The counting is over, although it is not official until June 12th and some provisional ballots must be considered, we do now know the likely winners in contested races for the 2020 primary election.

The Republican race for 3 at-large county council seats drew a number of candidates.  Sue Maki topped the list with 17.99% of the vote.  Next is incumbent Brad Beaver with 15.09% of ballots cast.  The third and final hopeful to make it onto the November general election is Steve Nation with 14.96% of the vote.   John Ditslear was next in line with 13.9%, but not enough to get on the general election ballot.

This means incumbents Rick McKinney and Jeff Hern will not serve another term on the council.

County Commissioner incumbent Steve Dillinger won easily over his challenger Charlie McMillan.  Susan Byer defeated Kim Good for County Treasurer by 5 percentage points.

Scott Baldwin defeated JR Gaylor easily for the Republican nomination for Indiana Senate, District 20, the seat held by Victoria Spartz.  Spartz will face Democrat Christina Hale in the general election for 5th District US Congress.

In Indiana House District 88, former Speaker Brian Bosma’s old district, Chris Jeter won the GOP nomination over Leah McGrath.