Two incumbent county commissioners ousted; voters like Trump and Bernie

County commissioners Terry Young and Larry Brady were voted out of office. Jerry Locke won the District 1 Republican nomination over Young and a third candidate, Ken Dunn. Locke will face Democrat Derrick Stalbaum in Novemmber. Kenny Becker won 65.3% of the vote in his conest with Brady. Becker, a Republican and former county highway superintendent, is unopposed in November.

Pulaski County followed the state in favoring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, giving him 55.24% of the local vote. Ted Cruz, who made a campaign swing through Winamamc on Sunday, garnered 34.55% of Pulaski County's vote, while John Kasich finished with 6.33%. Six other Republican presidential candidates, although they have since dropped out of the race, received 117 votes among them in Pulaski County.

In a narrow statewide race, county voters favored Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (57.42%) over Hillary Clinton (42.58%).

In another Republican race, Todd Young received 63% of the vote over opponent Marlin Stutzman (37%) in Pulaski County in the contest for retiring Dan Coats' U.S. Senate seat. In November, Young will face Democrat Baron Hill who was unopposed in the primary.

For U.S. Representative District 2, Pulaski County favored Republican incumbent Jackie Walorski over her challenger Jeff Petermann, and Democrat Lynn Coleman over Douglas Carpenter.

In a GOP race for county auditor, Laura Wheeler won 67.2% of the vote over JoLynn Behny (32.8%). Wheeler is unopposed in November and will assume the office being vacated by Democrat Shelia Garling, due to term limits. Garling will face Republican Sue Fox in the general election for the county recorder position. Both were unopposed in the primary.

Incumbent county treasurer Lynn Wilder was unopposed in the primary and has no Democrat opponent in the general election.

No Democrats filed for the three county council at-large seats, so among the five Republican candidates incumbent Jay Sullivan Jr. won re-election with 23.09% of the vote, along with Scott Hinkle (27.27%) and Ken Boswell (18.04%).

In contested races for precinct committeeman, Ken Boswell defeated Brian Young, 78-43 in Franklin Township; and John Fritz won over Betty Kruger, 76-61 in Jefferson Township,

For delegate at-large to the Republican state convention, the five winners (in a field of 10) were Doug Gutwein, Dan Murphy, Crystal Brucker Kocher, Mick Tiede and Blair Todd.

Salem precinct had the highest voter turnout precentage (48.65%), followed by Monroe 2 (47.23%) and Indian Creek (45.55%).

The Pulaski County voting totals, by precinct, were as follows:

*Incumbent

**Democrat Ballot**
Candidate	B	C	F	H	IC	J	M1	M2	M3	M4	RG	S	T	VB	WP	TOTAL
U.S. President
Hillary Clinton	14	23	16	11	16	12	26	30	29	24	22	33	32	27	36	351
Bernie Sanders	20	39	15	29	22	20	41	35	35	36	24	48	49	37	23	473
U.S. Senator
Baron Hill	21	47	25	31	28	26	44	51	49	42	35	67	59	50	44	619
Governor
John Gregg	31	61	30	33	28	27	56	57	56	49	38	70	67	58	48	709
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2
Douglas Carpenter	15	32	12	16	18	8	26	17	20	19	23	37	32	20	32	327
Lynn Coleman	15	29	18	22	15	19	35	42	37	34	17	38	37	33	24	415
County Recorder
Shelia Garling	27	58	29	35	31	26	55	59	53	46	34	76	63	53	53	698
Commissioner Dist. 1
Derrick Stalbaum	21	58	26	33	28	29	54	51	48	47	38	72	59	56	49	669

No Democrat candidates filed for the offices of state senator Dist. 5, state representative Dist. 16, county auditor, treasurer, commissioner Dist. 2 or county council at-large.

Republican Ballot

Candidate	B	C	F	H	IC	J	M1	M2	M3	M4	RG	S	T	VB	WP	TOTAL
U.S. President
Ted Cruz	52	41	38	77	49	49	97	76	81	68	49	180	49	59	77	1042
John Kasich	10	4	12	7	16	5	10	26	26	15	4	19	13	15	10	192
Donald Trump	58	92	92	87	98	88	120	139	143	139	87	186	111	122	106	1668
U.S. Senator
Marlin Stutzman	33	37	36	71	73	46	76	78	92	79	38	115	67	73	64	978
Todd Young	73	83	88	89	84	82	131	152	137	128	85	222	96	109	108	1667
Governor
Michael Pence*	90	86	90	133	114	101	153	165	171	147	90	194	110	141	133	2018
U.S. Rep. Dist. 2
Jeff Petermann	19	51	45	38	43	29	54	68	69	51	55	73	47	48	49	739
Jackie Walorski*	94	71	86	125	115	103	166	175	188	154	74	270	112	141	135	2001
State Sen. Dist. 5
Ed Charbonneau*	89	98	101	129	125	98	157	184	194	170	97	276	115	158	139	2130
State Rep. Dist. 16
Douglas Gutwein*	98	107	97	146	135	116	186	195	214	181	109	342	142	168	169	2405
County Auditor
JoLynn Behny	28	38	37	58	39	49	79	93	87	76	34	111	63	48	54	894
Laura Wheeler	78	77	87	111	126	83	144	157	167	143	90	216	92	150	112	1833
County Recorder
Susan Fox	99	111	104	151	150	129	186	214	219	197	106	308	133	191	168	2466
County Treasurer
Lynette Wilder*	99	111	111	152	138	125	192	220	219	201	99	308	132	178	159	2444
Commissioner Dist.1
Kenneth Dunn	25	32	43	43	47	34	81	72	81	57	40	80	32	43	48	738
Jerome Locke	45	30	76	93	81	66	97	116	115	99	43	113	90	107	63	1234
Terry Young*	36	50	37	35	31	35	41	59	54	61	47	130	38	43	58	755
Commissioner Dist. 2
Kenny Becker	82	69	81	112	121	82	148	168	174	137	82	212	100	154	120	1842
Larry Brady*	38	51	48	56	47	52	76	85	82	82	44	149	60	48	59	977
Co. Council at-large (3)
Kenneth Boswell	46	58	51	64	58	68	82	103	99	86	49	159	83	77	68	1151
John Haley	45	49	64	67	76	52	93	123	114	110	38	94	43	88	61	1117
Scott Hinkle	64	60	76	132	118	88	153	165	174	141	63	165	91	150	98	1738
Jerry (Jay) Sullivan Jr.*	52	48	96	103	93	60	123	144	153	142	67	139	77	106	69	1472
Brian Young	43	58	39	48	34	40	70	68	65	63	57	132	66	51	65	899