Stivers took 66.15 percent of the total amongst more than 190,000 voters who cast ballots in the district, compared to Wharton’s 33.85 percent. In the 12-county district, Athens County was the only one that voted in Wharton’s favor — with 62.72 percent of the countywide vote.
Incumbent State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Albany, looked across Court Street toward the Athens County Board of Elections just as cars carrying loads of ballots bearing her name rolled in Tuesday night.“I love election night,” she said. “I really enjoy the process. I like being able to go out and talk to people and hear their concerns.”Later that night, those same ballots would declare her the winner of a tight race for 94th District State Representative. She was re-elected by fewer› than 200 votes.Of the 28,436 votes cast across the four-county district, Phillips reeled in 14,315, to Washington County Republican Yolan Dennis’ 14,121.Phillips spent her day travelling Southeast Ohio talking to voters, before ending her night at the Pigskin Bar and Grille.“It felt good,” said Amy Lipka, Phillips’ campaign manager. “I think people have been really positive.”Meanwhile, Dennis, a nurse from Warren Township, met with fellow Republicans at the Republican headquarters in Marietta.After preliminary results showed a small difference in votes for Phillips and Dennis, Athens County Democratic Party Chair Alan Trout said Phillips losing would be “an absolute catastrophe for Southeast Ohio.”Dennis said at about 10:30 p.m. she wasn’t ready to concede the election quite yet.“We’ve worked really hard,” she said. “I have no regrets. I’m just really glad for the people who have been there supporting me.”She said she hasn’t decided whether she’ll run again in the next election, but she wants to keep in touch with voters in the district. Phillips will be in a House committee meeting in Columbus at the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday morning.“We have a lot of work to do,” she said. “For me, it’s a chance to continue.”Phillips earns $78,668 annually as Assistant Minority Leader in the Ohio House, but Dennis would’ve made about $60,500. @wtperkinswp198712@ohio.edu
Standing in the brightly-lit office on Court Street in her white tennis shoes and jeans Tuesday night, Jill Thompson’s life, as always, was overwhelmed by numbers.
Christmas came early for Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge George P. McCarthy Tuesday night.
Check back throughout Tuesday night for results as we get them.
Local law enforcement officers had some messy situations to deal with in the last week.
The Athens County Board of Elections has a slew of polling locations in Athens for students.
Students and anonymous users of Yik Yak and Unseen rejoice, police aren’t on creeping on your posts — yet.
At Ohio University, police officers are no longer inaccessible uniforms on bikes and in cars. Now, they’re just a tweet away.
Proposed changes to the Garbage and Rubbish Ordinance have cleared all the procedural hurdles it needs to be adopted this week, but the councilwoman who introduced and authored the legislation has said that might not happen.
There’s a graveyard of lost phones, keys and IDs floating around Uptown, awaiting their owner’s return to the bars.
Officials on the ground worked to restore power Saturday morning and into the afternoon.
Goblins, ghouls and some choo-choo trains gathered at the Athens Community Center for another candy-filled evening
A new report by the Government Accountability Office shows Ohio isn’t testing for chemicals before they enter hydraulic fracturing injection wells.
Even though college-aged residents of Athens have adequate opportunities and resources to vote, turnout stats are still disappointingly low.
The report centered on locations in six states, including Athens County.
OU students are more likely to use blue lights to call anyone else besides the police.
The Halloween gunfire was among the November crimes of the month
A candidate for U.S. Congress stopped by Baker Wednesday
Stolen items outnumber reports of stolen property
Solutions by The State News