2022 Putnam County Primary Election Results

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Political junkies and supporters crowd the second floor of the Putnam County Courthouse awaiting results Tuesday evening.

Banner Graphic/JARED JERNAGAN

Results of the May 3, 2022 primary election for Putnam County.

Democratic Primary

U.S. Senator
Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. 277

U.S. Representative, 4th District
Roger D. Day 187
Howard J. Pollchik 95

Jefferson Township Trustee
Kirsten Vaughn 14

Floyd Township Board Member
Marianne Novak 23

Greencastle Township Board Member
Russell Evans 127

Republican Primary

U.S. Senator
Todd Young 3,609

U.S. Representative, 4th District
Jim Baird 3,666

State Representative, District 44
Beau Baird 3,589

Putnam Circuit Court Judge
Matthew Headley 3,927

Putnam County Prosecutor
Tim Bookwalter 3,546

Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk
Tracy L Bridges 2,049
Debbie Ensor 2,042

Putnam County Recorder
Heather L Gilbert 2,363
Lorie Hallett-Talbert 1,647

Putnam County Sheriff
Jerrod E Baugh 2,063
Dwight Simmons 1,540
Steven L Hibler 887

Putnam County Surveyor
Greg Williams 2,171
David E Penturf 1,886

Putnam County Assessor
Don Badolato 3,375

Putnam County Commissioners, District 2
Rick Woodall 3,801

Putnam County Council, District 1
Wayne Huffman 507

David W Fuhrman 403

Putnam County Council, District 2
Jay Alcorn 1,099

Putnam County Council, District 3
Danny Wallace 855

Putnam County Council, District 4
H Keith Berry 929

Clinton Township Trustee
Tina Sillery 161

Cloverdale Township Trustee
Pat McFadden 447

Floyd Township Trustee
Marsha S Carrington 332

Franklin Township Trustee
Zach Bowers 99
Clyde Flynn Coulter Jr 54

Greencastle Township Trustee
Steve Butts 1,205

Jefferson Township Trustee
Tom Burnett 188

Madison Township Trustee
Jeffrey W Alexander 194

Marion Township Trustee
Gregory L Arnold 234

Warren Township Trustee
Karen Nelson Heavin 179

Washington Township Trustee
John McPherson 349

Clinton Township Board
Gerald E Ensor 158

Cloverdale Township Board
Ron Smith 356
Steve Walters 333
Elaine Pearson 324

Floyd Township Board
Judy Rozelle 266
Steve Greeson 244
Patricia A Lehr 205

Franklin Township Board
Stephen H Norton 111
Jess L Norton 102

Greencastle Township Board
Karen Ambler 927
Marilyn R Clearwaters 754

Jefferson Township Board
Jonathan P Addler 191

Madison Township Board
Jerry Ray Alexander 152
Kathleen VanArsdale 137

Marion Township Board
Michael L Goodpaster 207
Jim Williamson 172
Sherman R Sparks 148

Warren Township Board
Lawrence W Muncie 169

Washington Township Board
Stephen P Blaydes Sr. 276
Laura Fisher 251
Jason Keeney 221

Cloverdale Town Council, At Large
Greg Jay 214

Cloverdale Town Council, Ward 3
Brandon Tancak 123
Cindy J Holland 113

Russellville Town Council, At Large
Tony S Riggen 20

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Looks like a lot of people didn’t bother to vote in this primary. That’s not how a democracy works best.

-- Posted by Koios on Tue, May 3, 2022, at 9:12 PM
You already know everyone in this photo watches fox news daily and owns a trump flag or maga hat

-- Posted by Raker on Wed, May 4, 2022, at 8:34 AM
Koios - I was thinking the exact same thing. About 15% of Putnam County residents showed up. That is really sad, I think.

-- Posted by anymouse on Wed, May 4, 2022, at 8:43 AM
The turn-out for this primary isn’t unusual for this County when it’s not election time for a President running. Even then the numbers are on the low-side compared to the population of voting age residents. I agree, that’s sad.

-- Posted by WONDER on Wed, May 4, 2022, at 9:53 AM
The low turn-out was exacerbated by the essentially non-existent democrat vote, which makes sense since their slate was essentially non-existent. Even though we are inching toward being a 60-40 R to D county, which I applaud, adding another ~2,000 democrat votes would boost overall percentage turnout substantially.

-- Posted by luna maximus on Wed, May 4, 2022, at 11:59 AM
I AM Happy with results for sheriff race. STEVE HIBLER was not right person for this job . he don’t even know how to execute simple search warrant. His department were incompetent to serve search warrant in prior. We need skilled person and we have right person now . ( jerrod)

-- Posted by JohnDoe911 on Wed, May 4, 2022, at 3:48 PM
Luna, that stands to reason why.

-- Posted by WONDER on Thu, May 5, 2022, at 2:42 PM
Primary elections should not be a government run thing.

The Republican Party and the Democrat Party are private organizations. They are not the government.

-- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Fri, May 6, 2022, at 3:54 PM

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