Published: May 19, 2008 11:46 pm            

More than 42 percent cast ballots in primary

Election board certifies May 6 results

TERRE HAUTE — Final numbers, certified Monday by the Vigo County Election Board, did not change any outcomes in the May 6 primary election.

Final results, however, did push voter turnout to just over 42 percent (42.37) of the 76,501 registered voters in Vigo County. Of the 32,412 voters who cast a ballot, 28,404 selected a Democrat ballot and 4,008 selected a Republican ballot.

Results for mail and absentee ballots will be certified today. Those numbers as of Monday show 8,196 ballots were cast in four absentee ballot sites before the election, by mail and before bipartisan traveling voting boards.

Of that, 1,191 absentee ballots were cast by mail and 200 before a traveling board.

The remainder were cast at The Meadows (3,067); Plaza North Shopping Center (1,919); Southland Shopping Center (1,452); and at Indiana State University (367).

Final certified results on the Democrat ballot are:

• President, Hillary Clinton 16,507 votes; Barack Obama 11,340.

• Governor, Jim Schellinger 14,387 votes; Jill Long Thompson 11,133.

• U.S. Representative Brad Ellsworth 23,354

• District 42 State Representative F. Dale Grubb 1,897

• District 43 State Representative Clyde Kersey 11,868

• District 44 State Representative Nancy A. Michael 338; Richard Thompson 212.

• District 45 State Representative Rick Marshall 1,518.

• District 46 State Representative Vern Tincher 5,931.

• Judge of Superior Court Division 2 Phillip I. Adler 20,337.

• Judge of Superior Court Division 5 Barbara L. Brugnaux 11,214; Michael R. Rader 14,378.

• Clerk of Circuit Court Margaret Lockard 8,355; Patricia R. Mansard 16,852.

• County Auditor Timothy M. Seprodi 20,259.

• County Recorder Nancy S. Allsup 7,977; Cheryl A. Loudermilk 6,790; C. Dwayne Malone, 1,828; Brandon S. Niece 1,298; Susan Emily Pfleging 2,855; Raymond L. Watts, 4,381.

• County Treasurer David R. Crockett 21,042.

• County Coroner Roland M. Kohr 21,617.

• County Commissioner District 2 Judith A. Anderson, 13,084; James W. Bramble 8,931; Larry W. Davison, 3,781.

• County Commissioner District 3 John R. Bischoff 8,337; Paul Mason 15,745.

• County Council At-large Mark Bird 12,251; William C. Bryan 7,320; Leo Burskey 1,318; Vicki L. Curts 6,046; Steve Ellis 5,026; Dale G. Findley 2,767; William L. Gatti 4,603; Ed Pierce 4,386; Ed Ping 7,582; John R. Prather 1,397; James K. Tanner Jr. 2,524; Bill Thomas 5,076; John M. Waters 1,798; Ernest A. Webster 3,536.

Certified results on the Republican ballot are:

• President, Mike Huckabee 454; John McCain 2,997; Ron Paul 312; Mitt Romney 141.

• Governor, Mitch Daniels 3,293.

• U.S. Representative Greg Goode 3,095.

• District 43 State Representative Ryan J. Cummins 1,788.

• District 44 State Representative Duane W. Conover 28; Amos P. Thomas 64.

• District 45 State Representative Bruce Borders, 223.

• District 46 State Representative Bob Heaton, 1,132.

• Judge of Superior Court Division 5 Christopher Dailey 1,268; Daniel W. Kelly 2,195.

• Clerk of Circuit Court Bill Treadway 2,953.

• County Recorder Bruce H. Royer, 1,878; Jason West 1,138.

• County Commissioner District 3 Brad Anderson 2,341; Jennifer Davidson 1,123.

• County Council At-large Jeffrey Harpole 1,398; Tim Hennessy 1,547; Angela Miller-Treadway 1,700; Mike Morris 2,205; John A. Shipman Sr. 1,232.

Howard Greninger can be reached at (812) 231-4204 or howard.greninger@tribstar.com.

        

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