h1. 2009 Toledo Elections * "Lucas County Board of Elections":http://www.lucascountyoh.gov/index.aspx?nid=74 * "September 15, 2009 Municipal Primary Election":http://www.co.lucas.oh.us/index.aspx?NID=1690&ART=3788&admin=1 * "Historical Election Results":http://apps.co.lucas.oh.us/polllocator/ h2. Sep 2009 Primary Tuesday, September 15, 2009 h3. Mayoral Race Vote for only 1. Top 2 make it to November 3 election. "Mike Bell":http://mikebellfortoledo.com/ (I) "D. Michael Collins":http://dmichaelcollins.com/ (I) "Opal Covey":http://opalformayor.com/ (I) - --_ran for mayor in 2005_-- "Ben Konop":http://konop4mayor.com/ (D) - --_current Lucas County Commissioner_-- "Jim Moody":http://moodyformayor.com/ (R) "Keith Wilkowski":http://keithwilkowski.com/ (D) - --_ran for mayor in 2005_-- h2. Results Unofficial "final results":http://www.lucascountyoh.gov/documents/Board%20of%20Elections/Unofficial%20Results%201-36am.PDF [pdf] from the Lucas County BOE: table{width: 250px;}. |||| |<. -|>. Total|>. -| {background:yellow;color:black}.|Keith Wilkowski|>. 11214|>. 30.89%| {background:yellow;color:black}.|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":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/35454/2005_Toledo_Elections#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,":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/35454/2005_Toledo_Elections#Mayoral_race_ 41,594 votes were cast. h3. City Council At-large Vote for only 6. Top 12 make it to November 3 election. John Adams Jr. "Terry Biel":http://terrybiel.com/ Joeseph Carter "Mark Clark":http://www.markclarkfortoledo.com/ "Phillip Copeland":http://copelandfortoledo.com/ - --_current member of Toledo City Council_-- Jeff Cromwell Ty Daniels "Rob Ludeman":http://robludemanfortoledo.com/ - --_former, 12-year member of Toledo City Council from District 2_-- "Tricia Lyons":http://tricialyons.com/ "Adam J Martinez":http://martinez4council.com/ Joe McNamara - --_current member of Toledo City Council_-- "Kevin Milliken":http://www.kevinmilliken4council.com/ George Sarantou - --_current member of Toledo City Council_-- Hans G. Schnapp Terry Shankland Constantine P. Stamos "Steven C. Steel":http://steelfortoledo.com/ - --_appointed to Toledo City Council in summer of 2009 to fill vacancy_-- "Steven L. Sulewski":http://www.sulewski4citycouncil.com/ "Polly Taylor-Gerken":http://lookforpolly.com/ Jeremiah Van Buren "Stephen Ward":http://www.wardfortoledo.com/ "David Washington":http://www.prezforcouncil.org/ "Michael R. Watson":http://www.mwatson09.com/ 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 h3. 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 h3. 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: bq. (a) One (1) Council member shall be elected from each of six (6) districts constituted pursuant to Section 27(A) of this Charter, and bq. (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. bq. 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. bq. 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 h2. 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":http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/NEWS09/311059999 at Toledo Blade. h3. Mayoral race Mike Bell (I) 35,118 52% Keith Wilkowski (D) 31,987 48% h3. 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% h3. 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% h3. Municipal Court Judge Bill Connelly 24,567 40% Ian English 19,451 32% Mark Davis 16,881 28% h3. Lucas County Issue 4 Senior Services Levy Yes 79,286 71% No 32,502 29% h3. Oregon Mayor Michael Seferian 4,446 61% Marge Brown 2,822 39% h2. State Issues h3. 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% h3. 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% h3. Issue 3 Proposal to allow construction of four casinos in the state. For 1,663,149 52.97% Against 1,476,592 47.03% h2. Etc. * [[2005 Toledo Elections]] * WTOL Nov 3, 2009 "results":http://www.wtol.com/global/Category.asp?c=152551 #toledo - #politics - #elections