Nearly 40% of registered voters in Montgomery County cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election, with more than 10,000 ballots counted.
A total of 10,107 ballots were cast out of 25,294 registered voters, according to election statistics. That includes 5,075 ballots cast on Election Day and 5,032 cast before Nov. 3.
In the Crawfordsville School Board at-large race, Ellen Ball won one of the three seats, unseating incumbent Kathleen Brown.
J. Kent Minnette led the race with 1,783 votes, followed by James Thompson with 1,568 and Ball with 1,515. Brown received 1,269 votes, Steven Tomamichel received 1,265 and Darren Heeke received 909.
Tomamichel and Heeke were the only nonincumbents among the Crawfordsville school board candidates.
For North Montgomery School Board, Clayton Randolph defeated Bonnie Kallis for the Franklin Township seat. Randolph received 2,455 votes, or 83.14%, while Kallis received 498 votes, or 16.86%.
The other North Montgomery school board candidates ran unopposed. Brady Rogers received 2,680 votes for the Coal Creek seat, Gary Bohlander received 2,571 for Sugar Creek seat and Terresa Hatke received 2,719 for Wayne Township seat.
South Montgomery School Board candidates also ran unopposed. Cody Hargis received 2,491 votes for the at-large seat, Jacob Watson received 2,508 for Brown Township, David Lee Reeves received 2,454 for Clark Township and Cody Leatherman received 2,461 for Walnut Township.
In county races, Republican candidates ran unopposed. Matt McCarty received 8,086 votes for sheriff. Current Sheriff Ryan Needham reached his term limit and could not seek another term.
Jim Fulwider received 7,878 votes for commissioner in District 2, Jennifer Andel received 7,899 for auditor, Morgan Biggs received 7,870 for treasurer and Sherri Bentley received 7,901 for assessor.
The four Montgomery County Council candidates also ran unopposed. Joyce Grimble received 2,022 votes in District 1, Matt Nelson received 2,303 in District 2, Jordan Foland received 1,945 in District 3 and Brett Cating received 1,496 in District 4.
In the contested Union Township Trustee race, Republican Aaron Morgan defeated Democrat challenger Kay Whetstone. Morgan received 4,030 votes, or 63.40%, while Whetstone received 2,326 votes, or 36.60%.
In state legislative races, Republican Spencer Deery won reelection to State Senate District 23, defeating Democrat David Sanders and independent Joshua Brant. In Montgomery County, Deery received 1,081 votes, Sanders received 343 and Brant received 97.
Republican Matt Commons won State House District 13. In Montgomery County, Commons received 333 votes, compared with 118 for Democrat Brenna Geswein and three for Libertarian Ben Davis.
Republican Jeffrey Thompson won State House District 28. In Montgomery County, Thompson received 966 votes, while Democrat Karen Whitney received 404.
Republican Mark Genda won State House District 41. In Montgomery County, Genda received 111 votes and Democrat Jackson Hayes received 25.
Republican Beau Baird won State House District 44. In Montgomery County, Baird received 5,044 votes, compared with 2,913 for Democrat Kelsey Kauffman.
In the U.S. House District 4 race, Republican Jim Baird won reelection. He received 6,416 votes in Montgomery County, compared with 3,515 for Democrat Drew Cox.
Statewide, Democrat Beau Bayh won the Secretary of State race, while Republican Daniel Elliott won reelection as State Treasurer. Democrat Jessica Bailey was projected to win the state comptroller race over Republican Elise Nieshalla, according to reporting Wednesday.
Both statewide constitutional amendments on the ballot passed. One allows courts to deny bail to certain defendants considered a risk to public safety or another person’s welfare. The other changes residency requirements for city and town court judges.
