(KNZA)--A second candidate has filed for the office of Brown County sheriff.

The Brown County Clerk’s office says Daniel Siebenmorgen, of Hiawatha, filed Monday on the Republican ticket.

Sheriff John Merchant, also a Republican, previously filed for re-election to another 4-year term.

Siebenmorgen currently serves as a probation officer with community corrections. 

He previously served as an investigator with the Brown County Sheriff's Department, and still works for the department on a part-time basis.

In addition, Siebenmorgen previously served as a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and an officer with the Hiawatha Police Department.  

Candidates have until noon, June 1st to file.  The primary election will be held August 2nd and the general election November 8th.