Vigo County Election Recap

Vigo County Election Recap

Democratic candidate.

We're also keeping a close eye on results coming in for vigo county races.

We have "several contested races" to get to tonight.

News 10's sarah lehman is in our newsroom.... with an update on tonight... and the county commissioner races.

I was at the courthouse just a little bit ago when election officials wrapped up the unofficial count..

I'll have the latest commissioner races in just a moment..

But i want to walk you through the counting process this year... 11 thousand people voted absentee.

That means they mailed their ballot in by mail.

We talked with vigo county clerk brad newman.

He says 15 groups of two people each were counting absentee ballots.

The absentee ballots were the biggest concern when it came to getting all of the numbers in tonight.

But -- he says everything got done pretty quickly.

Now let's get into those races.

Brad anderson and judy anderson left their respective commissioner seats up for grabs this year.

We start with vigo county commissioner district 2.

Democrats brian dehart and pat goodwin were vying to face republican chris switzer in the fall.

Goodwin led with 63-percent..

And in vigo county commissioner district 3.... steve "top guns" ellis and terre haute fire chief jeff fisher were on the democratic ticket.

Fisher led with 69-percent of the vote.

The only republican who filed is mike morris.

We have numbers for all of the races in each county over on our website.

W-t-h-i-t-v dot com.

Reporting live at the vigo county court house i'm sarah lehman news 10.

Back to you.

Now we move to the vigo now we move now we move to the vigo county council at-large race.

This was a "choose three" race.

There are "8" candidates on the democratic ticket.

We're showing the lineup on your screen.

Right now, the top two are..... marie theisz..

And don morris..

Each with about 19-percent of the votes.

There was a close tie for the third leader... with aaron loudermilk and jim mann the second.

Loudermilk was ahead by about 130 votes, according to the final unofficial tally.

"loudermilk" and "mann are "currently" serving on the council.

Now we move to the republicans running for vigo county council at-large.

Again..

This is a "choose three" race.

Right now the three leading are ..... travis norris..

Steven neice..

And tom bogigian .

There were several people looking to fill the role of vigo county coroner.

Doctor susan amos is "not" running for re-election this year.

On the democratic side.... janie myers led the race... she's followed by gary griener..

John thomas fitzpatrick... and theresa wormser.

Moving... to the republicans.... ted lemke barely took the lead at 51-percent..

Over luke treadway... the judgeship of vigo county superior court division five was up for grabs.

Judge michael rader did "not" seek re-election.

Two democrats filed.

They are matt effner... and matthew sheehan.... it was a close one..

The unofficial results show current city judge sheean won by