Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-07-11 | Page 5 | Candidates Lack for 21 Offices of 36 Open for Fall Elections

Candidates Lack ac for or 21 Offices Ices I Of 36 Open for or Fall a Elections Records of the secretary of states state's office show that of 36 public offices for which which candidates must file to compete in the fall primary elections filings have only been made for 15 a up check-up revealed Thursday 4 The deadline tot for filing petitions I of nomination and acceptances of I designation is July 23 23 only only 12 da days s 's away Attaches of the office report that an average of five candidates representing representing rep rep- resenting both major political parties parties par par- ties seek each office in the elec elec- This indicates that at lea least t ISO persons must file petitions before before before be be- fore the deadline in order to become become become be be- come candidates Altho Although gh some candidates have announced intentions of doing so 10 no one has filed for such 4 tant offices offices as United States senator senator sena sena- sena-I sena tor United i States representative I state attorney general justice of of the state stale supreme court and state superintendent of public tion Except in t the e Second judicial district district district dis dis- dis- dis from which three candidates have filed there are no official candidates for judgeships in the district courts Only two district attorneys have filed flIed one each from the Fourth and Seventh districts dis dis-