PLYMOUTH – Candidates for the coming November election were decided last night in the state’s primary election and most of
the conteste races were on the Republican side of the ticket.
Locally Joe Morris won his parties nomination for Marshall County Prosecutor taking 77 percent of the vote and defeating challenger Nick Langowski.
In a hotly contested race Les McFarland took 51 percent of the votes (1823), to challenger Jeff Snyder’s 48 percent (1725) for the Republican nomination for Marshall County Sheriff.
In another race that was almost too close to call for most of the night George Null took 41 percent of the vote and Erica Partin 32 percent to edge Ed Barcus for the two spots for Argos Town Council.
Other races saw Deb Johnson defeat Tom Flynn for the Republican nomination for County Council District 2, and Brandon Richie defeat Laura Brockway for the Council District four nomination.
Drew Westafer secured the nomination for Bourbon Town Council over Spencer S. Standley. Heather Overmyer, Diane Hansen Miller and Terri Jo Morrison Hinds will run for Union Twp. Board. Jeff Gustafson, Jerry I. Moore, and Michael C. Norris gained the party nomination for the Polk Twp. Board, and Matthew Pitney will be the Republican nominee for Tippecanoe Twp Trustee.
On the Democratic side just one spot was contested and Jamee Decio took 66 percent of the vote over Shaun Michael Maeyens to earn the right to run for US Representative in District 3.
Today is the first-day voters may cast an absentee ballot for the 2018 primary election. According to the 
Many Marshall County positions will be up for election this year including the Judge for Superior Court 1 as well as the County Prosecutor, Clerk, Auditor, Recorder, Assessor and Sheriff. Wednesday marks the first day that a declaration of candidacy may be filed.
