COLUMBUS – Tuesday’ primary election in central Ohio showed the fault-lines in the Franklin County Democratic Party and ended with mixed results for school issues.
COMPLETE RESULTS: In The Columbus Dispatch
In Democratic primaries, voters ousted two incumbent office-holders in favor of party-endorsed challengers.
Sheriff Zach Scott, who mounted a failed bid for mayor of Columbus against establishment candidate Andrew Ginther last year, was defeated by retired police officer Dallas Baldwin by a narrow 5,000-vote margin, a difference of slightly over 4 percent.
Former state Treasurer Kevin Boyce ousted Commissioner Paula Brooks by a comfortable margin.
Voter turnout in Franklin County was high, fueled by a close Republican presidential primary race between Gov. John Kasich and New York businessman Donald Trump. Almost 40 percent of eligible voters went to the polls or cast absentee ballots, Franklin County Board Elections spokesman Ben Piscitelli said.
Voters approved school issues in the Delaware City, Olentangy Local, Newark and Jonathan Alder school districts.
Issues went down to defeat in Licking Heights, Amanda-Clearcreek and Walnut Township.