• Sep 2009 Primary
• Mayoral Race
• Results
• City Council At-large
• Issue 1
• Issue 2
• Nov 2009 General
• Mayoral race
• City Council At-large
• School Board
• Municipal Court Judge
• Lucas County Issue 4 Senior Services Levy
• Oregon Mayor
• State Issues
• Issue 1
• Issue 2
• Issue 3
• Etc.

2009 Toledo Elections

• Lucas County Board of Elections
• September 15, 2009 Municipal Primary Election
• Historical Election Results

Sep 2009 Primary

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Mayoral Race

Vote for only 1. Top 2 make it to November 3 election.

Mike Bell (I)
D. Michael Collins (I)
Opal Covey (I) - ran for mayor in 2005
Ben Konop (D) - current Lucas County Commissioner
Jim Moody (R)
Keith Wilkowski (D) - ran for mayor in 2005

Results

Unofficial final results [pdf] from the Lucas County BOE:

-	Total	-
Keith Wilkowski	11214	30.89%
Mike Bell	10543	29.04%
James Moody	5582	15.37%
D. Michael Collins	5327	14.67%
Ben Konop	3393	9.35%
Opal Covey	248	0.68%
Total	36,307	100%

I don't know what the voter turnout was for just the Toledo election. The LC BOE is reporting the voter turnout for the Oregon and Toledo elections combined, which was 18.45%. Toledo's voter turnout in the September 2005 primary was 22%.

For yesterday's mayoral election, 36,307 votes were cast.

For the September 2005 mayoral primary, 41,594 votes were cast.

City Council At-large

Vote for only 6. Top 12 make it to November 3 election.

John Adams Jr.
Terry Biel
Joeseph Carter
Mark Clark
Phillip Copeland - current member of Toledo City Council
Jeff Cromwell
Ty Daniels
Rob Ludeman - former, 12-year member of Toledo City Council from District 2
Tricia Lyons
Adam J Martinez
Joe McNamara - current member of Toledo City Council
Kevin Milliken
George Sarantou - current member of Toledo City Council
Hans G. Schnapp
Terry Shankland
Constantine P. Stamos
Steven C. Steel - appointed to Toledo City Council in summer of 2009 to fill vacancy
Steven L. Sulewski
Polly Taylor-Gerken
Jeremiah Van Buren
Stephen Ward
David Washington
Michael R. Watson

http://teamworktoledo.com/

Council At-Large City of Toledo
Total Votes 154783
Rob Ludeman 17569
George Sarantou 17514
Joe McNamara 17447
Phillip Copeland 12731
Steven C. Steel 9869
Polly Taylor-Gerken 9382
Adam J. Martinez 7724
Kevin Milliken 7462
Constantine P.Stamos 5597
Terry Shankland 5561
Tricia Lyons 5543
Terry Biel 5394
Mark Clark 5249
Stephen Ward 3717
Jeff Cromwell 3568
John Adams Jr. 3529
Hans G. Schnapp 3405
David Washington 2899
Steven L. Sulewski 2822
Michael R. Watson 2455
Ty Daniels 1924
Joseph Carter 1898
Jeremiah Van Buren 1524

Issue 1

#1 PROPOSED CHANGE OF ALLOCATION OF ¾% OF THE MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX

Shall Ordinance No. 727-08 / 28-09, providing for a change in the allocation of the three- quarters percent (3/4%) income tax for the remainder of 2009 to be allocated one-half (1/2) for Police, Fire, and other Safety Department responsibilities and one-half (1/2) for the General Fund, and for the 2010 – 2012 period, to be allocated one-half (1/2) for Police, Fire, and other Safety Department responsibilities, one-third (1/3) for the General Fund and one-sixth (1/6) for the Capital Improvements Fund; and of which one and one- half percent (1 ½%) continues to be in effect for a continuing period of time to be allocated as at present, be passed?

1 - Change 3/4% Tax Allocation
Total
Total Votes 35802
AGAINST 19318
FOR 16484

Issue 2

#2 PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT

Section 26 – The Council Except as reserved to the people by this Charter, the legislative power of the City shall be vested in a Council of nine (9) members elected at the 2009 regular City election and thereafter. Members of Council shall be elected in 2009 and in subsequent regular City elections as follows:

(a) One (1) Council member shall be elected from each of six (6) districts constituted pursuant to Section 27(A) of this Charter, and

(b) Three (3) Council members shall be elected at-large in 2009 for a term of two (2) years and in 2011 for a term of four (4) years thereafter as defined forthwith. One (1) Council member shall be elected from each of three (3) Super Districts consisting of two (2) of the six (6) districts constituted pursuant to Section 27(A) of this Charter at the 2011 regular City election and thereafter. The Apportionment Board shall be responsible for determining the Super Districts. Super District shall be defined as a district for purposes of Section 28 of this Charter.

Vacancies in Council shall be filled by election of the remaining members of the Council of an individual qualified to serve as a member of Council in accordance with this Charter. In the event Council fails to fill such vacancy within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of any vacancy, then the Mayor shall fill such vacancy. Such individual shall serve by appointment until a successor is elected and qualified at an election as specified herein.

Any section(s) of the Charter inconsistent with the intent and purpose of this Section shall be construed so as to affect enactment of this Section. Effective with the municipal general election in 2009, the top six (6) vote getters at the municipal primary election advance to the municipal general election and thereafter pursuant to the Charter.

2 - Nine is Fine
Total
Total Votes 35185
NO 18537
YES 16648

Nov 2009 General

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Voter turnout in Lucas County was 36.96.
It was 33.9 percent in Toledo.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/NEWS16/911049999

Results at Toledo Blade.

Mayoral race

Mike Bell (I) 35,118 52%
Keith Wilkowski (D) 31,987 48%

City Council At-large

Joe McNamara 36,879 13%
George Sarantou 35,411 13%
Rob Ludeman 34,792 13%
Phillip Copeland 28,654 10%
Steven Steel 26,113 9%
Adam Martinez 25,362 9%
Polly Taylor-Gerken 24,136 9%
Terry Biel 18,254 7%
Kevin Milliken 16,634 6%
Terry Shankland 15,339 6%
Constantine Stamos 14,615 5%

School Board

Bob Vasquez 22,751 20%
Brenda Hill 20,097 18%
Larry Sykes 17,710 15%
Darlene Fisher 16,851 15%
Aji Green 12,257 11%
Mindy Jenson 7,958 7%
James Jones 5,787 5%
John Rust 4,033 4%
Vince Hornik 3,897 3%
Norman Drogmiller II 3,342 3%

Municipal Court Judge

Bill Connelly 24,567 40%
Ian English 19,451 32%
Mark Davis 16,881 28%

Lucas County Issue 4 Senior Services Levy

Yes 79,286 71%
No 32,502 29%

Oregon Mayor

Michael Seferian 4,446 61%
Marge Brown 2,822 39%

State Issues

Issue 1

Whether the state should take on $200 million
in debt to pay bonuses to veterans of
recent wars.

For 2,210,605 72.15%
Against 853,331 27.85%

Issue 2

Whether the state should create a panel to
regulate Ohio’s livestock industry.

For 1,959,669 63.66%
Against 1,118,805 36.34%

Issue 3

Proposal to allow construction of four casinos
in the state.

For 1,663,149 52.97%
Against 1,476,592 47.03%

Etc.

• 2005 Toledo Elections
• WTOL Nov 3, 2009 results

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