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Greenon vote will be recounted

Challenger’s tally only 38 votes off third-place finisher’s vote total.

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By Megan Gildow, Staff Writer Updated 7:03 AM Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Two new members will join the Greenon Local Schools Board of Education, according to final, unofficial results from the Clark County Board of Elections.

But it appears the race was close enough to trigger an automatic recount.

Challenger Becky Hale won 1,524 of the votes cast in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, election, and incumbent Nelson Henning won 1,329, according to the board of elections.

Challenger Keith Culp is the third candidate elected with 1,320 votes; however, he is only 38 votes, or 0.4 percent, ahead of challenger David Ball. State law calls for an automatic recount if the votes are within .5 percent.

Incumbents Cynthia Boone and Anna Bucy, and challengers Alan Donaldson and Heidi Steinbrink lost.

Also:

• In Northwestern Local Schools, incumbents Donna Myers and Keith Baldwin were re-elected with 2,046 votes and 1,776 votes, respectively, along with 2009 Northwestern High School graduate Richard Birt Jr. with 2,015 votes. Incumbent Bruce Lemley and challenger Ben Fisher lost.

• Incumbents Dan Studebaker and Beverly Quinn will return to the Tecumseh Local Schools Board of Education, with 2,879 and 1,932 votes, respectively. With 2,018 votes, newcomer Mert Christmann will join them.

Challengers Marc Vlasic and Jim Snyder lost.

Southeastern Local Schools will see two new board members: District parent Tony Entler garnered 831 votes, and retired bus driver Frances Edwards won 806 votes. Challenger Darron Routzahn lost.

All three incumbents in Clark-Shawnee Local Schools won re-election. Dave Speas won 1,850 votes, Judith Pierce had 1,886 votes and David DeHart received 1,617. Challengers James Hogan and Thomas Markley lost.

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