Republicans sweep races in unofficial Bartholomew totals

In Bartholomew County, all of the county’s vote centers have reported in along with with early and absentee vote totals, giving Republicans wins in all the contested races.

Bartholomew County local election results, unofficial totals:

State Representative District 59
Republican Ryan Lauer – 63.84 percent
Democrat Ross Thomas – 36.16 percent

State Representative District 69 (Bartholomew County only)
Republican Jim Lucas – 74.41 percent
Democrat Trish Whitcomb – 24.59 percent

State Representative District 73 (Bartholomew County only)
Republican Jennifer Meltzer – 75.41 percent
Democrat Hollie Payton – 24.59 percent

County Commissioner District 1
Republican Larry Kleinhenz – 63.03 percent
Democrat Josh Burbrink – 36.97 percent

County Council At-Large (Three seats)
Republican Michael Bell – 22.62 percent
Republican Kim Bennett – 21.65 percent
Republican Marcus Speer – 20.10 percent
Democrat Michelle Carr – 13.19 percent
Democrat Nancy Merbitz – 11.58 percent
Democrat Zack Patchett – 10.86 percent

BCSC School Board District 3
Whitney Loyd – 59.36 percent
David Thiele – 40.64 percent

BCSC School Board District 5
Leigh Britt – 48.29 percent
Tom Glick – 51.71 percent

BCSC School Board District 7
Samantha Ison – 49.85 percent
Nichole Wheeldon – 50.15 percent

Early voting made up about two thirds of all the votes this election, according to election officials. There were 12,329 Election Day voters, 21,381 early voters by machine and 2,231 absentee votes cast with paper ballots. Just over 66 percent of the county’s 54,087 registered voters cast ballots.