Portage County election results with 92 percent of precincts counted
PORTAGE COUNTY100 percent of precincts counted.* Denotes incumbentOne winner unless otherwise notedCandidatesCITIESAURORACOUNCIL AT LARGE(Two to be elected)Deborah Davis 630Robert A Galaska Jr.* 1,668Kathleen Grandillo 1,446John J. Kudley Jr.* 2,678Ann Womer Benjamin 2,723WARD 2Denny Kovach* 499Rita Scott 383WARD 4George C. Horvat* 713WARD 6Jason L. Harper 25Harold P. Hatridge 369Amy McDougald* 333Greg Pollock 194KENTWARD 1Garret M. Ferrara* (R) 754Melissa M. Long (D) 744WARD 2Jack E. Amrhein* (D) 1,101WARD 3Wayne A. Wilson* (D) 666WARD 4John M. Kuhar* 87WARD 5Heidi L. Shaffer* (D) 377WARD 6Tracy Wallach* (D) 569RAVENNAMAYORJoseph Bica Jr.* 2,108Bill Davis 814COUNCIL PRESIDENTFrancis M. Ricciardi* 2,265FINANCE DIRECTORKimble Cecora* 2,136LAW DIRECTORFrank J. Cimino* 2,266COUNCIL AT LARGEBruce R. Ribelin* 2,188(Unexpired term)Steven R. Bailey 940Fred Berry* 1,651WARD 3Charles F. Ferguson* 473Kevin N. Tichnell 263WARD 4Scott M. Rainone* 331Donna Swigart 282STREETSBOROMAYORGlenn M. Broska 2,423Brett M. McClafferty 2,058(Write-in votes)Stacey Vadaj n/aWARD 1Edith B. Pavlick* 932WARD 2John Ruediger 532Keith A. Smith 414WARD 3Regis V. Faivre* 822(Write-in votes)Arthur Scott n/a WARD 4 Julie Field 719Nick Funari* 268TOWNSHIPSATWATERTRUSTEEDanny Derreberry* 626FISCAL OFFICERTracy Magrell* 671BRIMFIELDTRUSTEESue Fields* 1,967Vincent A. Murdocco 1,203FISCAL OFFICERJohn Dalziel* 1,874Joanne Sprague 1,412CHARLESTOWNTRUSTEEWilliam Todd Forgacs 168Bruce A. Lange 253FISCAL OFFICERRuth E. Craft* 357DEERFIELDTRUSTEEDavid R. Allison 78Mark Bann 367Herman C Prevot Jr. 161Mike Rach 255FISCAL OFFICERNancy Cowan* 711EDINBURGTRUSTEESandra K. Templeton* 661FISCAL OFFICERJudy Repcik* 551FRANKLINTRUSTEEGary D. Falstad* 845Andrew A. Lucas 656FISCAL OFFICERSuzanne M. Lucas* 712Lise S. Russell 786FREEDOMTRUSTEEJames Hammar* 628FISCAL OFFICERKaren S. Martin 463Pamela R. Wilke 275HIRAMTRUSTEEGary C. Bott 284Jack Groselle 431Sandra Wagner 250FISCAL OFFICERStanley R. Carlisle 332Martin J. Moleski 254Diane Rodhe 297MANTUATRUSTEEJohn Festa 1,043Mark L. Hall* 725FISCAL OFFICERMarie Louise Stehli* 1,299NELSONTRUSTEETom Matota 411William Wilson* 360FISCAL OFFICERJohn David Finney* 659PALMYRATRUSTEEBarbara C. McKenzie* 723FISCAL OFFICERKathleen S. Cofojohn* 558PARISTRUSTEERalph Graham* 416FISCAL OFFICERLinda L. Shaulis* 403RANDOLPHTRUSTEEMichael T. Lang* 1,621FISCAL OFFICERRebecca L. Carter 590Mary A. Rodenbucher* 1,175RAVENNATRUSTEEHank Gibson* 1,922FISCAL OFFICERKelly Rich* 1,555ROOTSTOWNTRUSTEEMisty Dulaney 485Roy J. Kelsey 468Joe Paulus 1,168Michael Roloson 270Staci Stephens 350FISCAL OFFICERTina M. Jenior 1,130JoAnn Townend* 1,370SHALERSVILLETRUSTEEDennis J. Bujak* 1,121Daryl Guyette 411FISCAL OFFICERCharles Casalicchio 1,099SUFFIELDTRUSTEEJanice Cowan 398David H. Polen* 929David T. Vartenuk 878FISCAL OFFICERLori Calcei* 1,838WINDHAMTRUSTEEBrian K. Miller* 428Todd Phillips 101FISCAL OFFICERTricia A. Kendrick 224Jayme Neikirk* 290VILLAGESBRADY LAKEMAYORHal Lehman* 116Joseph W. Pittinger 61CLERK-TREASURERRichard Fresch 58Ethel Nemeth* 112COUNCIL(Two to be elected)Kenneth L. Bescoe* 101Jill Hoover-Correll* 114GARRETTSVILLEMAYORCraig L. Moser* 650CLERK-TREASURERNancy Baldwin* 628COUNCIL(Two to be elected)Jeffrey S. Kaiser* 508Rick Patrick* 541BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS(Two to be elected)Chris A. Knop* 464Fran Teresi* 528HIRAMMAYORLou Bertrand* 160COUNCIL(Two to be elected)Paul A. Spencer* 150(Write-in votes)Frank Hemphill n/a MANTUAMAYORLinda S. Clark 197Donna L. Hawkins* 81Benjamin G. Prescott 105CLERK-TREASURERJenny August* 336COUNCIL(Two to be elected)Roger J. Hawkins* 72Paul Janson 214Linda Schilling* 120Bill Zoller 267SUGAR BUSH KNOLLSMAYORJames R. Beal 90CLERK-TREASURERWilliam Elder* 86COUNCIL(Two to be elected)Amey L. Park 81WINDHAMMAYORRob Donham* 317Linda Rininger 131COUNCILDebbie Blewitt 332Sheryl Prem 196SCHOOL BOARDSAURORA(Includes Summit County votes.)(Two to be elected)Annie Grohe 3,040Chuck Maruniak 1,874John E. Sloe* 2,336Noah H. Wood 1,285CRESTWOOD(Three to be elected)David A. Becker* 1,487David V. Cline* 1,532John J. Dickey 292Bonnie Lovejoy 2,355Debra Soltisz 1,789Matthew Sorrick 1,714Lisa Surgeon 1,276Daniel Varga 734FIELD(Two to be elected)Linda R. Cooper* 2,217Laura May 2,625Larry W. Stewart 2,323J.A. GARFIELD(Three to be elected)Gary L. Foy* 1,387David L. Vincent* 1,568Deral E. White* 1,474KENT(Two to be elected)Rebekah Wright Kulis* 4,063Janet M. Rusnack* 4,367RAVENNA(Two to be elected)Roger A. Boltz* 2,527Joanne L. Newhauser* 2,886Judy Paydock 2,406ROOTSTOWN(Two to be elected)Robert F. Park* 1,483Norman L. Reynolds* 1,536(Unexpired term)Stephanie Langguth* 1,913SOUTHEAST(Three to be elected)Hugh R. Holley 1,452Mary Kaley* 2,213Jeff McElfresh* 1,722John J. Witkosky* 1,737STREETSBORO(Three to be elected)Carol J. Fruscella 1,356Kevin S. Grimm* 2,002John Kelly 2,016C. Pennock-Hanish* 2,069Brian Violi* 1,605Joe Wolfe 1,950WATERLOO(Three to be elected)Kenneth M. Fletcher 1,233Lisa B. Gumpf* 1,631Steve Jones 1,467WINDHAM(Two to be elected)Darryl W. McGuire* 623Melissa R.V. Roubic* 645PORTAGE COUNTYEDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER(Two to be elected)Dianne M. Kuntzman* 12,715Dale VanVoorhis* 8,761(Unexpired term)Christina Anderson* 13,320IssuesSCHOOL ISSUESAURORAIssue 14 — A 7.33-mill, five-year renewal levy for operating expenses. (Includes votes from Summit County.)YES 4,258- NO 1,796CRESTWOODIssue 17 — A 3.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for permanent improvements.YES 3,252- NO 1,624FIELDIssue 18 — A 6.0-mill, five-year additional levy for operating expenses (5 mills) and permanent improvements (1.0 mill).YES 2,226- NO 3,688STREETSBOROIssue 16 — A 5.1-mill, five-year renewal levy for operating expenses and permanent improvements.YES 3,290- NO 1,796WATERLOOIssue 21 — A 5.0-mill, permanent additional levy for operating expenses.YES 1,297- NO 1,757MAPLEWOOD CAREER CENTERIssue 20 — A 3.0-mill, 10-year renewal levy for operating expenses. (Includes votes from Summit County.)YES 19,786- NO 15,810CITY ISSUESKENTIssue 26 — A local option to allow the weekday sales of liquor at Dome Night Club, in Ward 3, Precinct D.YES 94- NO 86STREETSBOROIssue 27 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Woody’s Bar-B-Q, in Ward 1, Precinct C.YES 236- NO 89TOWNSHIP ISSUESATWATERIssue 4, Question 1 — A local option to allow the sales of wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Dawg’s Draft House, in Precinct B.YES 307- NO 199Issue 4, Question 2 — A local option to allow the weekday and the Sunday sale of beer at Dawg’s Draft House, in Precinct B.YES 286- NO 217DEERFIELDIssue 5 — A 2.5-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire protection and emergency medical services.YES 630- NO 256Issue 6, Question 1 — A local option to allow the weekday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Island Creek Grille, in Precinct B.YES 461- NO 98Issue 6, Question 2 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Island Creek Grille, in Precinct B.YES 422- NO 131Issue 7, Question 1 — A local option to allow the weekday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Sebring Country Club, in Precinct B.YES 443- NO 119Issue 7, Question 2 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Sebring Country Club, in Precinct B.YES 404- NO 154EDINBURGIssue 8, Question 1 — A local option to allow the weekday sales of beer, wine and mixed beverages at Barrel Run Crossing Winery and Vineyard, in Precinct B.YES 379- NO 74Issue 8, Question 2 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of beer, wine and mixed beverages at Barrel Run Crossing Winery and Vineyard, in Precinct B.YES 340- NO 109FRANKLINIssue 9 — A 2.0-mill, five-year renewal levy for road and bridge construction and repair.YES 1,380- NO 499MANTUAIssue 10 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of wine and mixed beverages at Jimmy D’s Lil Store, in Precinct A.YES 284- NO 138Issue 11 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Mantua Gas & Beverage, in Precinct C.YES 306- NO 153PARISIssue 12 — A 2.0-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire protection.YES 402- NO 169RANDOLPHIssue 13 — A 2.0-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire protection and emergency medical services.YES 1,487- NO 538VILLAGE ISSUESBRADY LAKEIssue 44 — A 3.55-mill, five-year renewal levy for operating expenses.YES 116- NO 66MANTUAIssue 45 — A proposal to prohibit through truck traffic on streets in the village.YES 90- NO 292WINDHAMIssue 46 — A local option to allow the weekday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Twisted Spoke Grille, in Precinct A.YES 64- NO 82Issue 46 — A local option to allow the Sunday sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and liquor at Twisted Spoke Grille, in Precinct A.YES 55- NO 91OTHER ISSUESPORTAGE COUNTY LIBRARYIssue 24 — A 1-mill, five-year additional levy for operating expenses. (Includes votes from Summit County.)YES 17,030- NO 17,899KENT FREE LIBRARYIssue 23 — A 1.8-mill, permanent additional levy for operating expenses.YES 4,843- NO 2,485REED MEMORIAL LIBRARYIssue 22 — A 1.5-mill, five-year additional levy for operating expenses.YES 2,965- NO 2,592GARRETTSVILLE-FREEDOM- NELSON JOINT FIRE DISTRICTIssue 25 — A 3.2-mill, five-year renewal levy for fire protection.YES 1,861- NO 583
