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Republicans elected to council
(Local News ~ 11/05/08)
Nancy Fogle (R), Opal Sutherlin (R) and Larry Parker (R) won their bids for Putnam County Council At-Large Tuesday. Fogle -- who won the most votes -- said she was motivated to run for office because "as a property owner and a realtor, I have always been interested in keeping property taxes under control."...
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Owens to take treasurer's post
(Local News ~ 11/05/08)
Republican Sharon Owens will take office as Putnam County treasurer in 2010. She beat her opponent Amanda Mullenix by more than 1,700 votes Tuesday. Owens, who has been a deputy treasurer in Putnam County for nine years, will take over for Janet Deaton in January 2010...
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Beck, Warren victorious in tight race for commissioner seats
(Local News ~ 11/05/08)
Republicans Kristina Warren and Gene Beck retained their seats as Putnam County Commissioners in the 1st and 3rd districts respectively. Warren defeated Terry Clifford with a little over 800-vote difference. She had 7,414 votes with Clifford coming in with 6,525. Beck beat out Gene Clodfelter with a 723 margin. He came in with 7,344 to Clodfelter's 6,621 votes...
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Michael takes District 44 seat
(Local News ~ 11/05/08)
A former Greencastle mayor is on her way to the Indiana House of Representatives. Nancy Michael, D-Greencastle, bested incumbent Amos Thomas, R-Brazil for the District 44 State Representative seat. "Before I came here, I was so at peace with the race and with how things had gone," she said Tuesday night after the Putnam County results were announced at the Putnam County Courthouse. "I'm overwhelmed and very grateful."...
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Bridges picks up judge spot
(Local News ~ 11/05/08)
In a tight race for Putnam County's Superior Court Judge, Denny Bridges beat out Craig Kenny by 2,677 votes. Bridges received 8,299 votes and Kinny had 5,622. "I'm glad it's over. The nice thing about it was getting to know Craig better. He is really nice guy," Bridges told the Banner Graphic Tuesday after the election results came in...
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