Article submitted by James Master, The Pilot News Managing Editor
It was a rainy Election Day, but that didn’t keep the voters from the vote centers. However, only 4,053 voters out of Marshall County’s 29,466 registered voters ventured to the polls. That’s 13.75 percent voter turnout.
It was not the County Council incumbents night. Of the three incumbents, none were able to hold their seats. In County Council District 1, Will Patterson defeated Heath Thornton by a 513 (60.5%) to 335 (39.5%) vote. In County Council District 2, Mandy Campbell and Deborah Johnson had the closest race with Johnson taking 52.26% (521 votes) to Campbell’s 47.74% (476 votes). For County Council District 3, Nicole Cox won over Jon VanVactor by a vote of 638 (66.6%) to 320 (33.4%). Adam Faulstich took the majority of votes over Steven Harper in County Council District 4, 356 (61.38%) to 224 (38.62%).
In the race for County Commissioner District 1, Incumbent Stan Klotz took 61.67% (2,069 votes) over Trend Weldy who took 38.33% (1,286 votes).
Incumbent Matthew Hassel won over Jeff Wojcik in the Marshall County Sheriff’s race, 2,409 votes to 819 votes.
For the Circuit Court Clerk race, Jenny Bennitt took the majority of votes (1,170) over Ann Anglin (1,144) and Joy Hensley (975).
The Argos Town Council had a close race. The top two move on to the General Election in November. Ed Barcus took 71 votes, Erica Partin took 70 votes, and Bob Byers ended up with 62 votes.
Here are the rest of the results:
Republican Party:
• United States Senator — Todd Young, 2,738 votes
• U.S. Rep District 02 — Jackie Walorski, 2,934 votes
• State Rep District 07 — Jake Teshka, 59 votes; Sarina Williams, 34 votes; Timothy J. Jaycox, 5 votes.
• State Rep District 17 — Jack Jordan, 2,752 votes
• Judge of the Superior Court No. 3 — Matthew E. Sarber, 2,862 votes
• Prosecuting Attorney 72nd Circuit — E. Nelson Chipman, Jr., 2,910 votes
• County Auditor — Angie Johnson Birchmeier, 2,896 votes
• County Recorder — Janet Howard, 2,854 votes
• County Assessor — Peter A. Paul, 2,840 votes
• Bourbon Township Trustee — Ryan F. Schori, 212 votes
• Bourbon Township Board — Kris Berger, 210 votes
• Center Township Trustee — Amy Lyn Knapp, 855 votes
• Center Township Board (Vote for 3) — James O. Baldwin, 635 votes; Keith B. Hammonds, 708 votes; Bruce Knapp, 691 votes
• Green Township Trustee — Marie D. Fishburn, 78 votes
• Green Township Board (Vote for 3) — James L. Fishburn, 66 votes; Shawnda Wenino, 42 votes
• North Township Trustee — Emily Haskins, 216 votes
• Polk Township Trustee (Vote for 1) — Jerry L. Lamb, 161 votes; Michael C. Norris, 153 votes
• Polk Township Board (Vote for 3) — John D. Einhorn, 204 votes; Tim Kazanecki, 224 votes; Richard L. Parker, 212 votes
• Tippecanoe Township Trustee (Vote for 1) — Matthew D. Pitney, 67 votes; Baylee McIntire, 58 votes
• Union Township Trustee — Marlene Morrison Mahler, 230 votes
• Union Township Board (Vote for 3) — Terri Jo Morrison Hinds, 159 votes; Michael L. Overmyer, 205 votes; Shirley A. Snyder, 171 votes
• Walnut Township Trustee — Stephen A. Wilhelm, 195 votes
• Walnut Township Board (Vote for 3) — Kenneth F. Dowdle, 133 votes; Joseph P. Stone, 153 votes; Dave Stults, 170 votes
• West Township Trustee — Terry L. Borggren, 306 votes
• West Township Board (Vote for 3) — Danny J. Bates, 217 votes; Thomas Flynn, 254 votes; Cynthia Slonaker, 228 votes
• Bourbon Town Council, Les McFarland, 111 votes
• Culver Town Council (Vote for 2) — Bill Cleavenger, 94 votes; Bill Githens, 87 votes
Republican State Convention Delegates (Vote for 14):
• Debbie Beck, 1,512 votes
• Jesse Bohannon, 1,811 votes
• E. Nelson Chipman Jr., 2,022 votes
• Kip D. Cook, 1,410 votes
• Charles Dault, 656 votes
• Adam Faulstich, 2,170 votes
• Lynn M. Fitzpatrick, 1,081 votes
• Julie A. Fox, 2,304 votes
• Jack L. Garner, 1,500 votes
• Paul G. Georgen, 866 votes
• Sharon Gilles, 1,193 votes
• Timothy P. Harman, 2,072 votes
• David R. Holmes, 1,767 votes
• Jan Holmes, 1,571 votes
• Bryan Howard, 1,286 votes
• Deborah Carmean – Johnson, 1,146 votes
• Paul Levett, 1,096 votes
• Richard J. Lokun II, 585 votes
• Griffin Nate, 821 votes
• N. Ruth Nelson, 1,275 votes
• Shawn Peterson, 1076 votes
• Creighton J. Prawat, 671 votes
• Sam Schlosser, 1,589 votes
• Deborah VanDeMark, 1,998 votes
• Lauren Ann-Vervynckt, 1,440 votes
Democrat Party:
• United States Senator — Thomas M. McDermott Jr., 489 votes
• U.S. Rep District 2 — Paul D. Steury, 460 votes
• State Rep District 7 — Ross Deal, 17 votes
• Center Township Board (Vote for 3) — Andrew J. Dreibelbis, 167 votes; Cindy Martin Milner, 166 votes; Stephanie Peverelle, 145 votes
• German Township Board — Whitney Stillson, 44 votes
• Green Township Board — L. Dean Zechiel, 8 votes
• North Township Board — Steven M. Davenport, 46 votes
• Union Township Board — Lynn Crist, 38 votes
• West Township Board — Cheryl L. McKinley, 71 votes
• Pct Committeeman Center 2 — Andrew J. Dreibelbis, 24 votes
• Pct Committeeman Center 4 — Michelle J. Livinghouse, 36 votes
• Pct Committeeman Center 6 — Mary Jo Finley, 18 votes
• Pct Committeeman Center 8 — Stephanie Peverelle, 15 votes
• Pct Committeeman German 1 — Whitney Stillson, 6 votes
• Pct Committeeman Polk 1 — Michael J. Leda, 9 votes
• Pct Committeeman West 3 — Dawn Sellers, 14 votes
State Convention Delegate (Vote for 9):
• Andrew J. Dreibelbis, 417 votes
• Mary Jo Finley, 429 votes
• Don Fox, 412 votes
• Tracy Fox, 426 votes
• Michael J. Leda, 401 votes
• Michelle J. Livinghouse, 451 votes
• Stephanie Peverelle, 424 votes
The Election Board will meet on Friday, May 13 to certify the Primary Election. The winners of Tuesday night will go on to the General Election in November.
