WARSAW — The polls closed at 6 p.m. with the first precinct, Warsaw Ward 4-3 bringing in their results to the Kosciusko County Justice Building at approximately 6:25 p.m.

The absentee ballots were the first to be counted. There were 4,740 absentee ballots or early votes cast this year, down from the number of early votes in the 2016 election.

Results are:

United States Senator

Mike Braun, Republican — 3,144
Joe Donnelly, Democrat — 1,444
Lucy M. Brenton, Libertarian — 113
Write-in — 1

Secretary of State

Connie Lawson, Republican — 3,353
Jim Harper, Democrat — 1,211
Mark W. Rutherford, Libertarian — 102
Write-In — 3

Auditor of State

Tera Klutz, Republican — 3,286
Joselyn Whitticker, Democrat —1,226
John Schick, Libertarian — 109

Treasurer of State

Kelly Mitchell, Republican — 3,404
John C. Aguilera, Democrat — 1,214

U.S Rep. 2nd District

Jackie Walorski, Republican — 1,049
Mel Hall, Democrat — 406
Write-In  — 0

U.S Rep. 3rd District

Jim Banks, Republican — 2,298
Courtney Tritch, Democrat — 910

State Representative District 18

David A. Wolkins, Republican — 1,213
Dee M. Moore, Democrat — 395

State Representative District 22

Curt Nisly, Republican — 2,296

54th Judicial Circuit Court Judge

Michael W. Reed, Republican — 3,816

Prosecuting Attorney

Daniel H. Hampton, Republican — 3,758

County Auditor

Michelle L. Puckett, Republican — 3,795

County Recorder

Joetta Mitchell, Republican — 3,742

County Sheriff

Kyle P. Dukes, Republican — 3,775

County Assessor

Susan D. Engelberth, Republican — 3,723

County Commissioner-Southern District

Robert M. (Bob) Conley, Republican — 3,163
J. Todd Weingart, Democrat — 1,404

County Council District 1

Doug Heinisch, Republican — 1,125

County Council District 2

Michael Long, Republican — 626

County Council District 3

Ernest B. Wiggins, Republican — 904
Gary L. Schue, Democrat — 349

County Council District 4

Jon L. Garber, Republican — 882
David Morgan, Democrat — 286

Township Elections

Clay Township Trustee

Helen Brown, Republican — 67

Clay Township Advisory Board

Donald L. Morris, Republican — 47
Dan Ransbottom, Republican — 58
Daniel Willis, Republican — 37
Adam Hyde, Democrat — 19

Etna Township Trustee

Gary Sponseller, Republican — 39

Etna Township Advisory Board

Joe R. Mooney, Republican — 25
Steven L. Sechrist, Republican — 32
Tony Tribalski, Republican — 29
Patrick Morr, Democrat — 11

Franklin Township Trustee

Trillia Gearhart, Democrat — 23

Franklin Township Advisory Board

James L. Eades, Republican — 28
Buni Leininger, Republican — 21
Joseph Secrist, Republican — 22

Harrison Township Trustee

Tracy Moyer, Republican — 154

Harrison Township Advisory Board

John E. Hart, Republican — 100
Steve Sponseller, Republican — 102
Gerald Weirick, Republican — 87

Jackson Township Trustee

Gwendolyn Ostrom, Republican — 35

Jackson Township Advisory Board

Marcia J. Dierks, Republican — 27
Ray P. Fisher, Republican — 25
Jill L. Slater, Republican — 28
Stanley Moore, Democrat — 14

Jefferson Township Trustee

Beth Krull, Republican — 45

Jefferson Township Advisory Board

Dee Ann Beer, Republican — 34
Jane Hunsberger, Republican — 32
Robert Riley, Republican — 33

Lake Township Trustee

Molly Bradford, Republican — 57

Lake Township Advisory Board

Kathleen Lokotar, Republican — 38
Wayne Spratt, Republican — 38
Paul Sibray, Democrat — 33

Monroe Township Trustee

Stephanie Cloud, Republican — 57

Monroe Township Advisory Board

Donald L. Ellison, Republican — 37
Sonya L. Hathaway, Republican — 35
Patrick Landrigan, Republican — 39

Plain Township Trustee

Tyler Huffer, Republican — 418

Plain Township Advisory Board

Robert W. Bishop, Republican — 337
Craig Charlton, Republican — 313
Larry Kammerer, Republican — 336
Gaynor Worden, Democrat — 145

Prairie Township Trustee

Julia A. Goon, Republican — 90

Prairie Township Advisory Board

Lila Christner Thompson, Republican — 70
Gordon R. Drake, Republican — 68
Connie S. Himes, Republican — 71

Scott Township Trustee

Fred A. Slabaugh, Democrat — 14

Scott Township Advisory Board

Tom Besson, Republican — 14
John R. Mast, Republican — 16
Paul Parks, Democrat — 11

Seward Township Trustee

Aime A. Hoffman, Republican — 86

Seward Township Advisory Board

Kevin N. Hohman, Republican — 72
Bruce Lankenau, Republican — 56
Allison McSherry, Republican — 67

Tippecanoe Township Trustee

Chris Francis, Republican — 370
Rebecca Burton, Democrat — 147

Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board

Edwin (Ed) Clayton, Republican — 300
James M. (Jim) Rhodes, Republican — 292
James M. (Jim) Smith, Republican — 277

Turkey Creek Township Trustee

Julie Close, Republican — 353
Martha Stoelting, Democrat — 172

Turkey Creek Township Advisory Board

Dennis R. Darr, Republican — 328
John D. Heckaman, Republican — 304
William Dixon, Republican — 291
Victoria Carvey Morton, Democrat — 109
Jama Owens Brown, Democrat — 110
Tim Yeager, Democrat — 126

Van Buren Township Trustee

Rebecca Alles, Republican — 182

Van Buren Township Advisory Board

Robert Beer, Republican — 143
Shane M. Bucher, Republican — 145
Stephen Unruh, Republican — 120
Vickie Marquart, Democrat — 83

Washington Township Trustee

Dean Rhodes, Republican — 90

Washington Township Advisory Board

Bryan Bidwell, Republican — 66
James A. Craig, Republican — 58
Roger S. Thomas, Republican — 61

Wayne Township Trustee

Jeanie Stackhouse, Republican — 1,365
Shari L. Benyousky, Democrat — 576

Wayne Township Advisory Board

Gordon Nash, Republican — 1,170
Joshua Spangle, Republican — 1,162
Bruce A. Woodward, Republican — 1,114
Laura Deal-Decker, Democrat — 516
James R. (Jim) Falkiner, Democrat — 468
Lori Roe, Democrat — 506

Town Elections

Milford Town Clerk-Treasurer

Patricia Gall, Republican — 49

Milford Town Council

Robert C. Cockburn, Republican — 36
Joellen Free, Republican — 41
Douglas Ruch, Republican — 35

Syracuse Town Council 1st District

Larry Siegel, Republican — 69

Syracuse Town Council 2nd District

Paul Stoelting, Republican — 77

Winona Lake Town Council 3rd District

Jim Lancaster, Republican — 332

Winona Lake Town Council 5th District

Rick Swaim, Republican — 324

School Board Elections

Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation

District 3

Lacey Wise — 228

District 4

Thomas J. (Tom) Bauters — 181
Kristopher A. Fear — 73

District 5

Craig A. Durkes — 110
Todd L. Hoffman — 158

Triton School Corporation

District 1

Teresa Barnhart — 29

District 2

Andrew L. Cook — 13
Steven D. Stichter — 19

District 4

Kenneth Miller — 29

Wa-Nee Community of Schools

Harrison Township

Terry L. Graber — 38

Locke Township

Curt Flickinger — 34

Union Township

Louis Bonacorsi — 36

Warsaw Community School Corporation

District 1

Michael (Mike) Coon — 176
Wendy Fairchild — 98
Keith E. Manuel — 56

District 2

Heather Reichenbach — 315

District 5

Jeremy Mullins — 272

District 7

Bradley Johnson — 284

Wawasee Community School Corporation

District 1

Robert (Rob) Fisher — 810

District 2

Steven Baut — 242
William D. (Bill) Cripe — 330
Mary Lou Dixon — 363

District 3

Rebecca L. (Becky) Linnemeier — 827

Whitko Community School Corporation

District 4

Bill Patrick — 90
Richard Jason Thomas — 91

District 5

Annette J. Arnold — 45
Dale Anthony Starkey — 18
Jorell T. Tucker — 6
Scott Werstler — 108

Statewide Public Question No. 1

“Shall Article 10, Section 5 of the Constitution of the state of Indiana be amended to require the General Assembly to adopt balanced budgets for state government that do not exceed estimated revenues unless a supermajority of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the members of the Senate vote to suspend the requirement?”

Yes — 3,395
No — 897

Local Public Question- Wa-Nee Schools

“For the eight calendar years immediately following the holding of this referendum, shall the Wa-Nee Community School Corporation impose a property tax rate that does not exceed $0.0959 on each $100 of assessed valuation and that is in addition to all other property taxes imposed by the school corporation for the purpose of funding improvements for the safety, security and well-being of the Wa-Nee students?”

Yes —  25
No — 31

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey G. Slaughter be retained in office?

Yes — 2,843
No — 890

Indiana Court of Appeals District 2 Judge Robert R. (Bob) Altice be retained in office?

Yes — 2,856
No — 866