Two incumbent county commissioners ousted; voters like Trump and Bernie

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Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2016 19:35

Results by precinct now posted

Pulaski County voters said "no" to two incumbent county commissioners and "yes" to presidential contenders 'Trump' and 'Bernie' at the Indiana Primary Election Tuesday.

A total of 3,929 voters, including 934 early voters - or 41.18 percent of registered voters - cast ballots.

County commissioners Terry Young and Larry Brady were voted out of office. Jerry Locke won the District 1 Republican nomination over Young and a third candidate, Ken Dunn. Locke will face Democrat Derrick Stalbaum in Novemmber. Kenny Becker won 65.3% of the vote in his conest with Brady. Becker, a Republican and former county highway superintendent, is unopposed in November.

Pulaski County followed the state in favoring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, giving him 55.24% of the local vote. Ted Cruz, who made a campaign swing through Winamamc on Sunday, garnered 34.55% of Pulaski County's vote, while John Kasich finished with 6.33%. Six other Republican presidential candidates, although they have since dropped out of the race, received 117 votes among them in Pulaski County.

In a narrow statewide race, county voters favored Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (57.42%) over Hillary Clinton (42.58%).

In another Republican race, Todd Young received 63% of the vote over opponent Marlin Stutzman (37%) in Pulaski County in the contest for retiring Dan Coats' U.S. Senate seat. In November, Young will face Democrat Baron Hill who was unopposed in the primary.

For U.S. Representative District 2, Pulaski County favored Republican incumbent Jackie Walorski over her challenger Jeff Petermann, and Democrat Lynn Coleman over Douglas Carpenter.

In a GOP race for county auditor, Laura Wheeler won 67.2% of the vote over JoLynn Behny (32.8%). Wheeler is unopposed in November and will assume the office being vacated by Democrat Shelia Garling, due to term limits. Garling will face Republican Sue Fox in the general election for the county recorder position. Both were unopposed in the primary.

Incumbent county treasurer Lynn Wilder was unopposed in the primary and has no Democrat opponent in the general election.

No Democrats filed for the three county council at-large seats, so among the five Republican candidates incumbent Jay Sullivan Jr. won re-election with 23.09% of the vote, along with Scott Hinkle (27.27%) and Ken Boswell (18.04%).

In contested races for precinct committeeman, Ken Boswell defeated Brian Young, 78-43 in Franklin Township; and John Fritz won over Betty Kruger, 76-61 in Jefferson Township,

For delegate at-large to the Republican state convention, the five winners (in a field of 10) were Doug Gutwein, Dan Murphy, Crystal Brucker Kocher, Mick Tiede and Blair Todd.

 

Salem precinct had the highest voter turnout precentage (48.65%), followed by Monroe 2 (47.23%) and Indian Creek (45.55%).

 

The Pulaski County voting totals, by precinct, were as follows:

 

*Incumbent

 

Democrat Ballot
Candidate B C F H IC J M1 M2 M3 M4 RG S T VB WP TOTAL
U.S. President                                
Hillary Clinton 14 23 16 11 16 12 26 30 29 24 22 33 32 27 36 351
Bernie Sanders 20 39 15 29 22 20 41 35 35 36 24 48 49 37 23 473
U.S. Senator                                
Baron Hill 21 47 25 31 28 26 44 51 49 42 35 67 59 50 44 619
Governor                                
John Gregg 31 61 30 33 28 27 56 57 56 49 38 70 67 58 48 709
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2                                
Douglas Carpenter 15 32 12 16 18 8 26 17 20 19 23 37 32 20 32 327
Lynn Coleman 15 29 18 22 15 19 35 42 37 34 17 38 37 33 24 415
County Recorder                                
Shelia Garling 27 58 29 35 31 26 55 59 53 46 34 76 63 53 53 698
Commissioner Dist. 1                                
Derrick Stalbaum 21 58 26 33 28 29 54 51 48 47 38 72 59 56 49 669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Democrat candidates filed for the offices of state senator Dist. 5, state representative Dist. 16, county auditor, treasurer, commissioner Dist. 2 or county council at-large.

 

 

Republican Ballot

Candidate B C F H IC J M1 M2 M3 M4 RG S T VB WP TOTAL
U.S. President                                
Ted Cruz 52 41 38 77 49 49 97 76 81 68 49 180 49 59 77 1042
John Kasich 10 4 12 7 16 5 10 26 26 15 4 19 13 15 10 192
Donald Trump 58 92 92 87 98 88 120 139 143 139 87 186 111 122 106 1668
U.S. Senator                                
Marlin Stutzman 33 37 36 71 73 46 76 78 92 79 38 115 67 73 64 978
Todd Young 73 83 88 89 84 82 131 152 137 128 85 222 96 109 108 1667
Governor                                
Michael Pence* 90 86 90 133 114 101 153 165 171 147 90 194 110 141 133 2018
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2                                
Jeff Petermann 19 51 45 38 43 29 54 68 69 51 55 73 47 48 49 739
Jackie Walorski* 94 71 86 125 115 103 166 175 188 154 74 270 112 141 135 2001
State Sen. Dist. 5                                
Ed Charbonneau* 89 98 101 129 125 98 157 184 194 170 97 276 115 158 139

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State Rep. Dist. 16                                
Douglas Gutwein* 98 107 97 146 135 116 186 195 214 181 109 342 142 168 169 2405
County Auditor                                
JoLynn Behny 28 38 37 58 39 49 79 93 87 76 34 111 63 48 54 894
Laura Wheeler 78 77 87 111 126 83 144 157 167 143 90 216 92 150 112 1833
County Recorder                                
Susan Fox 99 111 104 151 150 129 186 214 219 197 106 308 133 191 168 2466
County Treasurer                                
Lynette Wilder* 99 111 111 152 138 125 192 220 219 201 99 308 132 178 159 2444

Commissioner Dist.1

                                
Kenneth Dunn 25 32 43 43 47 34 81 72 81 57 40 80 32 43 48 738
Jerome Locke 45 30 76 93 81 66 97 116 115 99 43 113 90 107 63 1234
Terry Young* 36 50 37 35 31 35 41 59 54 61 47 130 38 43 58 755
Commissioner Dist. 2                                
Kenny Becker 82 69 81 112 121 82 148 168 174 137 82 212 100 154 120 1842
Larry Brady* 38 51 48 56 47 52 76 85 82 82 44 149 60 48 59 977
Co. Council at-large (3)                                
Kenneth Boswell 46 58 51 64 58 68 82 103 99 86 49 159 83 77 68 1151
John Haley 45 49 64 67 76 52 93 123 114 110 38 94 43 88 61 1117
Scott Hinkle 64 60 76 132 118 88 153 165 174 141 63 165 91 150 98 1738
Jerry (Jay) Sullivan Jr.* 52 48 96 103 93 60 123 144 153 142 67 139 77 106 69 1472
Brian Young 43 58 39 48 34 40 70 68 65 63 57 132 66 51 65 899
                                 

 

  
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