Filing opened Tuesday for the April municipal elections and several candidates already have thrown their hats in the ring.Candidates have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to file for city, school and other board positions that will be on the April 4, 2017, election ballots. Opening Day FilersIn Marthasville, two incumbents — Mayor David Lange and East Ward Alderman Dan Grafath — filed for re-election on the first day.A board seat also is open in the town’s West Ward.In Warrenton, the offices of mayor and alderman in each ward are on the April ballot.On Tuesday, incumbent Mayor Eric Schleuter filed for re-election.Also seeking re-election are Ward 2 Alderman Gary Auch and Ward 3 Alderman Bob Delaloye.Gary Miller is challenging Delaloye for the Ward 3 board seat.Newcomber Kenneth Jaseckas has filed for Ward 1 alderman.All the seats up for election in Warrenton are two-year terms.Incumbent Wright City aldermen Dan Rowden, Ward 1, and Jim Toothman, Ward 2, filed for re-election Tuesday. Toothman will face a challenge from Nathan Rohr for the Ward 2 board seat.Three incumbents — Jeff Thomsen, Jerry Rust and Trish Dunn — filed for re-election to the Innsbrook board.Incumbent Truesdale Mayor Murray A. Bruer has filed to seek another two-year term.The Truesdale ballot also has two at-large board of aldermen seats.There are three open seats for the Warren County R-3 School Board. Three people filed for the offices on opening day, including incumbent Laurie Wenzel and newcomers John Cornell and Franci Schwartz.The Wright city R-2 School Board has three seats up for election. All are three-year terms. No one filed for those seats on the first day.Candidates