Melodie Phelps, News Editor
CNHI
11-10-10 — Greg Rankin will head county government for another term, after he defeated 52nd District Representative Ken Upchurch in the race for County Judge-Executive.
Rankin, a democrat, received 4,198 votes in Tuesday’s race. Upchurch, a republican, received 3,230 votes.
The City of Monticello will have a new mayor next term as City Councilman Jeffrey Edwards unseated incumbent Kenneth Catron on
Tuesday. Edwards received 1,104 votes, compared to Catron who received 838 votes.
Tuesday was a day many decisions were made in other countywide races
including all four of the magisterial districts.
In District One, republican challenger Ronnie Turner defeated
incumbent Danny Bell to win the seat. Turner received 1,061 votes,
while Bell received 665 votes.
In District Two, Jeffrey Darrell Dishman won that race with 1,062 votes. Dishman, who was appointed to complete the term of his late
father Darrell Dishman, defeated republican challenger Roger Blevins, who received 828 votes.
District Three Magistrate Dale Vaughn was re-elected to the
position. He received 1,194 votes and defeated write-in candidate
Tony Gregory, Jr. The total of write-in votes cast for Gregory was not available as this edition went to press, but they will be included in totals in next week’s edition of The Outlook.
In District Four, republican Troy Neal defeated incumbent Richard Lewis Munsey for the seat. Neal received 1,075 votes, compared to 978
votes for Munsey.
Voters in the City of Monticello selected the six members of City Council who will serve a two year term. They include three incumbents—
Alvin Sexton, Phillip Duncan and Joe Gibson. New to the council next
term will be Charlie Peters, Martin Breeding and Allan Hopper.
Vote totals in the City Council race were: Charlie Peters, 1,075;
Donald Hancock, 455; Martin Breeding, 969; Joe Gibson, 1,171;
Jonathan Morris, 497; Alvin Sexton, 1,192; Paul H. Bates, 877; Allan
Hopper, 1,014; Phillip Duncan, 1,134; and Dallas Hoskins, 656.
Two countywide races were won by fairly large margins, including the
race for Wayne County Clerk. Incumbent Josephine Gregory received
5,352 votes to defeat Sheridan Wright, who received 2,187 votes.
Wayne County Sheriff Charles Boston was re-elected to another four-
year term defeating republican challenger David Koontz. Boston
received 4,208 votes, compared to 3,351 votes for Koontz.
Incumbent Ray Upchurch won another term as Wayne County Jailer with
4,456 votes. Democratic challenger Danny Baker received 2,897 votes
in that race.
Tom Simmons will be the next Wayne County Attorney, after defeating
Lee Whittenburg in Tues-day’s election. Simmons, a republican,
received 3,968 votes. Whittenburg, a democrat, received 3,183 votes.
Scarlet Latham received the most votes in Wayne County in the
District Judge, Division One race. She defeated Larry Rogers by a
margin of 4,454 to 2,018. Latham was declared the winner in the race,
which included three counties.
Only one local constable’s race was contested in Tuesday’s election.
In District Two, Jamie Piercy defeated Bobby Kay Weston. Piercy
received 1,006 votes, while Weston received 537.
There was also only one local school board race that was uncontested
and that was in Wayne County’s Third District, where incumbent Paul
Dunnington defeated Alan R. Turner by a margin of 591 to 499 votes.
Donald G. Miller was elected to serve as County Surveyor. He
received 4,206 votes. Greg West was a write-in candidate for County
Surveyor, but totals for write-in candidates were not available at
press time Tuesday night.
In one of the most talked about statewide races, Rand Paul defeated
Jack Conway for U.S. Senator, to claim the seat held by Senator Jim
Bunning.
Wayne County voters favored Paul in that race. He received 3,845
votes in the county compared to 2,813 votes for Conway.
U.S. Representative Harold Rogers handily won another term in
office, defeating his democratic challenger James E. Holbert. Rogers
received 5,424 votes in Wayne County, compared to 1,475 for Holbert.
Several uncontested races were on the ballot Tuesday. These
included: State Senator for the 16th District—David Williams; 52nd
District State Representative—Sara Beth Gregory; Wayne County
Property Valuation Administrator—Bobby R. Upchurch II; Wayne County
Coroner—Forrest R. Hicks; Constable District One—Robert Riddle;
Constable District Three—Kendall L. Tucker; Constable District Four—
Ed L. Reynolds; Justice of the Supreme Court—Daniel J. Venters;
District Judge, Second Division—James M. “Mike” Lawson; and Wayne
County School Board, District Four—Patricia “Patty” Roberts.
There were three candidates on the ballot for the three open seats
on the Monticello Board of Education—Nancy Duncan, Bill Denney and
Sheila Stephenson.
Complete precinct by precinct voting totals will be available in
next week’s edition of The Outlook.