Licking County held primary elections on Tuesday.
The only contested race on the ballot was the Republican primary for mayor of Newark. Incumbent Bob Diebold will not be serving another term. He lost the primary to Newark city treasurer Jeff Hall. Out of 2560 votes cast Hall received 39.53 percent to Diebold's 35 percent and Coshocton music teacher Mike Blowers 25.47 percent.
Hall will face Democrat Max Sutton in the November election.
The Newark City School District had a...
The winner in the race for Licking County Common Pleas Domestic Judge is Craig Baldwin. He beat out his opponent Vicky Christiansen by nearly 10,000 votes.
Voters have chosen David Branstool as the Licking County Common Pleas General Judge over Robert Morris.
In the Licking County Commissioner race, Republican Doug Smith beat out his opponents Democrat Naomi Mattingly Compton and Libertarian candidate James Snedden Jr.
As for issues in Licking County, the Granville...
Governor Ted Strickland visited Zanesville Tuesday evening to thank democratic voters for their support.
Strickland says the Democratic Headquarters in Zanesville was his last stop during the campaign. He also made a surprising announcement that he'll probably never run for another political office.
He says the last thing he wants to see is for the republicans to take control of congress.
"The republicans say they want to go back to the policies of George Bush and Dick...
The November midterm election is only hours away. The polls open early Tuesday morning.
The Muskingum County Board of Elections was busy distributing election materials to the county's 85 precincts. Here are some things to remember when you head to the polls.
"The polls do open at 6:30 tomorrow [Tuesday] morning and they will close at 7:30 tomorrow night. When you do go to the polls you need to remember to bring some form of identification with you that needs to be your...
Chief Justice Eric Brown of the Ohio Supreme Court, who will be running in the November elections visited Zanesville Tuesday afternoon to meet with local attorneys and voters. Brown says he wants to focus on increasing diversity and expanding the use of technology.
"The reason we want to do that is that it's cost effective, it'll save considerable tax payer money and that's important, it's also more efficient and it provides greater public access," said Chief Justice Eric...
This election season Muskingum County voters prove that the library system is important to them.
Voters passed the library levy by 62 percent.
"We we are extremely gratified, it is wonderful to see the community support," said Public Relations Director the Muskingum County Library System Blair Tom. "In our conversations with communities we kept hearing libraries really matter and certainly the vote supports that and confirms that in Muskingum County people...
The Muskingum County Board of Elections is gearing up for Novembers' general election.
Director Chris Hamill says they have noticed more candidates running this year. The deadline for the November ballot has passed, but people are still eligible to run in the primaries in May.
"They would come in and we would give them a petition and we would take that petition and they would get it signed, they would need to have the required amount of valid signatures to be on the...
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