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Filing has ended for the May 10 municipal elections.

Those who want to get on the ballot still have one more chance. The deadline to file as a write-in candidate is Monday. People interested in filing need to check with the entity on whose ballot they want to appear.

School districts in unincorporated communities will hold their board elections in November in conjunction with the general election.

Candidates for Victoria school district and Victoria College boards were printed on Tuesday.

Drainage District No. 2 in Bloomington: director place 2, incumbent Warren Harvey White, Jesse Cantu; director Place 2, incumbent Martin “PeeWee” Robles Jr.; director Place 3, incumbent Arnulfo Reyes Jr., James E. Hilscher, Leland “Louie” Lang.

Port Lavaca: Mayor: Jack Whitlow, 53, antique dealer. City council: District 1, Floyd Felder, 55, retired; District 3, Lee Rivera, 60, retired; District 5, Tom Innes, 71, retired. All are incumbents.

Seadrift: Mayor: Elmer DeForest, insurance agent. City council: at-large, two to be elected: Robert Chatham, self-employed, incumbent; Wesley Cunningham; Claudio Gonzales.

Point Comfort: Mayor: Pat Lambden, 64, business developer, incumbent. City council: at-large, two to be elected: Kathy Morris, 52, incumbent; Cary Kneupper, 42, self-employed, incumbent; Gerri “Chip” Hall, 41, millwright; Scott Debault, 42, supervisor.

Calhoun County school district: District 1, Jesse Briseno, retired; District 2, Sam Cofer, engineer; District 6, Janie Delgado. All are incumbents.

Cuero: Mayor: Randy Saenz, 34, self-employed; Tony Allen, 62, retired police chief; incumbent W.L. “Buzz” Edge did not seek re-election; City Council: District 2, David L. Ruiz, 55, political activist; Keith Catron, 37, licensed vocational nurse; incumbent Randy Saenz is running for mayor; District 3, Shanon Henson, 33, self-employed; Brad Hedrick, 47, self-employed; incumbent Ed Goodman did not seek re-election.

Cuero school district: District 3, Carlyle Stakes, 64, sales manager, incumbent; District 4, Pat Koranek, 63, retired postal worker, incumbent; Bharat Patel, 68, motel manager.

Cuero hospital district: At-large, one to be elected, Mike Wheat, 70, retired, Cuero, incumbent.

Yoakum: City council: Place 1, Tim Faulkner, 60, business owner; Place 4, Elorine Sitka, 62, bank vice-president; Place 5, Margie McMullen, 67, business owner. All are incumbents.

Yoakum school district: at-large, three to be elected, John Braden, 50, dentist; Darlene Renken, 53, banker; Gary Colman, 53, rancher. All are incumbents.

Yoakum hospital district: at-large, two to be elected, James R. Witte, 74, rancher; Carlos Dean Wenske, 76, retired consultant. Both are incumbents.

Yorktown: City Council: at-large, three to be elected, Frances Marie Villa, 54, administrative assistant, incumbent; Ruben “B.B.” Garcia, 47, maintenance technician, incumbent; Vickie Lee Romero, 35, marketing consultant, Yorktown; incumbent Manuel Serrano did not seek re-election.

Yorktown school district: at-large, four to be elected, Nelda Sertuche, 51, tax advisor; Mark Niemeier, 43, service technician, appointed; Boyd Weise, 45, electrical utility field engineer; Barry Watson, 44, chief financial officer, Yorktown. All are incumbents.

Nordheim: City Council: at-large, three to be elected, Rene M. Garcia, 64, school teacher; Patricia Garcia, 51, school teacher; Tim Osterloh, 50, school teacher. All are incumbents.

Nordheim school district: at-large, two full terms to be elected, Glenn Mueller, 63, self-employed, incumbent; Kay Klaevemann, 58, retired, incumbent; at-large, one two-year unexpired term to be elected, Paul Baumann, 63, retired rancher.

Goliad: Mayor: William Schaefer, 47, chief deputy Sheriff, incumbent; Jay Harvey, 42, AEP electric employee. City council: at-large, two to be elected, Mike Pena, 58, insurance salesman; Roney Powell, 63, retired, incumbent; Don Whatley, 56, disabled veteran; Suzi Warzecha, 60, publisher/designer.

Goliad school district: District 1, Carlos Gutierrez, 50, process technician, incumbent; District 2, Fred Hayes, 57, self employed, incumbent; District 2, Manuel Vela, 46, sales/marketing manager; District 4, Wayne B. Beran, 57, administrator.

Edna: City council: District 3: Maxine Price, 67, park director of Lavaca-Navidad River Authority; incumbent Kevin Davis did not seek re-election; District 4: Jean A. Sorenson, 77, retired teacher, incumbent; District 5: Mario Mojica, 28, self-employed, incumbent.

Edna school district: Position 5: Alfred Rosa, Edna Housing Authority, incumbent; Position 7: Jose Rodriguez, Invista, incumbent; David Loos Jr., D and T Taxidermy.

Ganado: Mayor: Clinton Tegeler, 33, executive director of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. City council: Michael Konarik, 56, owner of Safeguard Pest Control Services; LaMoine I. Orsak, 80, retired. All are incumbents.

Ganado school district: Place 3: Don Hohensee, plant operator, incumbent; Carol Simnacher, farmer and attorney; Place 4: Sharon Hicks, operator at Invista, incumbent; Carol Hajovsky, sales.

Hallettsville: City Council: Place 1, Elmo Grant, 61, retired police chief; Place 3, Alice Jo Summers, 56, retired; Place 4, Stephen Hunter, 54, school counselor. All are incumbents

Hallettsville school board:Place 6, David Ehler, 49, business owner, incumbent; Place 7, no one filed; incumbent Amy Schwartz did not seek re-election.

Shiner: City council: at-large, three to be elected, Lawrence J. Kurtz, 70, retired, incumbent; August “Gus” Jaehne, 52, carpenter, incumbent; Linda Rigby, 62, retired; incumbent George “Buddy”Minear did not seek re-election.

Shiner school board: Place 1, Julie Gamez, 35, consumer lender; Place 2, Denise Overton, 41, office manager; Place 4, Andrew Schacherl, 61, teacher. All are incumbents.

Moulton: City Council: Place 3, Diane C. Rothbauer, 44, office manager; Lester Hohensee, 71, retired; incumbent Rodney Maresh did not seek re-election; Place 4, Ervin Patek, 62, self-employed, incumbent; Place 5, Gregory “G.R.”Berckenhoff, 52, store clerk. Special election: Sales tax election to reauthorize 1/4 of one percent sales tax to continue maintenance and operations of city streets.

Moulton school board: Place 4, David Rothbauer, 52, exotic bird supplier, incumbent; Place 5, Scott A. Brown, 34, business owner; Place 7 (unexpired one-year term), Danny Rother, 49, farmer/rancher, appointed incumbent.

Bay City: City council, Position 1, Anthony Hawkins, 58, OXEA EHSA specialist, incumbent; Position 2, Joseph Enoch, 51, emergency planner STP.

Special election: Charter amendments: 1. To allow the city treasurer to report to the mayor, not the council. 2, Establish and organize a planning commission.

Bay City school district: at-large, two to be elected, Andrew Smith, Southwestern Bell engineering design, incumbent; Dr. Jim Humphries, 46, dentist, incumbent.

Palacios: Mayor: Joe Morton, 68, incumbent. City council, Place 1, Andy Erdelt, 56, Palacios in-school suspension aide, incumbent; Place 2, Mike Witte, 59, retired teacher, incumbent; Place 3, unexpired term, Troy Lewis, 57, retired; and Place 6, Mark Latapie, 41, chemical operator Conoco Philips, incumbent, and Robert A. Porter, 84, retired.

Palacios school district: Position 5, Rick Cink, 50, investigator STP; Position 6, Cara Herlin, 63, homemaker; Position 7, Peter Zamarripa, 37, operations manager. All are incumbents.

The school board will meet Monday and is expected to accept the resignation of board president Louis Martino, who is being called to active duty with the Marines, and to decide whether to submit the vacancy to a special election on May 10, or to fill the vacancy with an appointment. If it’s filled by appointment, the May 10 school election may be canceled.

Refugio City Council: Place 3, Ron Nelson, 55, retired, incumbent; Place 3, Garrett Engelking, 35, general manager of groundwater district; Place 4, Frank Hosey, 47, employment counselor at Texas Workforce Commission, incumbent; Place 5, Wanda H Dukes, 59, retired, incumbent.

Refugio school district: District 6, Andy Rocha, 44, manager of accounting; incumbent Brad Gillespie did not seek re-election; District 7, Ethel Garza, 54, beautician, incumbent.

Woodsboro city council: Place 1, Larry Jochetz, 29, salesman; Place 3, Minerva Cisneros, 62, loan officer; Place 4, Jeanette Chandler, 62, retired; Place 5 Louis R Barrett, 52, probation officer. All are incumbents.

Woodsboro school district:Place 1, Scott Carter, 46, owner of a water well drilling company, incumbent; Place 2, Robert Thomas, 53, manager, Woodsboro; Place 6, Bob Cramer, 49, safety manager, Bayside, incumbent, and Johnny Karstedt, 60, Woodsboro, retired;

Austwell-Tivoli school district:Place 6,Marilyn Pagel, 66, retired school teacher, Tivoli; Place 7, Carlton Hopper, 55, equipment operator, Austwell. Both are incumbents

Austwell City Council: Information not available.

East Bernard: Mayor: Buck Boettcher, 69, president of Prosperity Bank, incumbent; Wayne Robinson, 54, retired. City council, District 2: Tobias Hlavinka, 47, agriculture, incumbent; District 4: Thomas Vacek, 51, manager of Vacek’s Hardware, incumbent.

Special election: The city will also vote on a proposition to re-adopt the local sales and use tax at a rate of one-fourth of 1 percent to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.

East Bernard school district:Position 1: Roland Orsak, marketing, incumbent; Terry Hlavinka, general manager; Position 2: James Vincek, banker, incumbent.

El Campo: City council: at-large, three to be elected: Phillip Spenrath, 44, teacher and coach, incumbent mayor; Kenny Martin, 53, manager, incumbent council member; Otha Edison, 56, minister; Jimmy Woppolo, 61, manager; Tim Ryan, 49, self-employed; Richard Young, 52, nursery manager; Henry Dornak Jr., 70, self-employed. The El Campo council elects the mayor from among the council members

El Campo school district: Position 6: Tommy Turner, 52, farmer, incumbent; Paul Soetching, 61, construction trades; Position 7: Melissa A. Kainer Erwin, 33, physician, incumbent; Clayton Ryan, 28, sales.

Wharton: Mayor: David Samuelson, 69, retired, current city council member; Domingo Montalvo Jr., firefighter, current city councilmember; incumbent Bryce Kocian did not seek re-election. City council: District 2: Leuis Fortenberry, 62, manager; incumbent David Samuelson filed for mayor; District 4: Donald Mueller, 71, retired, incumbent; At-large District 6; Jeffery Gubbels, 47, physician; incumbent Ray Linseisen did not seek re-election.

Wharton school district: Position 5: Sherrell Speer, 75, auctioneer, previous board member; incumbent Ronnie Bollom did not seek re-election; Position 6: Wayne Taylor, 63, dean of students at Wharton County Junior College; incumbent Don Erdelt did not seek re-election; Position 7: Hazel Hurd, 73, retired nurse; incumbent.