With about 300 absentee and provisional ballots left to process and count, Tippecanoe County election officials pulled the plug on the count around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The plan is to resume the count at some point Wednesday morning. A time hadn’t been set as of Tuesday night.
RESULTS, SO FAR: Here’s a scroll of the unofficial votes in Tippecanoe County, as of the end of counting Tuesday night:
UP IN THE AIR: At least one local race remained up in air. Five of the nine candidates for Tippecanoe County remain in contention for three at-large seats. As they stood Tuesday night: Barry Richard, R, 25,244; Ben Carson, D, 24,674; John Basham, R, 24,341; Kevin Underwood, R, 24,304; and Katy Bunder, D, 24,054. Richard, Basham and Underwood are the incumbents.
WAITING FOR MARGINS OF VICTORY: These local races won’t be in doubt, other than the final count.
School boards
Lafayette School Corp. school board, three at-large seats: Ebony Barrett, Margaret Hass and Julie Peretin.
West Lafayette Community School Corp. school board, four at-large seats: Amy Austin, David Purpura, Yue Yin and George Lyle.
Tippecanoe School Corp. school board: Three incumbents – Jake Burton, Julia Cummings and Brad Anderson – along with newcomer Connie Harper won uncontested races.
County races
Commissioner, District 2: Incumbent David Byers, R, over Libertarian Steve Mayoras.
Commissioner, District 3: Incumbent Tom Murtaugh, R, over Libertarian Jaime Ortiz.
Coroner: Incumbent Carrie Costello, R, over Libertarian Benjamin Milanowski.
Treasurer: Incumbent Yadira Salazar, R, unopposed
Surveyor: Zach Beasley, R, unopposed
Judge, Circuit Court: Incumbent Sean Persin, R, unopposed.
Judge, Superior Court 6: Michael Morrissey, R, unopposed.
Statehouse races
House District 13: Matthew Commons, R, over Ed Moyer Jr., D. Commons wins the seat held by state Rep. Sharon Negele, who he beat in the May Republican primary.
House District 26: Incumbent Chris Campbell, D, over Jim Schenke, R
House District 27: Incumbent Sheila Klinker, D, over Oscar Alvarez, R
House District 41: Incumbent Mark Genda, R, over Dan Sikes, D
Statewide
Governor: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, a Republican, over Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian Donald Rainwater.
Attorney General: Incumbent Republican Todd Rokita over Democrat Destiny Wells
Federal
U.S. House, 4th District: U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, a Republican, over Democrat Derrick Holder and Libertarian Asley Groff
U.S. Senate: Republican Jim Banks over Democrat Valerie McCray and Libertarian Andrew Horning
TURNOUT: 67,846, as of Tuesday’s initial count. That’s just shy of 60% of Tippecanoe County’s 119,095 registered voters went to the polls. Of those, 59.5% of the ballots came in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s Election Day.
MORE RESULTS, CANDIDATE REACTIONS: Coming after Wednesday count.
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Dave, what percentage of adults in Tippecanoe County even register to vote?