A warm November day greeted voters as they turned out at the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3 for the 2015 General Election.
Several state issues were on the ballot, including the controversial marijuana issue.
At the county level there were several races in the villages and townships. Many were unopposed, while others were hotly contested such as the Mayor’s race in Manchester and Fiscal Officer in Franklin Township.
A late evening lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court resulted in an order to keep voting locations open until 9:00 p.m. in Hamilton County only. Because of that court order no county was permitted to release election results until 9:00 p.m.
At press time all but one precinct (Sprigg Township) had reported. The write-in votes were still being counted as of press time.
Two of the biggest races in the county were for the mayor’s seat in Manchester and two seats on the Adams County Ohio Valley Local School Board. There will be a new mayor in Manchester, Robert Hilderbrand, who was elected with 39.83% of the vote. There will also be a new member on the ACOVSD board as Sarah (Sally) McDaniel was the top vote getter with 41.26% of the vote. The other seat went to incumbent Charlie Bess who garnered 34.52% of the vote. Current board president, Kent Bauman, was not re-elected.
Look for further election coverage in the Nov. 8 issue of the People’s Defender.
Here are the vote totals at press time on Tuesday night.
West Union Mayor
Ted R. Grooms – 531
West Union Village Clerk
Tanya Johnson – 371
Robin L. Young – 273
West Union Village Council (2 to be elected)
John R. Lafferty – 384
Harry B. McCarty – 402
Winchester Mayor
William C. Foster – 218
Winchester Village Council
Rob Davis – 192
Barry Lung – 150
Winchester Board of Public Affairs (2 to be elected)
Gaylen Roades-160
James Kendall-173
Peebles Mayor
Victor Warfe-212
Peebles Village Council (2 to be elected)
Amanda Gaffin-149
Jerry O. Grooms-155
Richard W. Hoop-192
Norman L. Newman-183
Seaman Mayor
David Hughes-225
Seaman Village Council (2 to be elected)
Trina Sparks-176
David W. Hancock-160
Manchester Mayor
Bryan Church-72
Billie Jo Goodwin-143
Robert E. Hilderbrand-184
Troy A. Jolly-63
Manchester Village Council (2 to be elected)
Christine Henderson-293
Cody L. Wagner-220
Manchester Board of Public Affairs
James R Bowman III-342
Manchester Township
Fiscal Officer
Dorothy McFarland-395
Manchester Twp. Trustee (unexpired term)
Steve Henderson-188
Mark A. Morgan-281
Manchester Twp. Trustee (Full Term)
Wallace B. Boden-179
Philip Colvin-280
Meigs Twp. Fiscal Officer
Bill D. Setty-260
Carla Wesley-698
Meigs Twp. Trustee
Joshua M. Lloyd- 598
Bob Wallace-354
Monroe Township Fiscal Officer
Angela Wikoff-175
Monroe Twp. Trustee
Brenda G. Emery-148
Green Township Fiscal Officer
Joyce Rideout-102
Green Twp. Trustee
Matthew D. Gray-93
Jefferson Township Fiscal Officer
Ronald Boldman-142
Jefferson Twp. Trustee
Jack Lewis-152
Liberty Township Fiscal Officer
Erica Davis-70
Sande Applegate Staggs-286
Erica Swearingen-246
Liberty Twp. Trustee
Jason D. Baldwin-189
R.J. Davis-41
Ty Haitz-91
Larry Hanson-94
Justin Ross-198
Oliver Township Fiscal Officer
Debra A. Rigdon-211
Oliver Twp. Trustee
Brian B. Williams-184
Scott Township Fiscal Officer
Charles L. Newman-515
Scott Twp. Trustee
Eddie Geeslin-293
Homer F. Holsted-317
Sprigg Township Fiscal Officer (Absentee votes only)
David Dugan-100
Roger Rayburn-43
Sprigg Twp. Trustee (Absentee votes only)
Floyd Chuck Hayslip-113
Tiffin Township Fiscal Officer
Sharon K. Chenoweth-1081
Tiffin Twp. Trustee
Caleb M. Grooms-673
Robert H. McCarty-375
Kent M. Staten-269
Bratton Township Fiscal Officer
Angie L. McCoy-377
Bratton Twp. Trustee
Rick Jones-233
Write-in candidate Matt Jamison-171
Brush Creek Township Fiscal Officer
Charles L. Taylor-241
Brush Creek Trustee
L. Steve Hayslip-288
Franklin Township Fiscal Officer
Sandra Douglas-55
Lynne Newman-72
Toby P. Smalley-67
Joseph Welage-74
Becky Williams Sanders-92
Franklin Twp. Trustee
Tom Purdue-267
Wayne Township Fiscal Officer
Penny Tolle-317
Winchester Township Fiscal Officer
Rae Jean Maddox-492
Winchester Twp. Trustee
Rick Hardin-507
Manchester Local Board of Education (2 to be elected)
Ashley Grooms-476
Dave McFarland-550
State Issue 1
For-3,957
Against-2,649
State Issue 2
For-3,652
Against-3,294
State Issue 3
For-2,435
Against-4,677
Bratton Twp. Road Improvements
For-225
Against-207
Brush Creek Cemeteries
For-239
Against-93
Franklin Twp. Cemeteries
For-216
Against-142
Liberty Twp. Fire Protection
For-414
Against-207
Scott Twp. Fire Protection
For-453
Against-164
Sprigg Twp. Current Expenses (Absentee votes only)
For-72
Against-64
Tiffin Twp. Fire Protection
For-426
Against-231
Wayne Twp. Current Expenses
For-250
Against-108
Adams County Replacement Services
For-3927
Against-2969
Adams County Renewal Ambulance
For-4,765
Against-2,218
Adams County Hospital Regional Medical Center
For-3,734
Against-3,275
Peebles Village Additional Fire
For-249
Against-157
Peebles Village Current Operating Expenses-1
For-260
Against-144
Peebles Village Current Operating Expenses-2
For-256
Against-147
Seaman Village Current Operating Expenses
For-171
Against-81