Published Thursday, November 7, 2002
POLITICAL NEWS
Brookfield levy passes, Tsagaris re-elected
WARREN, Ohio -- Trumbull County voters re-elected Democrat County Commissioner James G. Tsagaris with 38,407 votes or 56.41 percent. His opponent, Republican Don Manning, received 29,675 votes, or 43.59 percent.
In the 65th district for State House of Representatives, which includes most of Trumbull County including Hubbard and Brookfield, voters elected Sandra Harwood to the state house with 21,572 votes, or 65 percent. James Calko and Werner Lange, who also vied for the seat, received 28 percent and 8 percent of the vote respectively.
In Brookfield, votes passed a 1-mill permanent improvements level for Brookfield Local School district. Unofficial results showed voters approved the levy by 57.47 percent, with 1,788 votes. In opposition, 42.53 percent, or 1,323, voted against the levy.
Lawrence County votes
to retain government form
NEW CASTLE -- Voters in Lawrence County defeated a referendum that would have changed the system of government.
Three commissioners and nine row officers, all elected, will remain. A measure that would have changed the governmental structure to a seven-member council with an appointed manager was defeated.
The change was recommended by a government study commission appointed a year ago. The positions of district attorney and controller would have remained elected.
Elected row officers were pleased with the outcome.
"All of the little people of the county stood up and said we want to keep our elected officials," said Gary F. Felasco, county treasurer. Helen I. Morgan, who has been prothonotary and clerk of courts for 20 years, said she believed the referendum was defeated because voters worried they wouldn't be fairly represented under the council-manager form.
Venango voters see wrong congressional candidates
OIL CITY -- Voters in two Venango County precincts were faced with ballots listing the wrong congressional candidates on Tuesday. Election officials say they don't know how many people voted before the problem was fixed.
Third District Republican Rep. Phil English and Green Party candidate AnnDrea Benson were wrongly listed on ballots in a precinct in the 5th Congressional District.
Staff and wire reports