Incumbent commissioners Boswell, Tiede lose re-election bids

Only 2,483 of Pulaski County's 9,359 registered voters (26.53 percent) participated in the 2012 Primary Election. A total of 2,145 machine ballots were cast, and 338 absentee ballots were tallied. Salem precinct had the highest turnout at 36.08 percent, while Rich Grove had the lowest at 12.67 percent.

Pulaski County Primary Election results:

Republican Ballot

CANDIDATE	B	C	F	H	IC	J	M1	M2	M3	M4	RG	S	T	VB	WP	TOTAL
U.S. President
Newt Gingrich	9	6	7	8	5	10	9	10	10	7	4	20	8	7	5	125
Ron Paul	17	6	12	16	22	24	22	24	29	25	13	27	25	17	25	304
Mitt Romney	47	43	47	67	53	57	96	128	81	79	25	168	67	69	80	1107
Rick Santorum	21	27	15	16	16	19	31	29	24	23	7	55	15	17	28	343
U.S. Senator
Richard Lugar	41	36	30	46	49	33	61	88	65	62	15	115	38	45	59	783
Richard Mourdock	58	52	57	64	49	75	104	110	87	77	37	176	82	68	85	1181
Indiana Governor
Mike Pence	81	69	65	83	77	89	122	147	113	105	40	235	93	85	115	1519
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2
Greg Andrews	29	21	21	31	34	34	48	54	56	40	17	59	40	29	37	550
Jackie Walorski	65	58	61	70	64	74	108	137	92	85	27	199	76	78	99	1293
State Senator Dist. 5
Ed Charbonneau	73	67	70	82	78	85	123	154	114	106	40	200	95	79	114	1480
State Rep. Dist. 16
Diana Boersma	28	41	39	34	46	30	54	57	47	35	22	53	33	27	51	597
Douglas Gutwein	73	44	45	72	52	78	109	139	101	103	26	247	83	83	96	1351
Circuit Court Judge
(no candidate filed)
Superior Court Judge
Patrick Blankenship	80	69	63	86	78	86	127	156	112	114	41	210	100	95	111	1528
County Auditor
(no candidate filed)
County Recorder
Christi Hoffa	69	61	60	80	76	80	112	151	113	99	39	189	95	92	105	1421
County Treasurer
Lynette Wilder	81	67	70	92	80	87	139	173	128	124	39	209	102	98	117	1606
County Commissioner Dist. 1
Kenneth Boswell	38	26	35	49	38	48	64	97	61	57	13	107	61	49	56	799
Terry Young	50	46	45	58	56	54	96	92	80	73	32	122	54	58	65	981
County Commissioner Dist. 2
Larry Brady	54	36	52	71	79	68	123	144	113	98	30	76	62	71	50	1119
Mike Tiede	45	50	32	38	23	41	46	53	40	46	18	222	50	43	95	842
County Council At-Large (vote for 3)
Brian Ledley	37	30	30	38	31	36	81	103	70	53	17	57	48	40	43	714
Steven Nellans	18	26	25	38	38	28	69	72	56	54	11	41	44	57	33	610
Roger Querry	73	47	31	52	45	67	69	93	77	64	21	238	47	43	96	1063
Douglas Roth	63	38	41	63	79	62	105	121	82	85	26	131	68	78	68	1110
Jerry Sullivan Jr.	50	41	66	73	62	65	106	141	103	99	27	122	87	73	82	1197
State Convention Delegates (vote for 6)
Arwen Fair	34	28	31	49	38	46	65	77	64	49	20	61	33	43	38	676
Joni Frain	42	48	48	51	51	54	85	106	76	76	19	157	59	56	73	1001
Samuel Frain	52	42	46	70	60	62	91	119	84	87	24	198	65	61	93	1154
Mark Lambert	60	48	45	53	57	59	88	90	63	68	36	109	54	58	66	954
Emily McClure	64	46	59	67	66	67	101	117	89	93	23	121	71	79	76	1139
Daniel Murphy	59	40	61	63	73	67	110	155	114	103	27	171	58	78	66	1245
Blair Todd	60	48	42	64	55	70	100	116	89	72	23	131	62	58	81	1071
Chelsea Todd Brian Young	58 67	43 54	38 48	48 61	59 63	52 62	87 105	102 110	73 82	65 77	20 32	122 146	56 67	63 62	81 88	967 1124

Democrat Ballot

CANDIDATE	B	C	F	H	IC	J	M1	M2	M3	M4	RG	S	T	VB	WP	TOTAL
U.S. President
Barack Obama	14	22	18	20	15	14	16	18	25	28	16	33	36	16	30	321
U.S. Senator
Joe Donnelly	20	24	22	18	17	17	16	20	33	29	19	36	41	23	32	367
Indiana Governor
John Gregg	14	19	18	17	17	11	16	20	24	23	16	27	32	23	27	304
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2
Dan Morrison	7	12	12	11	10	7	8	14	17	15	10	19	25	11	16	194
Brendan Mullen	10	10	8	11	6	8	7	6	12	10	7	14	12	11	13	145
State Senator Dist. 5
Debora Porter	12	22	23	22	13	12	12	18	22	22	16	30	35	17	30	306
State Rep. Dist. 16
Richard Ludington	7	18	17	12	11	9	8	12	20	17	11	24	21	12	21	220
John Malan	6	4	5	9	4	5	6	7	6	7	7	7	10	6	11	100
Circuit Court Judge
Michael Shurn	20	22	22	20	15	16	21	18	33	30	18	34	41	24	34	368
Superior Court Judge
(no candidate filed)
County Auditor
Shelia Garling	17	22	22	19	17	12	17	19	32	25	16	37	36	23	29	343
County Recorder
(no candidate filed)
County Treasurer
(no candidate filed)
County Commissioner Dist. 1
William Bauer	14	21	23	20	18	11	13	20	29	24	18	30	38	23	28	330
County Commissioner Dist. 2
(no candidate filed)
County Council At-Large (3)
Matthew Rausch	18	21	21	19	16	17	16	18	26	26	19	28	37	22	28	332
State Convention Delegates (6)
Laura Bailey	13	19	16	18	13	11	11	19	24	22	14	28	24	14	23	269
John Simmermaker	14	18	12	21	13	12	20	20	26	26	12	24	27	20	19	284
Larry Winter	13	19	13	20	8	15	13	21	23	21	13	32	27	15	22	275