Tuesday’s primary election basically decided the outcome for several office holders within local counties.
While some federal offices had multiple candidates from one party, now the field is narrowed to one from each of four parties registered in the state for the November election.
On the Lawrence County side, Sam Jones emerged the victor in the race for associate judge in Division II, beating out Robert George, who has served as the county’s prosecutor since 1989.
While George challenged Jones on his residency early in the race, Jones countered in ads near the end of the campaign. Jones suggested that because George had served as prosecutor in several cases, he would not be able to serve in the judge’s capacity for those same cases, thus requiring a special judge to come in, adding expense to the county.
Jack Goodman (Republican), who currently serves as a state senator, began his campaign for representative of the Seventh District in February 2009.
While Goodman took the most votes in Lawrence and Barry counties for that position on the Republican ticket, Billy Long emerged the winner district-wide.
Another race seeing a multitude of candidates was that of United States Senator. Christopher “Kit” Bond, who has filled that position for several years, announced in January 2009 he would retire at the end of his term, thus ending about 40 years of public service.
Roy Blunt, who has served as congressman, announced he would seek the senator’s office. He received 71.58 percent of the votes cast in Lawrence County, 77.7 percent in Barry County and 70.9 percent statewide.
Robin Carnahan (Democrat) received the most votes locally and state wide (83.8 percent) for her party, while Libertarian and Constitution party candidates received less than 10 votes each here.
Another race of local interest involved two Aurora residents seeking the same office. Steve Kahre, the incumbent circuit clerk, saw two opponents in the race. Noelle Harmon, a newcomer to county politics, ran against Kahre, as did Cindy Faucett Supiran, who held the office for several years prior to Kahre. Kahre claimed 64.34 percent of the vote to Supiran’s 23.59 and Harmon’s 12.06 percent.
Lawrence County Clerk Gary Emerson reported 7,947 (33.28 percent) of the county’s 23,877 registered voters turned out for the election. This is up from the 26 percent turnout in 2006
Proposition C was another interesting topic on the ballot. It essentially allows the state to opt out of the federal health care plan and allowing citizens to avoid a penalty if they do not purchase health insurance.
The vote for Proposition C was 6,283 “yes” to 1,357 “no” in Lawrence County. Barry County votes included 4,656 “yes” and 950 “no.” Statewide, the vote was 667,680 (71.1 percent) “yes” and 271,102 (28.9 percent) “no.”
Locally, voters in the Buck Prairie Road District voted 535 to 205 to retain the $.031 levy road work.
Following is a listing of the candidates by specific office in Lawrence County. Parties include Republican (R), Democratic (D), Libertarian (L) and Constitution (C).
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Tuesday’s primary election basically decided the outcome for several office holders within local counties.
While some federal offices had multiple candidates from one party, now the field is narrowed to one from each of four parties registered in the state for the November election.
On the Lawrence County side, Sam Jones emerged the victor in the race for associate judge in Division II, beating out Robert George, who has served as the county’s prosecutor since 1989.
While George challenged Jones on his residency early in the race, Jones countered in ads near the end of the campaign. Jones suggested that because George had served as prosecutor in several cases, he would not be able to serve in the judge’s capacity for those same cases, thus requiring a special judge to come in, adding expense to the county.
Jack Goodman (Republican), who currently serves as a state senator, began his campaign for representative of the Seventh District in February 2009.
While Goodman took the most votes in Lawrence and Barry counties for that position on the Republican ticket, Billy Long emerged the winner district-wide.
Another race seeing a multitude of candidates was that of United States Senator. Christopher “Kit” Bond, who has filled that position for several years, announced in January 2009 he would retire at the end of his term, thus ending about 40 years of public service.
Roy Blunt, who has served as congressman, announced he would seek the senator’s office. He received 71.58 percent of the votes cast in Lawrence County, 77.7 percent in Barry County and 70.9 percent statewide.
Robin Carnahan (Democrat) received the most votes locally and state wide (83.8 percent) for her party, while Libertarian and Constitution party candidates received less than 10 votes each here.
Another race of local interest involved two Aurora residents seeking the same office. Steve Kahre, the incumbent circuit clerk, saw two opponents in the race. Noelle Harmon, a newcomer to county politics, ran against Kahre, as did Cindy Faucett Supiran, who held the office for several years prior to Kahre. Kahre claimed 64.34 percent of the vote to Supiran’s 23.59 and Harmon’s 12.06 percent.
Lawrence County Clerk Gary Emerson reported 7,947 (33.28 percent) of the county’s 23,877 registered voters turned out for the election. This is up from the 26 percent turnout in 2006
Proposition C was another interesting topic on the ballot. It essentially allows the state to opt out of the federal health care plan and allowing citizens to avoid a penalty if they do not purchase health insurance.
The vote for Proposition C was 6,283 “yes” to 1,357 “no” in Lawrence County. Barry County votes included 4,656 “yes” and 950 “no.” Statewide, the vote was 667,680 (71.1 percent) “yes” and 271,102 (28.9 percent) “no.”
Locally, voters in the Buck Prairie Road District voted 535 to 205 to retain the $.031 levy road work.
Following is a listing of the candidates by specific office in Lawrence County. Parties include Republican (R), Democratic (D), Libertarian (L) and Constitution (C).
