Meigs County Elections Coverage (Results)                                                               11/04/08-11/05/08

11/05 12:16 AM - Story
     Republicans won two of the three contested positions in the Meigs County local elections and the Southern Local School Tax Renewal Levy passed.
     In the Clerk of Courts race, Republican candidate Diane Lynch defeated Democratic opponent Brenda Phalin (FAIL-in) by over one thousand votes.
     Republican Thomas Anderson won one of the county commissioner seats with approximately 4,000 votes, defeating Democrat Thomas Lowery (LOW-ery) and Independent Bill Quickel.
     An independent won the second seat as county commissioner.  
     Independent Michael Bartrum won the race defeating Republican Jim Sheets by almost three thousand votes.
     The  Southern Local School District Renewal Levy passed in the local election as well.
     The levy will renew a tax for current expenses of 4 mills for five years.

11/05 12:04 AM – Live Results
     All the precincts and absentee ballots have been counted in Meigs County.
     Here are the final election results:
     In the Clerk of Courts race,
     Republican candidate Diane Lynch won the race with 5,455 votes and
     Democratic candidate Brenda Phalin (FAIL-in) trailed behind with 4,240.

     The results are also in for the Two County Commissioner Races
     In the first race:
     Republican Thomas Anderson won with 4,104 votes
     followed by Democrat Thomas Lowery (LOW-ery) with 3,936 votes
     and Independent Bill Quickel followed behind with 1,613 votes.

     In the second County Commissioner race,
     Independent Michael Bartrum won with 6,621 votes
     and Republican Jim Sheets followed behind with 3,355.

     The Southern Local School Tax Renewal Levy passed with 1,287 votes for and 808 votes against its passing.  The levy will renew a tax for current expenses of 4 mills for five years.