Sunday I posted a piece on this blog about a conversation I had with someone familiar with the Hamilton County political scene.  He told me two county-wide Republican primary elections would say a lot about where Hamilton County is headed politically.

In both of those races, the incumbents lost and new office-holders are on the way.

In the race for the Republican Party’s candidate for prosecuting attorney, incumbent Lee Buckingham failed in his bid for another term, losing to Greg Garrison.  You may recall that Garrison’s claim to fame was his work as a Marion County prosecutor that represented the state in convicting former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson.  That led to him having a radio talk show for many years.  Garrison retired from radio in 2017.  He will now lead the team of prosecuting attorneys in the Hamilton County office.  Garrison won with 59% of the votes cast.

The other election saw a Hamilton County Council incumbent lose his bid for re-election.  Challenger Mark Hall defeated incumbent councilor Steve Schwartz.  Hall garnered more than 58% of the vote this time around.

There were many other election results of note Tuesday night.

Darren Murphy won the newly-created judgeship in Superior Court 7, defeating Stephenie Gookins, with 52.5% of the vote.

Former Hamilton County Reporter newspaper publisher Jeff Jellison easily won the Republican race for County Coroner over his opponent Ned Masbaum with more than 67% of the GOP votes cast.

Closer to home in Fishers, three Republicans out of the four candidates will be on the ballot in the fall for Fall Creek Township Board – Brian Baehl, Tony Scott and Jason Meyer.  Three Democrats will be on the November ballot for the three board seats – incumbent Rachna Greulach along with Kimberly Passey-Strahan and Sukriti Sachdeva.

The Hamilton County Clerk’s office says under 12% of registered voters cast a primary election ballot.  There are only estimates on how many eligible voters chose to stay away from the polls (and early voting) but that number is down in the single digit percentage at best.

For a full listing of the election results from the Hamilton County Clerk’s office, use this link. 

(EDITOR’s NOTE:  I incorrectly cited Patricia Bratton as a winner in the Fall Creek Township Board election…in fact, Tony Scott won in that race.  The story has been corrected)