WEEC ELECTION COVERAGE – WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2012
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DEMOCRAT BARACK OBAMA RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY, SAYS SRN NEWS.
OHIO SENATE RACE: DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT SHERROD BROWN WINS OVER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER JOSH MANDEL.
BOTH STATE ISSUE 1 AND STATE ISSUE 2 WERE BOTH SOUNDLY GOING DOWN TO DEFEAT.
IN THE OHIO SUPREME COURT RACES, TERRENCE O’DONNELL, WILLIAM O’NEILL, AND SHARON KENNEDY WIN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RACES.
JIM JORDAN WINS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RACE DISTRICT 4, MIKE TURNER WINNING THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 10 RACE, THE DISTRICT 12 RACE BEING WON BY PAT TIBERI, WITH STEVE STIVERS WINS IN DISTRICT 15, SAYS THE OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE.
OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE RACES HAD PETER STAUTBERG THE TOP VOTE-GETTER IN THE DISTRICT 27 RACE, CONNIE PILLICH WINS DISTRICT 28, LOUIS BLESSING DISTRICT 29, LOU TERHAR DISTRICT 30, DENISE DRIEHAUS IN DISTRICT 31, DALE MALLORY DISTRICT 32, ALICIA REESE DISTRICT 33, FRED STAHORN DISTRICT 39, MICHAEL HENNE IN DISTRICT 40, ROLAND WINBURN DISTRICT 43, RICK PERALES LEADING IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RACE DISTRICT 73, ROBERT HACKETT IN DISTRICT 74, ROSS MCGREGOR THE WINNER IN DISTRICT 79, RICHARD ADAMS WINNING IN DISTRICT 80.
OHIO SENATE RACES HAD PEGGY LEHNER WIN IN DISTRICT 6, WILLIAM SEITZ VICTORIOUS IN DISTRICT 8, CHRIS WIDENER VICTORIOUS IN DISTRICT 10, WITH DISTRICT 12 GOING TO REPUBLICAN KEITH FABER.
STRONGTOWER CHRISTIAN MEDIA ELECTION NIGHT ANCHOR WAS KEVIN LANTZ, WITH ELECTION COVERAGE LAST NIGHT ON WEEC AND WFCJ RADIO.
STEVEN HESS WINNING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RACE IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, KEVIN TALEBI THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S RACE THERE, BOTH THE URBANA CITY SCHOOL LEVY AND WEST LIBERTY-SALEM BOND AND TAX ISSUE WERE GOING DOWN TO DEFEAT. AND THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY 9-1-1 TAX LEVY IS DEFEATED IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.
IN MADISON COUNTY, THE CITY OF LONDON INCOME TAX LEVY FAILS, THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH SOLON TAX LEVY GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT, THE VILLAGE OF PLAIN CITY INCOME TAX LEVY IS DEFEATED, THE MADISON PLAINS SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY FAILS, WHILE THE STERLING JOINT AMBULANCE TAX LEVY PASSES.
FINAL ELECTIONS REPORT – MIAMI COUNTY
11-06-12 – RUTH BOOK
MIAMI COUNTY
THIS IS OUR FINAL REPORT FOR MIAMI COUNTY. ALL OF MIAMI COUNTY’S CANDIDATES WERE UNCONTESTED. THE BRADFORD TAX LEVY HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH 61 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, AS HAS THE FLETCHER TAX LEVY. THE PIQUA INCOME TAX AND THE TROY TAX LEVY BOTH WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT BY QUITE A MARGIN. THE BROWN TOWNSHIP EMS AND THE CONCORD TOWNSHIP FIRE TAX LEVIES PASSED. THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TAX LEVY DID NOT PASS. IN SCHOOL LEVIES, IT WAS GOOD NEWS FOR THE MIAMI EAST LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THAT LEVY PASSED AT 53% AND THE NEWTON SCHOOL LEVY PASSED AS WELL.
FINAL ELECTIONS REPORT – CLARK COUNTY
11-06-12 – RUTH BOOK
CLARK COUNTY
CLARK COUNTY NOW HAS 100 PERCENT OF PRECINCTS REPORTING. JOHN DETRICK BEAT DOUGLAS GEYER FOR COUNTY COMMISSION WITH 60% OF THE VOTE. KYLE KOEHLER HAD 54% TO DAVID HARTLEY’S 46% FOR THE OTHER COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WILL BE ANDY WILSON, RON VINCENT IS CLERK OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. GENE KELLY WILL RETAIN HIS OFFICE OF CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF AND COUNTY RECORDER IS NANCY PENCE. COUNTY TREASURER CONTINUES TO BE STEPHEN METZGER AND COUNTY ENGINEER IS JOHNATHAN BURR. RICHARD MARSH REMAINS COUNTY CORONER. THE VILLAGE OF ENON RENEWED THEIR TAX LEVY AND AN ADDITIONAL LEVY FOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP WAS DEFEATED. THE GREEN TOWNSHIP FIRE DISTRICT RENEWAL LEVY WAS PASSED AS WAS A RENEWAL LEVY FOR HARMONY TOWNSHIP. BOTH LEVIES FOR MADISON TOWNSHIP PASSED. TWO TAX LEVIES FOR MOOREFIELD TOWNSHIP WERE PASSED. PASSING TOO WERE THREE TAX LEVIES FOR PIKE TOWNSHIP AND ONE FOR PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THE SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP .4 MILL RENEWAL LEVY PASSED BUT THE ADDITIONAL 1 MILL LEVY DID NOT. IN SCHOOL LEVIES, THE CLARK SHAWNEE LEVY PASSED AT 56%, BUT THE GREENON, NORTHEASTERN AND TECUMSEH SCHOOL LEVIES ALL FAILED. THE CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES LEVY WAS NARROWLY DEFEATED.
IN GREENE COUNTY, GENE FISCHER WINS THE SHERIFF’S RACE WITH 79 PERCENT OF THE VOTE OVER CHARLES BARRETT WITH 22 PERCENT, ERIC SEARS WINS THE COUNTY RECORDER’S RACE, ISSUE 5 FOR ROSS TOWNSHIP DID NOT PASS, ISSUE 14 FOR SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP FAILED, THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BEAVERCREEK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND XENIA COMMUNITY CITY SCHOOL LEVIES, ALL FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, ARE ALL DEFEATED, WHILE THE YELLOW SPRINGS SCHOOL LEVY PASSES IN GREENE COUNTY. JON SKILLMAN COVERED GREENE COUNTY LAST NIGHT FOR WEEC.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE CLERK OF THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS RACE IS WON BY GREGORY BRUSH, WILLIS BLACKSHEAR WINS THE COUNTY RECORDER’S RACE, AND DEMOCRAT CAROLYN RICE WINS THE COUNTY TREASURER’S RACE. THE CITY OF CLAYTON’S CHARTER AMENDMENT PASSES EASILY, THE BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE LEVY GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT, THE CENTERVILLE SCHOOLS SCHOOL LEVY FAILS, THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY BOND ISSUE PASSES, AND THE HUBER HEIGHTS SCHOOLS AND JEFFERSON SCHOOLS LEVIES FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES BOTH GO DOWN TO DEFEAT, AS DO THE VALLEY VIEW, VANDALIA, AND WEST CARROLLTON SCHOOL LEVIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. KEN KETTERING COVERED MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION NIGHT FOR STRONGTOWER CHRISTIAN MEDIA.
IN BUTLER COUNTY, RICHARD JONES WINS OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE SHERIFF’S RACE, WHILE THE SENIOR LEVY IN MIDDLETOWN PASSES BY A 58-42 PERCENT COUNT.
IN WARREN COUNTY, THE CARLISLE SCHOOLS ADDITIONAL LEVY IS NARROWLY DEFEATED, THE CARLISLE-FRANKLIN AMBULANCE DISTRICT FIRE LEVY FAILS. THE WARREN COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT RACE WON BY DONALD ODA THE 2ND WITH 64 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
IN HAMILTON COUNTY, JOSEPH DETERS WINS THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S RACE, PAM THOMAS THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS RACE, AND THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S RACE WON BY DEMOCRAT JIM NEIL WITH 58 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNT. LYNN BERNA COVERED BUTLER, WARREN, AND HAMILTON COUNTIES ON ELECTION NIGHT FOR STRONGTOWER CHRISTIAN MEDIA.
