The Results Are In, A Few Surprises, History Made
All precincts are in for the 2015 Municipal and City Primary and the winners chosen. There were a few surprises and history was made in the county. The voter turn out was 11.42 percent county wide.
A tie between two candidates in Pierceton, will see the present members of the town council — Ron Hall and James Bumbaugh — select the third council member. State statute says the fiscal body will resolve a tie in a municipal election. A resolution to the tie vote must be done by Dec. 31. Should the two remaining board members tie, the current clerk-treasurer will cast the tie breaker. However, any current board member seeking re-election cannot vote. Armando (Mandy) Espinoza, incumbent, will not be able to cast any vote to break the tie.
History was made in Claypool and the county when the first Libertarian was elected to office. Elizabeth J. Brewer won the clerk-treasurer vote for the city.
Here are the final totals:
City of Warsaw
- Mayor
- Joe Thallemer (R) — 843
- Clerk-Treasurer
- Lynne A. Christiansen (R) — 825
- City Common Council At-Large
- Cindy A. Dobbins (R) — 726
- Jack Wilhite (R) — 678
- Dave Baumgartner (D) — 374
- City Common Council District 1
- Jeff R. Grose (R) — 204
- City Common Council District 2
- Candidate deceased — 62
- City Common Council District 3
- Mike Klondaris (R) — 234
- City Common Council District 4
- William G. (Jerry) Frush (R) — 123
- City Common Council District 5
- Diane Quance (R) — 180
Town of Claypool
- Clerk-Treasurer
- Connie Morgan (D) — 25
- Elizabeth J. Brewer (L) — 32
- Town Council North District
- Niki Miller (D) — 37
- Town Council Center District (Vote for 1)
- Paul T. Berkey (R) — 24
- Elizabeth Heiman (D) — 34
- Town Council South District (Vote for 1)
- Larry D. Neher (R) — 31
- Thomas (Tom) E. Burnworth (D) — 25
Town of Mentone
- Clerk-Treasurer
- Barbara Ross (R) — 85
- Town Council (Vote for 3)
- Jill L. Gross (R) — 97
- Shelly L. Kueger (R) — 93
- Timothy H. Croy (D) — 84
- Bobby Eugene Asher (L) — 49
Town of Pierceton
- Clerk-Treasurer
- Jerry F. Kreger (R) — 69
- Town Council (Vote for 3)
- Thomas (Tom) Barker (R) — 63
- Matthew Brubaker (R) — 71
- Aaron W. Robbins (R) — 53
- Armando (Mandy) Espinoza (D) — 53
Town of Silver Lake
- Clerk-Treasuer
- Tonya Conley (R) — 80
- Town Council (Vote for 3)
- Chad M. Miner (R) — 69
- Philip J. Shalley (R) — 57
- Nichole Renee Taylor (R) — 49
- Gale Owens (D) — 57