lake,” he said.
“We have an outstanding office and administrative staff who take very seriously carrying out the duties and responsibilities in serving the public trust. The door is always open.”
