Lorain County 2009 General Election Guide

Following are the issues and candidates from Lorain County Board of Elections for the 2009 General Election.

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Issues School Issues School Board Races	Village Races Township Races
Amherst Avon Avon Lake Elyria Lorain	North Ridgeville Oberlin Sheffield Lake Vermilion Wellington Village

Major Races of Local Interest

Last Updated: 12/02/09 1:34 PM

Race		Candidate	Lor Cnty Votes	District Wide
Council At Large — Elyria (Elect 4) 100 % reporting		Christopher Best	2,968
		Rae Lynn Brady	4,683
		Thomas G. Callahan	5,953
		Diane Lesesky	3,270
		Michael Lotko III	6,173
		Ray Noble	3,370
		Timothy Quinn	3,316
		Mary F. Siwierka	6,704
		Victor F. Stewart III	5,809
Judge Muni Court-Term Comm 1/1/10 — Elyria 100 % reporting		Gary C. Bennett	16,089
		Jay B. Grunda	13,042
Director Of Law — Lorain (Unexpired Term) 100 % reporting		R.J. Budway (Write In)	0
		Patrick D. Riley	9,482
		Michael J. Scherach	3,448
Council At Large — Lorain (Elect 3) 100 % reporting		Mitchell J. Fallis	7,286
		Daniel W. Given	7,296
		Keith E. Jones	2,466
		Anne Marie Molnar	7,826
		Sean Stipe	2,466
Council At Large — North Ridgeville (Elect 3) 100 % reporting		Bernadine Butkowski	3,793
		Kevin Corcoran	4,304
		Roseanne Johnson	3,475
		Ray E. McLaughlin III	3,329
		Michael S. Whitlock	2,981
		Richard S. Winrod	3,333
Council — Oberlin (Elect 7) 100 % reporting		David R. Ashenhurst	784
		H. Scott Broadwell	1,061
		Bryan L. Burgess	1,004
		Sharon Fairchild Soucy	1,249
		Robert A. "Tony" Gaines	705
		Elizabeth J. Meadows	1,086
		Anthony J. Mealy	439
		Aaron Mucciolo	672
		Charles F. Peterson	1,025
		Kate Pilacky	866
		Kenneth Sloane	952
		David E. Sonner	779
#3 - Casino — State of Ohio Authorizing a single casino within each of four designated cities 100 % reporting		Yes	51,239	1,663,149
		No	33,403	1,476,592
#4 - Lorain County Sales Tax increase of 1/2%, supporting criminal & administrative services 100 % reporting		For	35,748
		Against	48,784
#10 - Elyria City — Elyria Additonal Income tax of 1/2%, Operations 100 % reporting		For	5,573
		Against	8,039
#29 - Elyria City School District — Elyria Renewal/ 7.96 mills, Emergency Requirements, 5 Years 100 % reporting		For	8,493
		Against	5,039
#30 - Lorain City School District — Lorain Additional/ 6.43 mills, Emergency Requirements, 5 Years 100 % reporting		For	4,939
		Against	6,171
#31 - Lorain Port Authority — Lorain Renewal/ 1 mill, Providing Funds Necessary for Port, 5 Years 100 % reporting		For	8,763
		Against	4,982
#33 - North Ridgeville City School District — North Ridgeville Renewal/ 3.76 mills, Emergency Requirements, 10 Years 100 % reporting		For	6,240
		Against	3,223

Unofficial vote counts from the Lorain County Board of Elections.