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ake county results lltlRlAP A A a A I A It A With 98 of precincts reporting nwitimes.comelection06 LK WEDNESDAY MAY 3 2006 PAGE A11 Lake County Indiana U.S. Senate Uncontested 7.957 Richard G. Lugar (R) WEST CREEK TOWNSHIP ASSESSORTRUSTEE Rick Niemeyer (R) 177 Michael H. White (R) 19 WEST CREEK TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER Gerald D. Little (R) 119 114 Michael R.

Mclntire (R) 119 WINFIELD TOWNSHIP ASSESSORTRUSTEE Township offices CALUMET TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR Booker Blumenberg Jr. (D) 8,484 Jerome A. Prince (D) 7,726 CALUMET TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Kyle W.Allen Sr. (D) 7,547 Mary Elgin (D) 10,026 CALUMET TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER (3) U.S. Representative DISTRICT 1 Peter J.

Visclosky (D) 42,415 Mark J. Leyva (R) 4,249 Jayson Reeves (R) 897 Lewis "149 Farmer" Hass(R) 840 Richard "Ric" Holtz (R) 1,460 State Senate Uncontested 4,249 1,481 2,641 3,136 8,055 Uncontested 777 1,476 273 206 2,668 3,060 563 2,670 5,648 2,216 2,056 Uncontested 6,151 1.587 DISTRICT 1 Frank Mrvan Jr. (D) DISTRICT 4 Larry Chubb (D) Karen Tallian(D) Paul L. Childress (R) Timothy E. Vojslavek (R) DISTRICT 6 John B.

Greaves (D) Sue Landske (R) Crystal Hall (R) State Representative DISTRICT 1 Ron Tabaczynski (D) Linda C. Lawson (D) Wes Miller (R) DISTRICT 2 Earl L. Harris (D) Drake Morris (D) DISTRICT 3 2,291 2,624 926 4,945 1,780 Michael LProtho(D) 3,993 John B. Curley(R) 211 Phiippa Cody-Tolliver (D 4141 WINFIELD BOARD MEMBER Linda Galloway Collins (D) 1,827 Karen L. Smiley (D) 325 Clorius Lay (D) 5258 Bonnie Kirrin (D) 235 Roy Baldwin (D) 994 Linda G.

Eisenhauer (R) 158 Alex "Arnell" Cherry Jr. (D) 6.181 Bill Muha (R) 150 W.E. "Bud" Gulley (D) 1,522 Victor 0. Jackson (D) 1,041 Town offices Theodore G. "Ted" Karras(D) 3,001 CEDAR LAKE TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 1 Mary "Dunham" Williams 4,678 Robert H.

"Bob" Carnahan (R) 237 Andrew Ledbetter(D) 1,968 CEDAR LAKE TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 3 Nancy Valentine (D) 3,286 Jack Marsh (D) 212 Ron Matlock (D) 4,478 Patricia J. Wisniewski (D) 301 James Fleming (D) 2.970 Gregory L. "Greg" Wornhoff (R) 227 Morris K. Smith (R) 381 CEDAR LAKE TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 5 Charles W.Jackson Jr. (R) 316 Dennis "Denny" Wilkening (D) 385 CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR George Vukmirovich (R) 210 John A.

Percy (R) 173 DYER TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 2 Christine E. Braun (R) 100 Norbert S. Layne (D) 105 CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Robert M. Rybicki (D) 295 Edward E. Bradbury (D) 622 Steve Bodner Sr.

(D) 202 Alice F.Dahl(R) 250 Randy De Salvo (D) .138 CEDAR CREEK BOARD MEMBER Jeffery A. Dekker (R) 373 Marcia Quale (D) 423 DYER TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 4 John A. "Jack" Eskridge 473 Mary C. McShane (R) 401 Randall Wietbrock(D) 393 DYER TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 5 Dorothy J. Gunning (R) 161 Steven H.

Kramer (D) 544 W. Brian Mathias(R) 144 David A. Swinford (R) 97 Ronald E. Mills (R) 136 Patricia "Pat" Hunter (R) 159 CENTER TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR Debbie Astor (R) 252 Martha "Marty" Wheeler (R) 1,206 LOWELL TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 2 CENTER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE AIBachman(D) 344 Joel R. demons (R) 362 Shane D.

Tucker (D) 488 I EldonW. Strong (R) 965 Ruben Santos (R) 142 CENTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER LOWELL TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 4 Rochelle "Shelli" Vandenburgh (D) 1,201 Phillip A. Kuiper(D) 436 Richard C. Julian (R) 584 Trent R. Staggs-Laughrey (D) 385 Roland E.

"Bub" Wise Jr. (R) 909 Al Cottingham (R) 154 JohnCEnsweiler(R) 655 SCHERERVILLE TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 2 EAGLE CREEK TOWNSHIP ASSESSORTRUSTEE John H. Fladeland (D) 1,228 James L. Morrow (R) 55 Harold "Hal" Slager (R) 539 EAGLE CREEK TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER SCHERERVILLE TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 4 WilbertE. Fitch (R) 34 Tom Schmitt (D) 1,532 Bruce McNeil (R) 41 'Ed Cook (R) 515 JohnRJurs(R) 48 ST.

JOHN TOWN COUNCIL, WARD 3 Joseph J. Bachan(R) 12 Gregory J. Volk (R) 282 Herbert "Herb" Smith Jr. (D) 2,051 3.115 2,291 2,624 Uncontested 4,945 .1,780 2.051 3,115 1,453 Uncontested Uncontested Uncontested 2,704 2.215 420 Charlie Brown (D) McKenya Dilworth (D) Willie L. Brown (R) DISTRICT 4 Ralph Donald Ayres (R) DISTRICT 11 Dan C.

Stevenson Sr. (D 1,453 100 329 4,109 DISTRICT 12 Maria Candelaria Reardon (D) 2,704 Alicia Lopez-Rodriguez (D) 2,215 420 4,566 Uncontested Hilda Rodriquez (D) DISTRICT 13 Chester F. Dobis (D) DISTRICT 14 Vernon G. Smith (D) Catherine Campbell (R) DISTRICT 15 Myron M. Sutton (D) John Anthony Malan (D) Art Anderson (R) Donald J.

Lehe(R) DISTRICTS Robert Daniel Kuzman (D) 6,421 220 651 525 256 679 Uncontested Uncontested 1,376 734 2,650 4,179 election roundup porter county results SHERIFF Lain and Resteau win sheriff races The people of Porter County decided the next sheriff should come from within the ranks of the Sheriff's Department and have their fingers on the pulse of the police and jail operations. David Lain, second in command of the Sheriff's Department for nearly eight years, won the Democratic race handily over Chip Yanta, who retired from the department six years ago. On the Republican side, voters picked Sheriff's Department Sgt. Susan Resteau who has worked the patrol division, detective bureau and jail by a sound margin over Porter County drug unit Coordinator Robert Taylor and Bethlehem Steel retiree Harold Steven Lush. COUNTY COMMISSIONER Harper wins handily, will face Herzog' Bob Harper won the Democratic nomination for Center District Porter County Commissioner on Tuesday night over Barry Siegers, who disappeared from public view soon after his surprise filing in February.

Harper will face Republican Mike Herzog, a Valparaiso firefighter, in the general election. Herzog filed for the 4th District County Council nomination, but he declared several weeks ago that he would not contest the race and will run for commissioner. i COUNTY COUNCIL Stevenson holds on in 2nd District Porter County Councilwoman Rita Stevenson withstood a challenge from Portage real estate agent Laura Dudley on Tuesday night to win the Democratic nomination for the County Council's 2nd District. Stevenson, who has been on the council since 2002, supported a 0.25 percent income tax increase in May 2005 to fund the county's membership in the Regional Development Authority, a move that Dudley opposed. She will face Republican Mark Sulski, who was unopposed Tuesday in the general election.

Gesse and Bucko to face off for council seat Mike Bucko said someone jokingly referred to himself and Brian Gesse recently as political dinosaurs and had commented what a joy it would be to see them face off this fall for a seat on the county council. Well, that bit of humor became a reality Tuesday night as both men won their parties' nomination for a shot at the 4th District Porter County Council seat. "I will run against an old dinosaur anytime," Bucko said, as the final few votes were posted in the front of the crowd gathered at the county administration center. "It's just who will be T. rex?" COUNTY ASSESSOR Sexton defeats LaFever in GOP bid Porter Town Councilman William Sexton narrowly defeated incumbent Shirley LaFever in the Republican bid for county assessor in Tuesday's primary election.

"It was a well-done campaign," Sexton said of his victory. "We stuck to grass roots on the issues. People believe the government needs to be reformed, and we're moving in that direction." HANOVER TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR 3,142 Uncontested Eric Hammond (R) 1,139 1,373 James M. "Jamie" Bunge (D) 258 School Board (nonpartisan) UWigmore(R) 507 618 Darlene Sund (D) 289 CROWN POINT AT-LARGE Carl G. Speichert (R) 281 Judy A.

Katz 1,974 Lake County government HANOVER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Thomas K. Hoffman 2,156 LAKE SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY DIVISION James W. Hunley (D) 491 CROWN POINT DISTRICT 1 Jesse M. Villalpando (D) 24,312 Richard H. Niemeyer (R) 323 Karen Raab 1,441 EduardoFontanes(D) 6,152 HANOVER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER Patti L.

Wolter 1,702 Stanley W. Jablonski (D) 12,935 Michelle R. Boswell Bourrell (D) 139 Kimberly Udchitz 990 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, 31ST CIRCUIT James E. Metro (D) 306 GARY DISTRICT 3 Bernard A. Carter (D) 38,050 Deborah M.

Howe (D) 271 Nellie F. Moore 1,565 Douglas "Doug" Grimes (R) 6,000 Dana L. Plant (D) 322 Karen P. Pulliam 1,243 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Scott Bourrell (R) 176 GARY DISTRICT 5 Thomas R.Philpot(D) Donald Dust (R) 184 Jesse S. Morris III 864 COUNTY AUDITOR Roberta Torrence Allen (R) 188 Phillip Rucker 399 Peggy Holinga Katona (D) 30,693 HOBART TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR Barbara Gills 509 Carl L.

Dahlin Jr. NA Julia M. Wolek (D) 2,695 GARY DISTRICT 6 COUNTY TREASURER HOBART TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Michael Scott 1,064 Joseph "Joe" Garcia Jr. (D) 8,932 Barbara S. Rosser (D) 2,640 Quentin P.

Smith 784 Louis "Luis" Vasquez(D) 6,207 HOBART TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER Lsana "Sana" Djahspora 434 Andrew Sylwestrowicz (D) 6,480 Dave Stutler (D) 793 GRIFFITH AT-LARGE (select 3) John Petalas 19,995 Michael E. Ellis (D) 1,229 James Reyome 816 COUNTY SHERIFF Lawrence R. "Larry" Regal (D) 287 Daniel Govert 1,204 Roy Del Rio (D) 930 William "Getty" Sikora III (D) 1,026 Kevin Sudac 929 Anthony J. "Tony" Dominguez(D) 4,231 Margaret J. Kuchta (D) 1,991 Richard C.

Anderson 995 Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez (D) 21,137 David "Dave" Scheeringa (D) 715 Rich Muha 1,147 Ruben J. Hinojosa (D) 1,629 Thomas D. "Tom" Silich (D) 1,787 HAMMOND AT-LARGE (select 3) John Buncich (D) 17.070 NORTH TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR George T. Janiec 1,877 Richard D. Ltgon 5,397 John S.

Matonovich (D) 8,569 William A. "Bill" Bahus 1,493 Steven Kresich (D) 1,073 Jorge Del Real (D) 1763 James D. Hornak 2,136 Ronald "Ron" Cooper (R) 1,569 Clifton Johnson (D) 1,800 MarkRincon 1,553 Gerald W.Lowery(R) 821 Leon Leckavicius (D) 2,215 James T. Sheehan 1,799 Douglas Wright (R) 1,479 NORTH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Deborah M. White 2,429 DanBursac(R) 3,398 Jesse L.

Ortiz (D) 3,823 Lucinda "Cindy" Murphy 2,468 COUNTY ASSESSOR Frank J. Mrvan (D) 10,566 Albertine M. "Tina" Dent 2,524 Douglas S. Hensley (D) 12,820 Sergio A. Martinez (R) 699 HANOVER DISTRICT 1 Paul G.

Karras (D) 27.147' Sandra J. Pitzer(R) 1,477 DalePoston 460 Virgil Pop (R) 5,844 NORTH TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER Robert J. Petyko 536 COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 1 Richard J. Novak (D) 8,199 HANOVER DISTRICT 2 Roosevelt Allen Jr. (D) 13,371 Paul Krizman (D) 3,360 Christine Bugajski 235 Rudolph Clay (D) 6,656 Gerald "Jerry" Torres (D) 2,815 Todd Wilkening 286 Daniel Spoljoric (D) 2,399 Peter Katie (D) 5,079 Beth Ann Kappas 161 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 1 Ralph Flores Jr.

(D) 5,557 Jeffrey Herndon 236 Ernest "Ernie" Dillon (D) 3,718 Anthony E. "Tony" Hauprich (D) 1,967 Geryl "Gerry" Duffy 142 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 2 Terence J. Fife (D) 4,133 HIGHLAND AT-LARGE (select 3) Cozey E. Weatherspoon (D) 3,133 Pete Auksel (D) 5,093 Lawrence M. "Larry" Vassar 1,726 Elsie Brown Franklin (D) 4,573 Blanche Vercel (R) 1,860 Richard E.

"Rick" Volbrecht Jr. 1,347 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 3 ROSS TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR William Vargo 1,065 Will Smith Jr. (D) 6,693 Randall J. Guernsey (D) 3,118 Brian Berber 333 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 4 David J. Whelan (R) 7 415 Robert A.

"Bob" Kuva 1,856 Thomas C. O'Donnell (D) 3,629 ROSS TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Gregory J. "Gregg" Ladd 402 David V.Kusiak(D) 2,485 Richard P. Lamarca (D) 1,110 Luanne Jurczak 1,785 Daniel Fagen(R) 1,676 John W. Rooda (D) 3,012 John E.

Garcia COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 5 Raymond C. Dix Jr. (R) 366 Jennine Calderon 1,177 Christine Espinosa(D) 780 ROSS TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER LAKE RIDGE DISTRICT 1 Robert L. "Bob" Farkas (D) Rich Kendera (D) 2,133 Glenda Annette Wells 566 Joel Rodriguez (D) 2,307 Philip A. Pardus (D) 852 LAKE RIDGE DISTRICT 2 Christine 2,611 Pat Widing 2,381 Estelle Keck Becke 597 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 6 Robert J.

Hamady (D) 2,184 LAKE RIDGE DISTRICT 3 Thomas "Tom" Campbell (D) 759 John Johnson (R) 297 Terry A. Wilson 389 Harry Pedroza(D) 971 Jared Borkowski (R) 326 LAKE STATION DISTRICT 1 Donald Kopach (D) 202 Cecil G. Budde (R) 231 Michael L. Stills 276 Robert "Bob" Malizzo(D) 1,473 ST. JOHN TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR LAKE STATION DISTRICT 3 Steven D.

Armenta (D) 501 Daniel C. Langemesser (R) 223 Edward P. Laco 190 Ted F. Bilski (D) 2,083 Kenneth V. Tanis (R) 423 MUNSTER AT-LARGE (select 2) Richard W.Zormier(D) 413 Hank Adams (R) 900 Carrie G.

Wadas 1,906 Carl Lindsey (R) 1,015 ST. JOHN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE David R. Schneider 1,400 COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 7 Lawrence B. Dombrowski (D) 1,561 Steve "Mr. Barach 277 Larry N.

Blanchard (R) 2,260 Michael J. Goldasich (D) 1,379 Mary E. Yorke 2,153 y. Jean E. Shepherd (R) 796 Anthony F.

Tavitas 705 Eleftheria "Liberty" Bakas(R) 297 Richard Kapiszka 181 Mary Tanis (R) 459 Jon Pupillo 154 ST. JOHN TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER RIVER FOREST AT-LARGE Donald "Don" Bacso(D) 1,168 Michelle L. Martin 586 Daniel "Dan" Bielski(D) 1,732 RIVER FOREST DISTRICT 3 William A. Bednar(D) 1,653. H.

Marshall Gilliana 539 Ron Hunter (R) 552 Alfred M. Hansen (R) 521 Thomas J. "Tom" Cavanaugh(R) 701 Debbie Walters (R) 568 Natalie Jean M. Kaluza (R) 292 Elizabeth A. "Beth" Delahunty(R) 391 Roman J.

Sawczak (R) 386 WEB POLL What did you really care about? At the end of the day, the results I care most about are: Cubs vs. Pittsburgh All of them 5 4 White Sox at Cleveland 7 Indiana primaries L- 43 None of them I 11 Nashville Star finale Bulls at Miami 9 SOURCE: Times Web joll THE TIME.