Athens County voters continued to support Democratic candidates last night, and the race for county commissioner was no different. Incumbent Bill Theisen won overwhelmingly, defeating three opposing candidates.
Matthew McFarland will soon be vacating his post as Scioto County Magistrate.
Vernon R. Castle won another term as Athens County Sheriff by a large margin in the general election last night with about 56 percent of the total vote.
Fliers were posted around Athens County yesterday stating that because of the record number of registered voters, Republicans were to cast their ballot yesterday and Democrats today and urging voters to vote on their designated day. Athens County Prosecutor C. David Warren sent out a news release yesterday to inform the public that the fliers are false, and Nov. 3 is not an Election Day.
Republican Sen. George Voinovich was victorious both in campaign fund-raising and the election in his U.S. Senate bid against his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Eric Fingerhut.
LONDON -After a passionate debate in the House of Commons, British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly yesterday against banning parents from spanking their children.
WASHINGTON -President Bush and challenger John Kerry sweated out a tension-packed conclusion to the race between an embattled incumbent and a Democrat who questioned the war he waged in Iraq. Ohio loomed as this year's Florida, the deciding state, with Kerry's options dwindling.
The race for state representative of the 92nd District was easily won by Republican incumbent Jimmy Stewart despite Democratic challenger Pat Lang taking 49 percent of the vote in Athens County.
Walking through Athens during an election, I was filled with a sense of pride I have never quite before experienced as an American. In an election year, with America split into armed camps, the democratic process was in full force.
(U-WIRE) -When President George W. Bush claimed he would be a uniter not a divider, he wasn't entirely wrong. During his tenure, Bush somehow managed to unite the divided against each other. Or did he?
Many Americans worst fears have come true. Election Day has come and gone -and the smoke is far from clearing, with the world again left wondering who the next president of the United States will be.
A tense and attack-riddled campaign for the Ohio Senate came to an end last night with incumbent Sen. Joy Padgett defeating her democratic challenger, Terry Anderson, by a margin of about 12,000 votes.
The Ohio University School of Theater is performing George Bernard Shaw's satirical comedy Arms and the Man as the second production of the 2004-05 season.
Republicans solidified their year-old voting majority on the Ohio Supreme Court early today, but the races were closer than the vast campaign fund-raising advantage over Democratic rivals would indicate.
Now that the presidential election has passed, we can return our attention to the things that really matter.
Republican incumbent Michael Ward defeated Democrat Robert Shostak to win the position of Athens County Court of Common Pleas Judge in yesterday's election.
WASHINGTON -Republicans extended their decade-long hold on the House for another two years and seemed likely to slightly expand their majority, knocking off four veteran Texas Democrats along the way.
Republican incumbent Bob Ney defeated Democratic challenger Brian Thomas by about 33 percent in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Athens voters decisively rejected the controversial building moratorium on yesterday's ballot by a vote of 5,766 to 2,576, but people on both sides of the issue remained upbeat after hearing the results.
From baseball caps to short shirts, different county school districts take different approaches on student dress codes.
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