Carla Clark | For The Republic “I Voted” stickers at the voting center located at Nexus Park in Columbus, Indiana, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
8:01 p.m.
GOP nomination for mayor
Ferdon: 2,533
Smith: 1,492
Democratic incumbent Jerone Wood has won the Democratic nomination for City Council District 3.
Democratic nomination for District 3 city council
Wood: 67
Kinder: 50
Hayden: 48
Voter turnout was 15.43% with 4,684 people voting out of 30,356 registered voters in Columbus.
7:45 p.m. update
Only one voting center remains to report and we will have final results….
7:30 p.m. update
Vote totals have been updated to
GOP nomination for mayor
Ferdon: 2,298
Smith: 1,294
Democratic nomination for District 3 city council
Wood: 65
Hayden: 48
Kinder: 48
7:25 p.m. update
Vote totals have been updated to:
GOP nomination for mayor
Ferdon: 2,186
Smith: 1,246
Democratic nomination for District 3 city council
Wood: 65
Hayden: 48
Kinder: 48
7:15 p.m. update
With the first in-person voting results reported from a vote center, the vote totals are:
GOP nomination for mayor
Ferdon: 1922
Smith: 1,088
Democratic nomination for District 3 city council
Wood: 55
Hayden: 44
Kinder: 41
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The first primary results have been posted by the Bartholomew County Clerk’s office, showing that Mary Ferdon is leading Milo Smith in the race for the GOP nomination for Columbus mayor.
Ferdon has 1,322 votes to 667 for Smith, according to the early voting and absentee results. The clerk’s office said there were 2,071 early voters and 258 paper absentee ballots returned.
Votes cast today at the city’s vote centers have not yet been tabulated.
In the race for the Democratic nomination for City Council District 3, in early voting, Tony Hayden and Jerone Wood are tied at 28 votes and Michael Kinder has 27.
Check back here for more early results as they are posted.
