h1. 2005 Toledo Elections Toledo Talk threads : * Aug 3, 2005 - "Open thread discussing Toledo's mayoral candidates":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1316 - --(223 Comments)-- * Aug 18, 2005 - "City Council Candidates":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1382 - --(36 Comments)-- * Aug 2005 - "Meet the candidates forum":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/18492/Toledo_Mayoral_Primary_2005 * [[Carty Finkbeiner's 2005 Mayoral Campaign Promises]] h2. Sep 2005 Primary * Sep 13, 2005 - "Primary election results":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1422 - --(81 Comments)-- h3. Mayoral race Top 2 make it to November table{width: 250px;}. |||| {background:yellow}.|xx Carty Finkbeiner|>. 15283|>. 36.74%| {background:yellow}.|x Jack Ford|>. 10910|>. 26.23%| |Keith Wilkowski|>. 9750|>. 23.44%| |Rob Ludeman|>. 5386|>. 12.95%| |Opal Covey|>. 110|>. 0.26%| |Don Gozdowski|>. 91|>. 0.22%| |Martin Okonski|>. 64|>. 0.15%| _--xx = former two-term mayor--_ _--x = mayor in 2005--_ h3. City Council At-large Top 12 make it to November table{width: 250px;}. |||| {background:#lightblue}.| + Bob McCloskey|>. 20083|>. 11.43%| {background:#lightblue}.| + Phil Copeland|>. 18454|>. 10.5%| {background:#lightblue}.| + Betty Shultz|>. 17580|>. 10%| {background:#lightblue}.| + Frank Szollosi|>. 16279|>. 9.26%| {background:#lightblue}.| + George Sarantou|>. 15351|>. 8.74%| {background:#lightblue}.|Mark Sobczak|>. 13225|>. 7.53%| {background:#lightblue}.|Karen Shanahan|>. 12660|>. 7.2%| {background:#lightblue}.| + Karyn M. Hancock|>. 12597|>. 7.17%| {background:#lightblue}.|Bob Vasquez|>. 12283|>. 6.99%| {background:#lightblue}.|Dave Schulz|>. 9943|>. 5.66%| {background:#lightblue}.|Terry Shankland|>. 6531|>. 3.72%| {background:#lightblue}.|Ernie Berry|>. 5373|>. 3.06%| |Mitch Balonek|>. 4928|>. 2.8%| |Jason M. Schreiner|>. 4338|>. 2.47%| |Thomas Meinecke|>. 3428|>. 1.95%| |Robert L. Tilton|>. 2678|>. 1.52%| _--+ = already on city council in 2005--_ h3. Voter Turnout September 2005 primary voter turnout "info":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1422#8500 bq. _"22 percent of registered Toledo voters "cast":http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050914/NEWS09/50914021 ballots."_ bq. 22%, that seems like a respectable turnout for a Sep election in today's world. It was higher than P-burg's turnout. bq. 22% of 189,454 registered Toledo voters = 41,680 Toledoans voted on Tuesday. bq. According to the 2000 census, Toledo has 231,488 people age 18 and over. Now maybe all wouldn't be eligible to vote for whatever reason, I don't know. Let's say 220,000 people in Toledo are eligible to vote. That means the real voter turnout was at most 19%, which isn't much different than the reported number. bq. But it's a glaring stat that at least 80% of Toledoans don't care very much about politics, which may not be a bad thing. Maybe politics is severly overrated in today's world. Maybe politics is a leftover relic from a bygone era. Maybe the problem isn't with the 80% who didn't vote but with the 20% who put too much emphasis on politics. Maybe the 80% think the 20% are wasting their time and would be more productive by ignoring politics. h2. Nov 2005 General * Nov 8, 2005 - "2005 election results":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1576 - --(170 Comments)-- h3. Mayoral race table{width: 250px;}. |||| {background:yellow}.|Carty Finkbeiner|>. 47,351|>. 61%| |Jack Ford|>. 29,169|>. 38%| h3. City Council At-large Top 6 take office table{width: 250px;}. |||| {background:lightblue}.|Phil Copeland|>. 38,044|>. 11%| {background:lightblue}.|Bob McCloskey|>. 36,421|>. 10%| {background:lightblue}.|Mark Sobczak|>. 34,895|>. 10%| {background:lightblue}.|George Sarantou|>. 32,961|>. 9%| {background:lightblue}.|Betty Shultz|>. 32,044|>. 9%| {background:lightblue}.|Frank Szollosi|>. 30,253|>. 9%| |Bob Vasquez|>. 28,014|>. 8%| |Karen Shanahan|>. 26,742|>. 7%| |Karyn Hancock|>. 24,209|>. 7%| |Dave Schulz|>. 20,181|>. 6%| |Terry Shankland|>. 17,804|>. 5%| |Ernie Berry|>. 12,942|>. 3%| |Amanda Scott-Rice|>. 282|>. 0%| Mark Sobczak was the only new person elected. h2. Miscellaneous Jun 24, 2005 - "Karyn McConnell Hancock":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/16/1222 - her bid for re-election to city council was probably harmed by this event prior to the primary: q. [Hancock was] driving with an expired driver's license and expired tags. When the tow truck was called (Standard procedure) she stated she was a City Councilperson and Chief Navarre was called. *The tow was cancelled*. q.. br. Feb 10, 2006 - "Bob McCloskey indicted":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/21/1921 - --(62 Comments)-- - some of McCloskey's questionable dealings were known *before* the November 2005 election, but he was still the number two vote-getter. br. Apr 23, 2006 - Toledo Blade - "Copeland, Sarantou favored by party voters":http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060423/NEWS09/604230455 for Lucas County commissioner. Even though both won their city council re-election bids only months earlier, Copeland and Sarantou ran for county commissioner. q. Mr. Copeland is the nephew of the late Bill Copeland, a former city councilman and former county commissioner. Some of Phil Copeland's support appears to come from voters who are associating him with his uncle. "If my uncle's name is helping me, I'm thanking him right now," Mr. Copeland said. "I'll take it any day. He had a good name, and I'm trying to keep it up. … *If they think I'm Bill Copeland, that's fine with me.*" q.. In November 2005, maybe some or much of Copeland's support for council also came from people who thought they were voting for the late Bill Copeland. br. [[Lucas County Democrat Teams]] - last updated in July 2007 [[Stainbrook takes control of Lucas County Republican Party]] - June 2008 - Maybe local 'A' and 'B' Republican teams will be created too. #politics - #toledo - #elections