8 p.m. update (final Bartholomew County results)
Here are the final Election Day results in Bartholomew County.
Winners include:
— Incumbent Sheriff Matt Myers
— Scott Bonnell, County Council District 1
— Incumbent Laura DeDomenic, County Council District 2.
— Incumbent Mark Gorbett, County Council District 3.
— Incumbent Jorge Morales, County Council District 4.
— State Representative District 59: Ryan Lauer (Republican) and Dale Nowlin (Democrat)
Statewide, Greg Pence, the Columbus Republican, has won the U.S. Congress District 6 primary.
Final numbers below:
SHERIFF (Republican)
Matt Myers, 5,884 votes (64 percent)
Rob Kittle, 1,710 votes (18.6 percent)
Tamara Watson, 1,597 votes (17.4 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Republican)
Scott Bonnell, 1,127 votes (55.4 percent)
Marcus Speer, 908 votes (44.6 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Republican)
Laura DeDomenic, 1,455 votes (62.6 percent)
Glenn Petri, 870 votes (37.4 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Republican)
Mark Gorbett, 981 votes (67 percent)
David Jones, 485 votes (33 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Republican)
Jorge Morales, 1,411 votes (56.5 percent)
Tom Owens, 1,086 votes (43.5 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Republican)
Ryan Lauer, 2,683 votes (36.4 percent)
JoAnne Flohr, 1,835 votes (24.9 percent)
Allen Smith, 1,190 votes (16.1 percent)
Lew Wilson, 1,085 votes (14.7 percent)
John Counceller, 463 votes (6.3 percent)
Ben Chastain, 126 votes (1.7 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Democratic)
Dale Nowlin, 1,541 votes (61.2 percent)
Mary Kohen, 953 votes (38.2 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 57 (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Sean Eberhart, 911 votes (64.9 percent)
Luke Campbell, 492 votes (35 percent)
U.S. SENATE, INDIANA (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Luke Messer, 4,147 (46.7 percent)
Mike Braun, 2,907 votes (32.8 percent)
Todd Rokita, 1,823 votes (20.5 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Greg Pence, 6,704 votes (74 percent)
Jonathan Lamb, 1,544 votes (17 percent)
Mike Campbell, 284 votes (3.1 percent)
Jeff Smith, 273 votes (3 percent)
Stephen MacKenzie, 259 votes (2.9 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Democratic)
Jeannine Lee Lake, 1,028 votes (38.4 percent)
Jim Pruett, 642 votes (24 percent)
George Holland, 428 votes (16 percent)
Lane Siekman, 391 votes (14.6 percent)
Joshua Williamson, 132 votes (4.9 percent)
K. Jasen Lave, 57 votes (2.1 percent)
7:40 p.m. update
Here are early voting results and preliminary Election Day results in Bartholomew County.
Early leaders include Matt Myers, sheriff; Scott Bonnell, Laura DeDomenic, Mark Gorbett, Jorge Morales, county council; Ryan Lauer and Dale Nowlin, State Representative District 59.
Statewide, Greg Pence, the Columbus Republican, has been projected as the winner in the U.S. Congress District 6 primary.
SHERIFF (Republican)
Matt Myers, 5,444 votes (64.1 percent)
Rob Kittle, 1,601 votes (18.9 percent)
Tamara Watson, 1,443 votes (17 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Republican)
Scott Bonnell, 1,102 votes (55.4 percent)
Marcus Speer, 541 votes (44.6 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Republican)
Laura DeDomenic, 1,396 votes (62.5 percent)
Glenn Petri, 838 votes (37.5 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Republican)
Mark Gorbett, 793 votes (67.7 percent)
David Jones, 378 votes (32.3 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Republican)
Jorge Morales, 1,296 votes (56.2 percent)
Tom Owens, 1,011 votes (43.8 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Republican)
Ryan Lauer, 2,443 votes (36.4 percent)
JoAnne Flohr, 1,669 votes (24.9 percent)
Allen Smith, 1,058 votes (15.8 percent)
Lew Wilson, 1,010 votes (15 percent)
John Counceller, 415 votes (6 percent)
Ben Chastain, 120 votes (1.8 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Democratic)
Dale Nowlin, 1,345 votes (62.4 percent)
Mary Kohen, 811 votes (37.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 57 (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Sean Eberhart, 901 votes (65 percent)
Luke Campbell, 486 votes (35 percent)
U.S. SENATE, INDIANA (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Luke Messer, 3,815 (46.5 percent)
Mike Braun, 2,692 votes (32.8 percent)
Todd Rokita, 1,700 votes (20.7 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Greg Pence, 6,177 votes (73.7 percent)
Jonathan Lamb, 1,437 votes (17.2 percent)
Mike Campbell, 268 votes (3.2 percent)
Jeff Smith, 255 votes (3 percent)
Stephen MacKenzie, 244 votes (2.9 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Democratic)
Jeannine Lee Lake, 910 votes (38.5 percent)
Jim Pruett, 567 votes (24 percent)
George Holland, 374 votes (15.8 percent)
Lane Siekman, 350 votes (14.8 percent)
Joshua Williamson, 116 votes (4.89percent)
K. Jasen Lave, 49 votes (2 percent)
7:20 p.m. update
Here are early voting results and preliminary Election Day results in Bartholomew County.
Early leaders include Matt Myers, sheriff; Scott Bonnell, Laura DeDomenic, Mark Gorbett, Jorge Morales, county council; Ryan Lauer and Dale Nowlin, State Representative District 59.
SHERIFF (Republican)
Matt Myers, 3,721 votes (62.9 percent)
Rob Kittle, 1,588 votes (19.6 percent)
Tamara Watson, 1,039 votes (17.6 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Republican)
Scott Bonnell, 757 votes (58.3 percent)
Marcus Speer, 541 votes (41.7 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Republican)
Laura DeDomenic, 765 votes (62.9 percent)
Glenn Petri, 452 votes (37.1 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Republican)
Mark Gorbett, 631 votes (67.3 percent)
David Jones, 307 votes (32.7 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Republican)
Jorge Morales, 1,075 votes (55.6 percent)
Tom Owens, 858 votes (44.4 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Republican)
Ryan Lauer, 1,617 votes (34.9 percent)
JoAnne Flohr, 1,217 votes (26.2 percent)
Lew Wilson, 735 votes (15.8 percent)
Allen Smith, 715 votes (15.4 percent)
John Counceller, 282 votes (6 percent)
Ben Chastain, 74 votes (1.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Democratic)
Dale Nowlin, 927 votes (60.8 percent)
Mary Kohen, 598 votes (39.2 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 57 (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Sean Eberhart, 632 votes (65.8 percent)
Luke Campbell, 329 votes (34.2 percent)
U.S. SENATE, INDIANA (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Luke Messer, 2,632 (46.2 percent)
Mike Braun, 1,910 votes (33.5 percent)
Todd Rokita, 1,160 votes (20.3 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Greg Pence, 4,246 votes (72.8 percent)
Jonathan Lamb, 1,037 votes (17.8 percent)
Mike Campbell, 192 votes (3.3 percent)
Stephen MacKenzie, 183 votes (3.1 percent)
Jeff Smith, 175 votes (3 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Democratic)
Jeannine Lee Lake, 658 votes (38.6 percent)
Jim Pruett, 403 votes (23.6 percent)
Lane Siekman, 267 votes (15.7 percent)
George Holland, 260 votes (15.3 percent)
Joshua Williamson, 81 votes (4.8 percent)
K. Jasen Lave, 36 votes (2.1 percent)
7:10 p.m. update
Here are early voting results and preliminary Election Day results in Bartholomew County.
Early leaders include Matt Myers, sheriff; Scott Bonnell, Laura DeDomenic, Mark Gorbett, Jorge Morales, county council; Ryan Lauer and Dale Nowlin, State Representative District 59.
SHERIFF (Republican)
Matt Myers, 2,978 votes (64 percent)
Rob Kittle, 868 votes (18.6 percent)
Tamara Watson, 811 votes (17.4 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Republican)
Scott Bonnell, 416 votes (56.4 percent)
Marcus Speer, 322 votes (43.6 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Republican)
Laura DeDomenic, 596 votes (64.5 percent)
Glenn Petri, 328 votes (35.5 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Republican)
Mark Gorbett, 617 votes (67 percent)
David Jones, 304 votes (33 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Republican)
Jorge Morales, 935 votes (55.9 percent)
Tom Owens, 738 votes (44.1 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Republican)
Ryan Lauer, 1,290 votes (34.3 percent)
JoAnne Flohr, 954 votes (25.4 percent)
Lew Wilson, 620 votes (16.5 percent)
Allen Smith, 595 votes (15.8 percent)
John Counceller, 240 votes (6.4 percent)
Ben Chastain, 60 votes (1.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Democratic)
Dale Nowlin, 773 votes (59.4 percent)
Mary Kohen, 528 votes (40.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 57 (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Sean Eberhart, 395 votes (64 percent)
Luke Campbell, 222 votes (36 percent)
U.S. SENATE, INDIANA (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Luke Messer, 2,087 (46.5 percent)
Mike Braun, 1,495 votes (33.3 percent)
Todd Rokita, 904 votes (20.1 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Greg Pence, 3,360 votes (73.2 percent)
Jonathan Lamb, 803 votes (17.5 percent)
Mike Campbell, 151 votes (3.3 percent)
Jeff Smith, 141 votes (3 percent)
Stephen MacKenzie, 137 votes (3 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Democratic)
Jeannine Lee Lake, 557 votes (39.6 percent)
Jim Pruett, 324 votes (23 percent)
Lane Siekman, 237 votes (16.8 percent)
George Holland, 198 votes (14 percent)
Joshua Williamson, 63 votes (4.5 percent)
K. Jasen Lave, 28 votes (2 percent)
6 p.m. update
Here are early voting results in Bartholomew County.
Early leaders include Matt Myers, sheriff; Scott Bonnell, Laura DeDomenic, Mark Gorbett, Jorge Morales, county council; Ryan Lauer and Dale Nowlin, State Representative District 59.
SHERIFF (Republican)
Matt Myers, 1,543 votes (64.5 percent)
Rob Kittle, 471 votes (19.7 percent)
Tamara Watson, 378 votes (15.8 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 (Republican)
Scott Bonnell, 320 votes (58.3 percent)
Marcus Speer, 229 votes (41.7 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 (Republican)
Laura DeDomenic, 393 votes (66.7 percent)
Glenn Petri, 196 votes (33.3 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 (Republican)
Mark Gorbett, 293 votes (69 percent)
David Jones, 132 votes (31 percent)
COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (Republican)
Jorge Morales, 365 votes (57.4 percent)
Tom Owens, 271 votes (42.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Republican)
Ryan Lauer, 674 votes (33.3 percent)
JoAnne Flohr, 497 votes (24.6 percent)
Lew Wilson, 378 votes (18.7 percent)
Allen Smith, 317 votes (15.7 percent)
John Counceller, 126 votes (6.2 percent)
Ben Chastain, 31 votes (1.5 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 59 (Democratic)
Dale Nowlin, 500 votes (64.4 percent)
Mary Kohen, 277 votes (35.6 percent)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 57 (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Sean Eberhart, 200 votes (66.5 percent)
Luke Campbell, 101 votes (33.6 percent)
U.S. SENATE, INDIANA (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Luke Messer, 1,038 (45.4 percent)
Mike Braun, 785 votes (34.3 percent)
Todd Rokita, 466 votes (20.4 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Republican)
(Bartholomew County portion)
Greg Pence, 1,732 votes (73.5 percent)
Jonathan Lamb, 419 votes (17.8 percent)
Mike Campbell, 72 votes (3 percent)
Jeff Smith, 70 votes (3 percent)
Stephen MacKenzie, 65 votes (2.8 percent)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 6TH DISTRICT (Democratic)
Jeannine Lee Lake, 319 votes (38.9 percent)
Jim Pruett, 191 votes (23.3 percent)
Lane Siekman, 163 votes (19.9 percent)
George Holland, 98 votes (12 percent)
Joshua Williamson, 36 votes (4.3 percent)
K. Jasen Lave, 14 votes (1.7 percent)
5 p.m. update
Voter turnout numbers from the Bartholomew County Clerk’s office:
Total Election Day Voters – 7,869
Total Absentee Voters – 3,327
Overall Total Voters = 11,196
Here are the total numbers in previous midterm primaries:
2014 – 10,318
2010 – 9,643
2006 – 11,865
2002 – 10,813
Voter totals by precinct:
Grace Lutheran Church – 927
Donner Center – 912
St. Johns Masonic Lodge – 747…
Flintwood Wesleyan Church – 680
Main Source Bank – 527
German Township Fire Station – 519
Hope Moravian Church – 381
Terrace Lake Church – 374
Elizabethtown Fire Station – 361
The Commons – 358
East Columbus Fire Station – 305
Bartholomew County REMC – 304
Healing Waters Church – 303
Southwest Fire Station – 293
Shiloh Baptist Church – 268
Faith Lutheran Church – 266
Clifford Fire Station – 219
White Creek Lutheran Church – 125
4 p.m. update
Columbus resident Jane Sims arrived at Donner Center to cast her vote today, saying she was most closely watching the U.S. Senate race among three Republicans. Sims said she was disappointed with the negative campaigns run by Congressman Luke Messer and Todd Rokita and former State Rep. Mike Braun. Sims, a pastor at Calvary Community Church, called on political leaders to come together regardless of which party they affiliate with.
“It’s a critical time in our country,” Sims said, declining to reveal which candidate she voted for. “I thought it was kind of a nasty race.”
Milo Smith
State Rep. Milo Smith, R-Columbus, was spotted at the MainSource Bank vote center on Jonathon Moore Pike, where he cast his ballot around 2:30 p.m.
Smith referred to the Republican U.S. Senate race as too close to call. Smith, who decided against seeking re-election this year, said all three Indiana U.S. Senate candidates are personal friends of his, noting that deciding on one was a difficult selection.
— Matthew Kent
3 p.m. update
The Bartholomew County Clerk’s office is reporting the following voter turnout so far:
Total Election Day Voters 6,245
Total Absentee Voters 3,327
Overall Total Voters = 9,572
Totals by vote center:
Bartholomew County REMC – 227
Clifford Fire Station – 176
The Commons – 272
Donner Center – 727
East Columbus Fire Station – 238
Elizabethtown Fire Station – 295
Faith Lutheran Church – 219
Flintwood Wesleyan Church – 522
German Township Fire Station – 415
Grace Lutheran Church – 745
Healing Waters Church – 236
Hope Moravian Church – 317
Main Source Bank – 395
Shiloh Baptist Church – 220
Southwest Fire Station – 233
St. Johns Masonic Lodge – 615
Terrace Lake Church – 289
White Creek Lutheran Church – 104
11:30 a.m. update
Voting was steady this morning at Flintwood Wesleyan Church on the northeast side of Columbus, but there was no waiting — until 9:30 to 9:45 a.m., when lines of five or six voters began to form to cast their ballots in the Indiana primary.
Chuck Fox of Columbus was the first to arrive at Flintwood Wesleyan Church this morning — about 4:30 a.m. He wasn’t there to vote, having voted in advance — but was serving as a new trustee for the church, opening up the voting center for election officials to get ready for today’s 6 a.m. start of voting.
While at the church grounds, Fox decided to use a a sprayer with Roundup to get rid of just a few weeds popping up among the mulch.
Republic staff photo
Judy Wilkerson of Columbus voted at the Flintwood vote center. Wilkerson said she turned out to vote in the Republican primary in the sheriff’s race.
Bill Kent, also of Columbus, also voted at Flintwood in the Republican primary — but with a different purpose.
Kent, a retired sheet-metal worker and Democrat who said he went to Catholic grade school with Vice President Mike Pence in Columbus, primarily came out to vote for the U.S. Senate race to represent Indiana.
Kent, who said he will support U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly in the general election, said he came to vote Tuesday for the Republican he considered the weakest in the field among the three — Rodd Rokita, Luke Messer and Mike Braun, giving Donnelly the best chance of winning in the fall.
“They’re not what I grew up with as Republicans,” Kent said of the three Republican candidates for Senate on Tuesday’s ballot.
— Tom Jekel
11 a.m. update
Early Tuesday morning, The Commons was quiet aside from the dull hum of an escalator and distant murmurings of candidate representatives and election officials predicting a close race.
But at 9 a.m. in walked Greg Pence, the Republican from Columbus running for 6th District in the U.S. Congress, ready to cast his vote. Accompanied by his wife Denise and daughter Nicole, Greg Pence spoke briefly with representatives of candidates for sheriff and District 59 state representative.
Pence said that he is confident in his campaign and will view election results at the Bartholomew County GOP viewing party at 6 p.m. today at the Hamilton Community Center & Ice Arena.
“I feel good. I’m excited,” Pence said. “We’ve been well-received in all of the 19 counties.”
After casting his vote, Pence paused to greet longtime family friends Jeff and Cynthia Rhoades, who arrived at The Commons to campaign his behalf.
— Abby Land
Original post
Interest in today’s Bartholomew County primary election has seen early voting more than double levels seen in the comparable 2014 election.
A half-hour after early voting ended at noon Monday, election officials announced 2,912 residents had cast their ballots. In comparison, 1,420 early voters did so during the 2014 mid-term primary election.
Between 8,000 and 9,000 voters are expected to cast ballots at 18 Bartholomew County vote centers today, Clerk Jay Phelps said.
If a total of between 10,000 to 12,000 ballots are cast before the polls close this evening, turnout will be between 20 and 24 percent of the county’s 49,865 voters, he said. Twenty percent of of eligible residents cast ballots in 2014.
Voters will select party nominees in municipal, county, state and national races.
Some political analysts are describing the national 2018 midterm as a referendum on the Donald Trump presidency. But in the Columbus area, explanations that voters are giving for casting ballots has varied.
For Abhay Singhal of Columbus, the most compelling ballot was to nominate a successor to District 59 State Rep. Milo Smith, R-Columbus, who announced in January that he would not seek reelection.
Annette Rosswurm of Columbus, however, said she was most interested in casting her support for state and federal candidates who share her pro-life views on the abortion issue.
The 18 vote centers in Bartholomew County, which opened at 6 a.m. this morning, are scheduled to close at 6 p.m. However, anyone in line when the polls officially close will be allowed to cast their ballots.
If there are no technical problems, early voting tabulations should be posted online by 6:15 p.m., Phelps said.
Based on previous midterms, all results should be posted by about 8 p.m., according to election officials.
“At least (8 p.m.) is what we’re shooting for,” county elections supervisor Shari Lentz said. “But in an election, you never know.”
Keep in mind that multiple counties cast ballots in most state and federal races, so final results for U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives won’t be posted on the county website, Lentz said.
The exception is District 59 state representative, which is entirely composed of Bartholomew County, Lentz said.
On Saturday, each of the three early voting centers attracted more than 100 residents wanting to cast their ballots, Lentz said. In comparison, about 56 people showed up at the Courthouse, she said.
Although the most popular satellite location for early voting has been Donner Center, both MainSource Bank on Jonathan Moore Pike and Flintwood Wesleyan Church on 25th Street are gaining growing popularity, deputy elections supervisor Taylor Seagraves said.
In the final hours of early voting on Monday, there was a steady line of about 10 to 12 residents lining up inside the Voter Registration office at the Bartholomew County Courthouse.
Among Monday’s early voters was 98-year-old Lawrence Fowler of Taylorsville, a former German Township trustee, election officials said.
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Voting hours: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 18 Bartholomew County vote centers. Registered voters can cast their ballots at any of the 18.
Primary rules: You must select a party ballot, which allows you to vote either for Republican or Democratic candidates — not both. Bring a valid photo ID such as a driver’s license.
Election ballots: Although four different Bartholomew County Council races will be determined today, residents will only get to vote for candidates who would represent their district. Party nominees for District 1 (northeastern Bartholomew County), District 2 (northern Bartholomew County), District 3 (city of Columbus) and District 4 (southern Bartholomew County) will be chosen, along with nominees for the Indiana Statehouse in Districts 59, 69 and 57. To see which races are on your individual ballot, visit indianavoters.in.gov
Results first: Visit therepublic.com after 6 p.m. today for Bartholomew County election results as they come in. Results will be updated frequently.
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Map and list of voter center polling places. Page A6.
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