Jim Talkington filed Friday for the District 3 seat on the Allen County Commission.
Talkington, serving as a trustee at Allen Community College, will seek to fill the position held since January 2009 by Gary McIntosh. McIntosh announced earlier he would not seek re-election.
Talkington also has been a Shelter Insurance agent in Iola since 1991.
District 3 consists of the First, Second and Fourth wards in Iola and South Iola Township.