The March 19 primary election would probably hold little interest for Kewanee voters — except for the referendum on a half-cent sales tax to pay for street repairs.

Voters will be able to chose one of three ballot categories: Democrat, Republican and nonpartisan.

Henry County Clerk Barb Link said voters can choose any of the ballots, regardless of how they have voted in past primaries.

In Kewanee, the only contest on the nonpartisan ballot will be the referendum on the sales tax increase.

The Republican and Democratic ballots feature a number of races, but in most of those races in both parties, there is no competition. In a number of the races, there are no candidates on the ballot.

The Democrat and Republican ballots include races for president, delegates to the parties’ national conventions, Congressman, state representative and senator, county clerk, state’s attorney, precinct committee members and circuit judges.

Municipal elections will also be on the ballot in Geneseo.

On the Democratic ballot, the presidential race includes Joe Biden, Dean Phillips, Marianne Wilkinson and Frank “Frankie” Lozada.

The two leading candidates for the Republican nomination — Donald Trump and Nikki Haley — are on their ballot, as are candidates Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis, who have dropped out of the race, and Ryan L. Binkley. Link said her office has not received official notice of DeSantis and Christie dropping out, so their names are on the ballot.

There are numerous candidates for convention delegates in both the 16th and 17the Congressional districts. Scott Alan Crowl and Joe McGraw are competing to run against incumbent Congressman Eric Sorensen, who is running unopposed on the Democratic ballot.

Henry County Republicans have one candidate each for circuit clerk, state’s attorney and coroner (there are no Democratic candidates in any of those races) and there are no contests for county board on either ticket.

For county board, both parties have four candidates for five seats on the board’s District 1, the eastern half of the county. The Democrats are running Jim Dooley, Guy Gibson, Terry McDowell and Stephen Mizen, and the Repiulican candidates are Raymond A. Elliott, Mark Burton, Joseph Garrity and James Thompson. In District 2, the Republicans have five candidates and the Democrats have none.

Link said there is still a need for election judges in the county. Anyone wishing to be an election judge can call the county clerk’s office at 309-937-3575.