The Votes Are In For Boone County: At-Large Race Called By Only 59 Votes

The results are in for the Boone County Republican Primary Election with a tight race for the third position on the county council at-large.

Boone County reported a voter turnout of 19.54% with 11,645 votes cast out of 59,601 voters. The Boone County Clerk’s Office saw 7,685 votes cast on Election Day, 481 votes cast through paper absentee ballots and 3,479 votes cast during the early voting period.

Election coverage on Election Day, May 7 was brought to the community by Wampler’s Services Inc. on WILO 1570 AM, 96.9 FM and Boone 102.7 FM.

The votes are in for the contested races:

County Auditor:

Debbie M. Morton Crum: 4,703

Harold “Huck” Lewis: 3,699

County Commissioner Dist. 2:

Donald “Donnie” Lawson: 5,213

Corey Kutz: 3,231

County Commissioner Dist. 3:

Scott Pell: 4,122

Jeff Wolfe: 3,146

Barry Dircks: 840

County Council At-Large (Vote for 3):

Shari Richey: 5,348

Dan Lamar: 3,568

Dustin Plunkett: 3,352

Kenneth Hedge: 3,293

Timothy “Tim” Cramer: 2,446

Michael “Mike” Broach: 2,312

Brian Kirschbaum: 1,288

 

Precinct Committeeman Elects:

Center 1: Deanna Willhoite (contested)

Center 2: Craig Fouts

Center 3: Nicole Hahn (contested)

Center 5: Dan Lamar (contested)

Center 6: Tonya Thayer

Center 7: John Bradley (contested)

Center 8: Mark Gable

Center 9: Matthew Drury

Center 10: Robert Hawkins

Center 11: Carol Cunningham

Center 12: Deborah “Debbie” Ottinger (contested)

Center 13: Tom Garoffolo

Center 14: Kent Eastwood

Center 15: Jane Myers

Center 16: Cecilia Kenna

Center 17: Robert Wirey (contested)

Clinton: Sovilla Smith Mennen (contested)

Eagle 1: Thomas Easterday (contested)

Eagle 2: Tom Santelli (contested)

Eagle 3: Brad Burk (contested)

Eagle 4: James Bopp Jr.

Eagle 5: Amy Connelly

Eagle 6: Alex Choi (contested)

Eagle 7: Matt Bain (contested)

Eagle 8: Valerie Robbins Swack

Eagle 9: Tim Beyer (contested)

Eagle 10: Jason Alan Plunkett (contested)

Eagle 11: Cheri Miller

Eagle 12: Chad Andrew Pittman (contested)

Eagle 13: Craig Justin Melton (contested)

Eagle 14: Robert Schein

Eagle 15: Brad Claretto (contested)

Eagle 16: Richard “Dick” Crane (contested)

Eagle 17: Trent Hagerty (contested)

Eagle 18: Kate Swanson

Eagle 19: Kevin Russell

Eagle 20: Kelly Stuff (contested)

Harrison: Robert Guernsey (contested)

Jackson 1: Danny Mitchell Sr. (contested)

Jackson 2: Stephanie Beckley

Jackson 3: Bruce Guernsey

Jefferson: Gretchen Smith (contested)

Marion 1: Dan Fleming (contested)

Marion 2: Kenneth Hedge

Perry: Scott Pell

Sugar Creek 1: Charles Bookwalter (contested)

Sugar Creek 2: Donald “Donnie” Lawson

Union 1: Anna Schappaugh

Union 2: Shari Richey

Washington: Debbie Martin (contested)

Worth 1: Matt Sumner (contested)

Worth 2: Jeff Jacob (contested)

 

State Convention Delegates At-Large (Vote for 22):

Erin Brewster, Tim Casady, Abbey Chambers, Annette England, Amy Essley, Eric Essley, Megan Farwell, Krista Latham, Ron Malone, Renee Marchese, Dax Norton, Brian Pollie, Joe Quigley, Nathaniel Rowe, Amanda Rubeck, Tanya Schnelzer, Kristen Self, Tiffany Stoner, Nytarsha Thomas, Oluwatoberu “Tobe” Thomas, Laura Waddey and Greg Woods

 

State Convention Delegate Dist. 1 (Vote for 8):

Carol Cunningham, Matthew Drury, Kent Eastwood, Craig Fouts, Tom Garofollo, Dan Lamar, Rebecca “Becky” McClure and Deborah “Debbie” Ottinger

 

State Convention Delegate Dist. 2 (Vote for 9):

Jennifer Beyer, Tim Beyer, Becky Cash, Alex Choi, Amy Connelly, Anthony Harris, Elise Nieshalla, Jeff Papa and Shari Richey

 

The uncontested county races include:

Circuit Court Judge:

Lori Schein

Recorder:

Deborah “Debbie” Ottinger

Treasurer:

Nicole “Nikki” Baldwin

Coroner:

Justin Sparks

 

The races have also been called for the selection for national and state elections for the Republican Party, including:

President:

Donald Trump

United States Senator:

Jim Banks

Governor:

Mike Braun

U.S. Representative Dist. 4:

Jim Baird

State Senator Dist. 7:

Brian Buchanan

State Representative Dist. 24:

Hunter Smith

State Representative Dist. 25:

Becky Cash

State Representative Dist. 28:

Jeffrey Thompson

State Representative Dist. 41:

Mark Genda

 

Results are also in for the Democratic Party national and state elections vying against their Republican counterparts for the position in November, including:

President:

Joseph Biden Jr.

United States Senator:

Valerie McCray

Governor:

Jennifer McCormick

U.S. Representative Dist. 4:

Derrick Holder

State Representative Dist. 24:

Josh Lowry

 

Votes will be tallied in the 2024 General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Election coverage on Election Day, May 7 was brought to the community by Wampler’s Services Inc. on WILO 1570 AM, 96.9 FM and Boone 102.7 FM.

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