BREAKING: Absentee votes first to be tallied
WARSAW — The first tabulations have been released. These votes are those of the 1,230 absentee ballots and 30 machine ballots cast.
Here are the results of the absentee ballots, which represents 2.49 percent of the registered voters in the county.
Republican Ticket
United States Senator
Mike Braun — 362
Luke Messer — 266
Todd Rokita — 350
U.S. Rep. District 2
Mark Summe — 72
Jackie Walorski — 254
U.S. Rep. District 3
Jim Banks — 545
State Rep. District 18
Russell Reahard — 99
David Wolkins — 287
State Rep. District 22
Kimberly Cates — 280
Curt Nisly — 338
Judge, Kosciusko Circuit Court
Michael W. Reed — 920
Prosecuting Attorney
Daniel H. Hampton — 869
County Auditor
Michelle L. Puckett — 863
County Recorder
Joetta Mitchell — 861
County Sheriff
Anthony W. Ciriello — 132
Kyle P. Dukes — 473
William (Rocky) Goshert — 375
Christopher D. Rager — 59
County Assessor
Susan D. Engelberth — 866
County Commissioner-Southern District
Robert M. (Bob) Conley — 517
DeLynn Geiger — 472
County Council District 1
Doug Heinisch — 219
County Council District 2
Michael Long — 149
County Council District 3
Ernest B. Wiggins — 244
County Council District 4
Jon L. Garber — 246
Clay Township Trustee
Helen Brown — 43
Etna Township Trustee
Gary Sponseller — 8
Harrison Township Trustee
Tracy Moyer — 33
Jackson Township Trustee
Gwendolyn Ostrom — 4
Jefferson Township Trustee
Beth Krull — 6
Lake Township Trustee
Molly Bradford — 12
Monroe Township Trustee
Stephanie Cloud — 10
Plain Township Trustee
Tyler Huffer — 64
Jerry Kammerer — 60
Prairie Township Trustee
Julie A. Goon — 33
Seward Township Trustee
Aime A. Hoffman — 21
Tippecanoe Township Trustee
Chris Francis — 50
Steve Ward — 29
Turkey Creek Township Trustee
Julie Close — 73
Van Buren Township Trustee
Rebecca L. Alles — 47
Washington Township Trustee
Dean Rhoades — 24
Wayne Township Trustee
Jeanie Stackhouse — 265
Kerry Stogsdill — 129
Clay Township Board
Donald L. Morris — 35
Dan Ransbottom — 43
Daniel Willis — 33
Etna Township Board
Joe R. Mooney — 8
Franklin Township Board
James L. Eads — 6
Buni Leininger — 12
Joseph Secrist — 6
Harrison Township Board
John E. Hart — 32
Steve Sponseller — 24
Gerald Weirick — 27
Jackson Township Board
Marcia J. Dierks — 4
Ray P. Fisher — 4
Jill L. Slater — 6
Jefferson Township Board
Dee Ann Beer — 6
Jane Hunsberger — 5
Robert Riley — 6
Lake Township Board
Kathleen Lokotar — 9
Wayne Spratt — 9
Monroe Township Board
Jack W. Baumgardner — 4
Donald L. Ellison — 7
Patrick Landrigan — 9
Sonya L. Hathaway — 9
Plain Township Board
Robert W. Bishop — 89
Craig Charlton — 88
Larry Kammerer — 90
Prairie Township Board
Gordon R. Drake — 26
Connie S. Himes — 31
Lila Christner Thompson — 25
Scott Township Board
Tom Besson — 0
John R. Mast — 0
Seward Township Board
Kevin N. Hohman — 22
Bruce Lankenau — 17
Allison McSherry — 20
Tippecanoe Township Board
Jeffrey D. Anglemeyer — 25
Edwin (Ed) Clayton — 51
Amanda L. Meerzo — 28
James M. (Jim) Rhodes — 54
James M. (Jim) Smith — 45
Turkey Creek Township Board
Dennis R. Darr — 49
John D. Heckaman — 46
Van Buren Township Board
Robert Beer — 38
Shane M. Bucher — 41
Stephen Unruh — 32
Washington Township Board
James A. Craig — 18
Roger S. Thomas — 21
Wayne Township Board
Gordon Nash — 369
Town Offices
Milford Town Clerk
Patricia Gall — 17
Milford Town Council (At-Large)
Robert C. Cockburn — 13
Joellen Free — 13
Douglas Ruch — 13
Syracuse Town Council District 1
Larry Siegel — 14
Syracuse Town Council District 2
Paul Stoelting — 18
Winona Lake Town Council District 3
Jim Lancaster — 66
Winona Lake Town Council District 5
Rick Swaim — 64
Democrat Ticket
U.S. Senator
Joe Donnelly — 203
U.S. Rep. District 2
Douglas Carpenter — 4
Pat Hackett — 28
Mel Hall — 20
Roland E. Leech — 4
John H. Petroll — 0
Joshi Yatish — 12
U.S. Rep. District 3
John F. Roberson — 14
Tommy A. Schrader — 15
Courtney Tritch — 109
State Rep. District 18
Dee M. Moore — 64
County Commissioner Southern District
J. Todd Wingart — 191
County Council District 3
Gary L. Schue — 46
County Council District 4
David Morgan — 48
Clay Township Advisory Board
Adam Hyde — 5
Etna Township Board
Patrick Morr — 0
Franklin Township Trustee
Trillia Gearhart — 1
Jackson Township Board
Stanley Moore — 5
Lake Township Board
Paul Sibray — 0
Plain Township Board
Gaynor Worden — 18
Scott Township Trustee
Fred A. Slabaugh — 0
Scott Township Board
Paul Parks — 0
Tippecanoe Township Trustee
Rebecca Burton — 29
Turkey Creek Township Trustee
Martha Stoelting — 15
Tim Yeager — 11
Turkey Creek Township Board
Victoria Carvey Morton — 23
Jama Owens Brown — 19
Van Buren Township Board
Vickie Marquart — 13
Wayne Township Trustee
Shari L. Benyousky — 73
Wayne Township Board
James R. (Jim) Falkiner — 47
Lori Roe — 57