The Cherry County Clerk Election Assistant has provided the most recent filings list for the 2018 Primary Election to be held May 15. The last day for incumbents (any current office holder, not just the office filing for) to file for office on the primary ballot is February 15th, and March 1st is the last day for non-incumbents (new filers) to file for office for the primary election.
2018 Primary
Cherry County NE – Current Office Filings List
Current as of 1/23/2018
| Name of Candidate | Party | Office filing for |
| Brittny Petersen | Republican | County Clerk |
| Lorana Eggert | Republican | Clerk of the District Court |
| Neil Wescott | – | Valentine City Council |
| Rusty Osburn | Republican | County Sheriff |
| Kathy Hammond | Republican | County Treasurer |
| James B. Ward | Republican | County Commissioner |
| Harold T. Osgood | Republican | County Commissioner |
| Timothy A. Hanson | Republican | Cherry County Surveyor |
| Andrew C. Johnson | Republican | Cherry County Public Defender |