Chad Somers and James Breitenbach will be the two candidates that voters in Ward 2 will decide between in November as they seek a spot on the Great Bend City Council. Both men participated in Tuesday night’s Candidate Forum at Great Bend High School.

Somers is a 13-year resident of Great Bend and is co-owner of Golden Belt Cinema 6 after previously being a co-owner of Benefit Management, Inc. In his opening statement Tuesday, Somers said there are three areas of concern that he has for the city.

Chad Somers Audio

Breitenbach has lived in Great Bend for three years after moving to the area from Lawrence to help his family support their family farming operations. He has experience in emergency management, and has 10-plus years of experience as a field engineer in a world wide telecommunications company.

James Breitenbach Audio

Since there are just two candidates running for both Ward 2 and Ward 3 positions, there will be no primary held on August 7th for those two spots on the council. Ward 1 however has five candidates who are running for one position, meaning there will be a primary vote on August 7th with the top 2 candidates moving on to the November general election.