By John Estridge
Eight precincts have been tabulated in Franklin County and most of the contested school board elections are close and Brookville town elections were close.
For Brookville, it is all over.
Incumbent Democrat Clerk Treasurer Gina Gillman is the lone contested Democrat to come through in the town and maybe the county. She won by 24 votes over her Republican challenger Derrike Kolb, 634-610.
In Ward 3, Republican Charles “Chuck” Campbell defeated former town council member Democrat Darrel Flaspohler, 718-506. And Republican Brooke Leffingwell defeated Democrat challenger Gary “Gig” Marmouze, 874-366. That was an open seat for Ward 1.
In the Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees District 2, incumbent Ricky Gill has 881 votes, Kyle Seibert has 583 percent and Mike Kuehn has 253.
In the very crowded District 3 race, Justin Moore has 429, incumbent Phil Harsh has 391, Randall Bolos had 398, Bradley Hahn has 290 and Dustin Robinson has 172.
There are two county races with all three Republicans well ahead for county council at large. Republican Incumbent Glen R. Bischoff has 4,480, Republican Carroll Lanning is next with 4,061, and Republican Brian Patterson has 3.629. The lone Democrat in the field, Christina Chappelow Persson has 1,959. The top three with the most votes get elected to county council.
The only other county race that is contested is for surveyor.
Republican Rob Seig has an overwhelming lead with 5,029 votes and Glenn Bailey, who is the current surveyor, a Democrat, has 1,727.