Board of elections certifies primary votes
There will be no changes to the results of the primary election, according to the Highland County Board of Elections, following the official count and certification of the final count for the May 4 primary election.
According to board of elections director Kate Cameron, "the results were just the same. There were no race changes."
Cameron said the count took approximately one hour to complete on May 17.
"It went really well," Cameron said. "There was nothing unexpected, and the board was pleased."
According to the board, the final numbers are:
Issue 1 3rd Frontier: Yes - 2,579; No - 3,254
Issue 2 Casino Location: Yes - 3,509; no - 2,243
Issue 3 NJFA Tax Levy: For - 307; Against - 185
Issue 4 Soil Water Conservation District: Against - 3,904; for - 2,079
Issue 5 Ohio State University: For - 2,497; Against - 3,560
Issue 6 City of Greenfield: Against - 246 votes; for - 246 votes
Issue 7 Clay Township Cemetery: For 132; against - 78
Issue 8 Clay Township Fire Levy: For - 138; against - 77
Issue 9 Local Option Flagway: Yes - 82; No - 67
Issue 10 Local Option Flagway: Yes - 68; NO - 82
Issue 11 Local Option Walmart: Yes - 54; No - 129
Democratic state representative: Laura A. Curliss - 488 votes; Bill Horne - 1,026 votes
Democratic governor and Lt. Governor: Strickland/Brown - 1,400 votes
Democratic attorney general: Richard Cordray - 1,238votes
Democratic auditor of state: David Pepper 1,188 votes
Democratic secretary of state: Maryellen O'Shaughnesy - 1,182 votes
Democratic treasurer of state: Kevin L. Boyce - 1,161 votes
Democratic United States Senator: Jennifer Brunner - 742 votes; Lee Fisher - 696 votes
Democratic Representative for Congress: Mark A. MacNealy - 1,146 votes
Democratic Chief Justice of Supreme Court: Eric Brown - 1,164 votes
Democratic Justice of the Supreme Court: Mary Jane Trapp - 1,156 votes
Democratic state central committee, man: Floyd E. Wright - 1,079 votes
Democratic state central committee, woman: Zelma Furnish - 1,235 votes
Democratic state senator: Justin Fallon - 1,051 votes
Democratic Highland County Commissioner: Gary Heaton - 1,349 votes
Democratic Highland County Auditor: Jeff Griffith - 1,164 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee Greenfield North: John A. Baal - 74
Democratic Highland County Central Committee Greenfield South: Conrad A. Curren - 62 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee HNE: Peter A. Pence - 45 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee HNW: Kate Cameron - 39 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee: Charles Dick Wright - 44 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee HSW- A: Zelma Furnish - 38 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee HSW- B: Vicki Rhude - 34 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee LE: Freddie Snyder - 38 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee LYN: Terry G. Moore - 28 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee DOD: Nancy Shaffer - 29 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee WHK: W. Andrew West - 43 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee BC: Carolyn Garen - 27 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee CO: Bill Horne - 30 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee JCK: Pat Michael - 41 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee LNE: Jolene Walker - 37 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee LS: Linda Emery - 27 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee MA: Dina Phillips - 48 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee NM: Joyce Ford - 52 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee PN: Linda K. Griffith - 43 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee PSE: Deborah J. Ellison - 43 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee PSW: Lester N. Thompson: 47 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee PE: Howard D. Easter - 42 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee SA: Paul Stephen Hughes - 28 votes
Democratic Highland County Central Committee UN: Joseph Fraysier - 63 votes
Republican Governor Lt. Governor: Kaisch/Taylor - 3,359 votes
Republican Attorney General: Mike DeWine - 3,126 votes
Republican Auditor of State: Seth A. Morgan - 1,115 votes; David A. Yost - 2,066 votes
Republican Secretary of State: Sandra O'Brien - 1,175 votes; John Husted - 2,187 votes
Republican Treasurer of State: Josh Mandel - 2,847 votes
Republican United State Senator: Rob Portman - 3,180 votes
Republican Representative to Congress: Rene L. Oberer - 481 votes; Mike Turner - 3,217 votes
Republican Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Maureen O'Connor - 2,999 votes
Republican Justice of Supreme Court: Judith Ann Lanzinger - 2,760 votes
Republican Justice of Supreme Court: Paul E. Pfeifer - 2,892
Republican Judge of Court of Appeals: Matthew W. McFarland - 2,791
Republican State Central Committee, man: Phil A. Bowman - 1,934 votes; Matthew T. Lamb 986 votes
Republican Central Committee, woman: Kay Ayres - 3,009 votes
Republican State Senator: David T. Daniels - 3,009 votes; Clyde Evans - 751 votes
Republican State Representative: Cliff Rosenberger - 2,818 votes
Republican Highland County Commissioner: Jeremy Roger Shaffer - 2,756 votes
Republican Highland County Auditor: Bill Fawley - 3,314 votes
Republican Central Committee GN: Richard Counter - 137 votes
Republican Central Committee GS: James Grandey - 103 votes
Republican Central Committee HNE: Ronald D. Ward - 117 votes
Republican Central Committee HNW: Charlie H. Walker - 95 votes
Republican Central Committee HSE: James M. Grove - 75 votes
Republican Central Committee LE: Bernease Priest - 69 votes
Republican Central Committee FE: William Baldwin - 112 votes
Republican Central Committee LYN: William E. Covert - 99 votes
Republican Central Committee DOD: Bill Fawley - 96 votes
Republican Central Committee BC: Vicki Knauff - 99 votes
Republican Central Committee JCK: Carleta Weyrich - 64 votes
Republican Central Committee LNE: Margaret Van Frank - 101 votes
Republican Central Committee LS: P. Dean Otworth - 182 votes
Republican Central Committee MD: Stephen A. Hunter - 199 votes
Republican Central Committee NM: Lowell E. Sullivan - 193 votes
Republican Central Committee PE: Jeff Dunca - 161 votes
Republican Central Committee SA: Karen Faust - 68 votes
Republican Central Committee UN: Peggy J. Hite - 112 votes
Libertarian Governor/Lt. Governor: Matesz/Leech - 9 votes
Libertarian Attorney General: Marc Allen Feldman - 10 votes
Libertarian Auditor of State: L. Michael Howard - 10 votes
Libertarian Secretary of State: Charles R. Earl - 10 votes
Libertarian Treasurer of State: Matthew P. Cantrell - 10 votes
Libertarian State Representative: Jacob Dawson - 9 votes
C-United States Senator: Eric W. Deaton - 5 votes
G-Governor/Lt. Governor: Spisak/Rios - 1 vote
S-United States Senator: Daniel H. LaBotz - 1 vote