B2
|
THE JONESBORO SUN
|
|
ELECTION 2010
|
|
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 2010
www.jonesborosun.com
Caubble triumphs in Cross County WYNNE — Republican Jack Caubble beat out independents Kenneth Witcher and Rhonda Cummings for Cross County judge in Tuesday’s elections. Caubble received 2,690 votes; Witcher, the incumbent, got 1,790 votes; and Cummings came out with 574. “I feel humbled with the outcome of the election. This is the first time a Republican has been elected to this office,” Caubble said. “What I want to see done is, economically, we look for development to come in to Cross County. I want to see more of the roads taken care of,” Caubble added. He also bragged on the county’s development so far, such as working with the state to maintain a golf course and a veterans’ center. Caubble would like to attract more business to the county, he said. Caubble added that Cross County has been in existence for 149 years, and he will have the privilege of celebrating its 150th year as county judge. Democrat Melanie Winkler was elected county clerk, gaining 2,903 votes to independent opponent Brenda Shempert’s 2,140 vote total. Sherri Williams, also a Democrat, was given 2,694 votes to win the position of tax assessor over Claude Brawner, who received 2,312 votes. For Quorum Court positions, independent Douglas Kennon was elected justice for District 1 with 340 votes. His opponent, Rosemary Proctor, received 107 votes, and Ray Stokes had 145 votes. For justice in District 7 Mike Curtner won against his opponent, Bobby Hess, with 526 votes. Hess received 345 votes. Danny Thomas was elected justice for District 8 with 297
votes, a 40-vote lead over opponent Vince Guest, who received 257 total votes. Paul Nickols was elected mayor of Wynne with 1,401 votes to beat his opponent, Philip Bankston. The office of mayor of Parkin went to Charles Patterson with 189 votes. Opponent Allen Christian Sr. received 88 votes. Theresa Harris received 60 votes, and David Lopez was given 59 votes. Mary Ann Whitlock beat out Tammy White for clerk-treasurer. Whitlock received 232 votes, and White got 160 votes. Calvin Green was elected to Ward 1, Position 2 on the City Council with 216 votes. His opponent, Sherry Wooten, received 168 votes, a 48-vote difference. Following are the unofficial vote totals in the county for federal and state races: U.S. Senate Blanche Lincoln — 2,279 John Boozman — 2,628 Trevor Drown — 119 John Gray — 62 District 1 Congress Rick Crawford — 2,508 Chad Causey — 2,337 Ken Adler — 154 Write-ins — 1 Governor Mike Beebe — 3,600 Jim Keet — 1,435 Jim Lendall — 73 Lt. governor Shane Broadway — 2,723 Mark Darr — 2,240 Attorney general Dustin McDaniel — 3,685 Rebekah Kennedy — 1,056 Write-ins — 7 Secretary of state Pat O’Brien — 2,488 Mark Martin — 2,466 State treasurer Martha Shoffner — 3,367 Bobby Tullis — 1,308 State auditor Charlie Daniels — 3,615 Mary Hughes-Willis — 1,117 Land Commissioner L.J. Bryant — 2,520 John Thurston — 2,401 Supreme Court justice 6 Tim Fox — 2,509 Karen Baker — 1,962
—Krystin Phillips
Saundra Sovick | The Sun
Electoral instructions Tim Ritter (left), a Craighead County election official, gives Eugeene Wittlake instructions about how to use an electronic voting machine at the Earl Bell Community Center polling site in Jonesboro on Tuesday.
Incumbents prevail in Jackson County BY JUDY BEARD SPECIAL TO THE SUN
NEWPORT — Incumbents prevailed in all three justice of the peace races on the ballot in Jackson County. In the race for District 2 justice incumbent Tommy Young won a second term by defeating Anthony Turner and Kenny Miller. Young, a Tuckerman farmer, received 324 votes, to Turner’s 89 and Miller’s 72. In the District 4 race incumbent Jerry Hulett, co-owner of Jackson’s Funeral Homes, defeated John Casteel by 265 to 146 to secure a second term. In the District 6 race incumbent Robert Bob Harris, a retired rancher, defeated write-in candidate Thomas Sanford by 346 to 84. This will be Harris’ third term. In the race for Tuckerman mayor Larry Bowen, a Democrat, soundly defeated Ryan Sykes. Bowen defeated current Mayor Everett King in the May primary. Jackie Ivy narrowly defeated June Lloyd in the race for Grubbs mayor. Ivy received 75 votes to Lloyd’s 66. The final contested mayor’s race
in Jackson County pitted Jackson County Chief Deputy Charles Vaughn against Eugene Willard. Vaughn defeated Willard, 29 votes to 12. There were several contested city council races in Jackson County. David Platt soundly defeated Anthony Turner in the Ward 1 race in Tuckerman. Platt received 347 votes compared to Turner’s 163. There were three aldermen positions open in Grubbs; two were decided by one vote. In the position 1 race Anthony Ivy defeated Voncelia Calhoun by 70 to 69. In the position 3 race Shirley Campbell defeated Charles Hockaday by an identical count of 70 to 69. In the position 4 race Jimmy P Phillips defeated Marilyn Anschultz by 9 to 69. Phillips’ son Jeff will assume the position of Jackson County judge in January. Just over 42 percent of the county’s registered voters went to the polls; 1,393 voters took advantage of early voting, while 2,399 voters went to the polls on Election Day. Following are the unofficial vote totals in the county for federal and state races: U.S. Senate
Blanche Lincoln — 1,890 John Boozman — 1,849 Trevor Drown — 104 John Gray — 91 District 1 Congress Chad Causey — 2,048 Rick Crawford — 1,651 Ken Adler — 189 Write-ins — 8 Governor Mike Beebe — 2,993 Jim Keet — 891 Jim Lendall — 65 Write-ins — 1 Lt. governor Shane Broadway 2,331 Mark Darr — 1,504 Attorney general Dustin McDaniel — 3,071 Rebekah Kennedy — 668 Write-ins — 12 Secretary of state Pat O’Brien — 2,344 Mark Martin — 1,530 State treasurer Martha Shoffner — 2,897 Bobby Tullis — 908 State auditor Charlie Daniels — 2,919 Mary Hughes-Willis — 843 Land Commissioner L.J. Bryant — 2,622 John Thurston — 1,256 Supreme Court justice 6 Karen Baker — 2,022 Tim Fox — 1,479
Sharp County Demo incumbent Brown re-elected as county judge
SHARP COUNTY — Incumbent Larry Brown was reelected as Sharp County judge Tuesday with 1,264 votes, turning back a challenge from Philip Hood, a Republican, who received 2,689 votes. Brown, a Democrat, said he wants to see Sharp County get more medical care options to reduce the transport of patients across long distances and help the ambulance service out of financial jeopardy. Brown earned a bachelor of science degree in business and economics from Lyon College and a master of science in education degree in educational leadership from Arkansas State University. Mark Counts, a detective sergeant with the Sharp County Sheriff’s Department, won the sheriff’s office by a landslide against James Estes, an independent. Counts, a Democrat, received 4, 019
votes to Estes’ 1,605 votes. The incumbent sheriff, Dale Weaver, did not run for re-election. Sharp County voters endorsed Robert Hutchinson of Evening Shade for state representative of District 82 with 1,264 votes, a 271-vote lead over his opponent, Lori Benedict of Salem, who received 993 votes total. The district also includes Fulton County. Hutchinson is a Democrat, Benedict a Republican. Everett McGuire won the race for justice of the peace in District 6 with 350 votes. His opponent, Bartus Allen, received 279 votes. The justice for District 7 is Bart Schulz of Cave City, who received 192 votes in a 6-way race. Dave Dougherty, received 173 votes; David Croft, 145; Jimmie Kunkel, 96; Joe Adam; and Marvin Cossey, 16. The constable for District 1 will be Mike Zeiger, who won with 428 votes to
opponent Scottie Runsick’s 233 votes. The constable for District 6 will be Clint Madison. Madison won with 384 votes against Dennis Black Hawk, who received 205 votes.
Mayoral races Danny Traw was elected mayor of Ash Flat with 181 votes and will take office in January. Kelly Newcome received 96 votes, and Jason Hale got 24 votes. The mayor of Cave City will be Daniel Wilson, who won with 249 votes against Kathy Wooldridge, who received 152 votes. Lana Hamilton was elected recorder-treasurer of Cherokee Village. Hamilton won with 679 votes against Phyllis Endrihs’ 562 votes. For alderman of Ward 1, Position 2, Cherokee Village residents elected Pamela Rowland with 571 votes. Her opponents, Tom Thone
and Ron Evance, received 496 and 195 votes, respectively. Richard Huff was elected mayor of Evening Shade with 124 votes over Martha Abderholden, who had 48 votes. The mayor of the City of Hardy will be Nina Thornton, who won with 170 votes against Greg Bess, who had 111 votes. Melanie Dietsche was elected Ward 1, Position 1 alderman in Hardy with 101 votes, defeating Amy Hussung with 97 votes and Gene Jones with 84. The position 2 alderman will be Margaret Harness with 167 votes. Her opponent, David Clayton, had 102 votes. The Ward 2, Position 2 alderman’s race went to Sherri Groves with 185 votes. Her opponent, Louie Seibert, got 89 votes. The mayor of Highland will be Richard Smith, who received 233 votes. Opponent Clyde Fisher
received 100 votes. The Ward 1, Position 2 alderman’s race in Highland went to Lynda McGuire, who had 250 votes over W.W. Pardue’s 66. The Ward 2, Position 1 will be Danny Taylor, who won with 186 votes. Russel Truitt received 142 votes. Wayne Lester will be mayor of Williford, winning with 25 votes to Glenda Baskin’s 10 votes. Jimmy Russell will fill position on the City Council. He had 22 votes, twice as many as Chris Baskin’. The position 3 alderman will be Leonard Wiles, who won with 21 votes against Linda Benson, who had 16. Position 4 will be filled by Ambie Lester, who had 23 votes to 13 for Jesse Couch. Following are the unofficial vote totals in the county for federal and state races: U.S. Senate John Boozman — 3,262
Blanche Lincoln — 1,962 Trevor Drown — 328 John Gray — 139 Write-ins — 2 District 1 Congress Rick Crawford — 3,211 Chad Causey — 2,053 Ken Adler — 393 Write-ins — 1 Governor Mike Beebe — 3,413 Jim Keet — 2,151 Jim Lendall — 162 Write-ins — 3 Lt. governor Mark Darr — 3,058 Shane Broadway — 2,527 Attorney general Dustin McDaniel — 3,672 Rebekah Kennedy — 1,524 Write-ins — 35 Secretary of state Mark Martin — 2,996 Pat O’Brien — 2,632 State treasurer Martha Shoffner — 3,242 Bobby Tullis — 1,836 State auditor Charlie Daniels — 3,499 Mary Hughes-Willis — 1,661 Land Commissioner John Thurston — 2,978 L.J. Bryant — 2,561 Supreme Court justice 6 Karen Baker — 3,188 Tim Fox — 1,730
—Krystin Phillips
State Rep. Gaskill re-elected to third term BY HOLLY MORSE AND WENDY MILLER PAXTON NEWS BUREAU
PARAGOULD — State Rep. Dr. Billy Gaskill was reelected to serve his third term in office Tuesday night. In unofficial numbers, Gaskill had a total of 3,755 votes, while independent candidate Ronnie Spence had 2,356 votes. “I plan to keep on working,” Gaskill said. “I have a bill in the works that will make it a felony to flee from a police officer and one that will make it mandatory for people who receive welfare to be drug tested.” The Democrat also said he plans on doing all he can to protect senior citizens. “I feel like if you have lived your life and served your town, your community, your family and your country, then you are entitled to have decent food,
decent clothes, a roof over your head and a little change in your pocket,” he said. Gaskill said he also plans to continue to support the strides in education Arkansas has made over the past few years. Spence said he is thankful for the opportunity to run and for the people who supported him. The independent candidate also said he believes Gaskill will do a good job. “I would like to say congrats to Dr. Gaskill on his win; he ran a good campaign and focused on the issues at hand, and I think he will continue to do good work,” Spence said, adding that he may run for office again. Diane Simons was reelected as Greene County’s tax assessor Tuesday night. According to unoffical numbers, the Democratic incumbent had 5,141 votes, and Republican candidate Boyd Bai-
ley had 3,305 votes. Democratic incumbent Tommy Kueter lost his justice of the peace District 7 seat to Republican Wesley Eddington by 22 votes. According to unofficial numbers, Keuter had 273 votes, while Eddington had 295 votes. “I’m going to start coming to the meetings and want to start work on the roads,” Eddington said. He said road issues in his district were a key platform in his campaign and will be the main thing he plans on working on while in office. District 9 Justice of the Peace Dave Tierney, a Democrat, was defeated by seven votes. In unofficial numbers Tierney had 440 votes, while Republican candidate Jerry T. Brown had 447 votes. Ralph “Huck” Oglesby will continue to fill the Lafe mayoral position PLEASE SEE GREENE, B3
Saundra Sovick | The Sun
Scanning ballots Linda Morris inserts her ballot into the ballot scanner on Tuesday at the Bono Senior Citizens Center.