COLUMBUS – Central Ohio voters selected candidates for Congress and decided the fate of several local issues during yesterday’s primary election.
Complete results from the Ohio Secretary of State’s website
Franklin County Recorder Danny O’Connor won a crowded Democratic primary for the central Ohio congressional seat formerly held by Republican Pat Tiberi, while state Sen. Troy Balderson won the crowded Republican primary.
Political newcomer Rick Neal, a former international relief worker backed by Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers.
Columbus voters approved a city charter amendment to add two seats to the council and divide the city into districts while continuing to elect representatives citywide. Columbus Issue 3 passed with 75 percent of the vote, according to final, unofficial results from the Franklin County Board of Elections.
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A school issue in the Gahanna-Jefferson school district was approved by a wide margin, as was another one in Newark and senior citizens service levy in Delaware County.
Other school issues in central Ohio went down to defeat by narrow margins: A property tax measure on the ballot in the Johnstown-Monroe Local Schools lost by 13 votes while an income tax was approved and an income and property trax issue in the Northridge schools lost by 48 votes out of nearly 2,800 cast.
Issues in the Madison Plains Local Schools and the Granville Exempted Village School District were also defeated.