The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
On Tuesday, La Harpe School District #335 voters refused to approve a four-school district consolidation by voting 639 to 378 against the proposal.
According to the printed report from Hancock County Kerry Asbridge, 62.15% of the county's 13,399 voters called for a ballot in its 35 precincts.
Henderson County added 88 "No" votes and 44 "Yes" votes in Terre Haute and Lomax areas.
Two years ago, during the Presidental Election of President Bush, 70.37% of the voters came to the polls in Hancock County out of 14,205 that were registered.
Upsetting incumbent Beverly Markey (D) as Treasurer was Kristine (Butler) Pilkington (R) pictured here, who received 4,496 votes over Markey's 3,572.
Uncontested was County Clerk Kerry Asbridge (D) with 6,935 votes, County Sheriff John Jefferson with 7,163 votes, Regional Supt. of Schools Robert Baumann with 6,662 votes.
Also uncontested were County Board candidates Mike Gooding with 1,241 votes, Robert Mapes with 1,213, and William Crabill with 1,183 votes.
State Republican Minority Leader Senator Laura Kent Donahue collected 1,620 votes in Henderson and 3,846 in Hancock, but was defeated in each county by challenger John Sullivan of Rushville.
Sullivan had 1,644 votes in Henderson and 4,655 in Hancock, a margin of 833 votes.
State Representative Rich Myers, had 1,637 votes, over opponent Jon E. Mummert who had 1,591. In Hancock County Myers had 4,287 to Mummert's 3,309.
For U.S. Congress, Incumbent Lane Evans had 2,180 over Pete Calderone's 1,113 votes. In Hancock County Evans had 4,535 to Calderone's 3,485.
For State Comptroller Daniel Hynes (D) had 1,742 to Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell (R) 1,159. In Hancock County Hynes had 3,970 to Ramsdell's 3,203.
For State Treasurer Incumbent Judy Baar Topinka had 1,769 to Thomas Dart (D) 1,322. In Hancock County Topinka had 5,047 to Dart's 2,529.
For Secretary of State Incumbent Jesse White had 2,197 to Kris Cohn (R) 945. In Hancock County White had 4,961 to Cohn's 2,781.
For Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) had 1,582 to Joe Birkett's (R) 1,380. In Hancock County Madigan had 3,603 to Birkett's 3,696.
For Governor and Lieut. Governor, the Rod Blagojevich/Pat Quinn (D) vote was 1,528 to the Jim Ryan/Carl Hawkinson (R) 1,609. In Hancock County Blagojevich had 2,951 to Ryan's 4,743.
For U.S. Senator, Incumbent Richard Durbin received 1,811 to Jim Durbin's (R) 1,283. In Hancock County Durbin had 4,303 and Durkin 3420.
For Regional Supt. of Schools (Henderson-Mercer-Warren), Henderson County voters chose to keep incumbent R. Bruce Hall giving him 1,499 votes to James J. Kovac's 1,215.
For Judge of the Appellate Court, Third Judicial District, voters gave Dawn Conolly 1,586 votes over Dan Schmidt's 1,369. In Hancock County Conolly received 3,158 to Schmidt's 4,220..
In other races:
Henderson County's contested races, Susan M. Meyer, chief deputy for retiring treasurer Barb Liston, was given the nod for County Treasurer over County Board member Randy Keever. The vote was 1,976 to 1,295. Democrats remain in control of the Henderson County Board 6-5:
1-Barb Lumbeck (1840)
2-Gail Russell (1825)
3-Mike Thompson (1609)
4-Curt Eisenmayer (1602)
5-Terry Myers (1579)
6-Marion Brown (1565)
7-Hugh Pence (1546)
8-George Torrance (1503)
9-Tom Doran (1479)
10-Marty Lafary (1471)
11-Albert Renken (1455).
The nine Henderson County Board candidates who were not elected to the board received the following votes:
1451-Glen Dean Smith
1430-Wm. "Bill" Sullivan
1337-Patti Armstrong Jones
1330-Kurt McChesney
1310-Dan Mowen
1305-Kim Gullberg
1300-Ronald W. Bigger
1279-Edwin Siens
1207-Walter (Mike) Kage
Henderson County Sheriff Mark Lumbeck was approved again by voters for his second term with 2,195 votes over Republican challenger Michael Bohnenkamp-645 and Independent Wes Long with 439.
In the bid for Judge of the Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Henderson County, States Attorney David L. Vancil, Jr. (above) was selected over Democrat Attorney LaMarr W. Evans (Vancil-1,827 to Evans-1405).
[Attorney Vancil-Judge]