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Thursday, May 15, 2008 --- 72 days ago http://www.newstribune.info/homepage/x1191420274/By-the-numbers-Nearly-14-000-vo
| When the final paper and electronic ballots were tallied at around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, incumbent Mineral County Commissioner Janice LaRue narrowly came out on top, winning the Republican nomination by five votes, according to the unofficial totals.
The total for LaRue — who is completing her first term as Commissioner — was 1,102, while following close behind her was Roger Leatherman with 1,097 votes.
A third candidate on the Republican ticket for County Commissioner was Annette Favara, who received 834 votes.
LaRue will face Democrat Donald Ashby in the general election this November.
Ashby, a former Board of Education member for 6 years, garnered 3,058 votes.
Craig Fraley obtained the most votes of the four Democratic candidates for county sheriff, at 1,640, and will have his name placed on the general election ballot.
Fraley is the resource officer at Keyser High School, has been a deputy since 1989, and is the only D.A.R.E. instructor in Mineral County.
The remaining Democrat candidates for sheriff were: Pat Amoroso, 1,241 votes; Frank Smith, 465 votes; and Ringo Nelson, 381 votes.
On the Republican ticket, Paul Sabin ran unopposed and gathered 2,150 votes.
Sabin is presently the chief deputy in Mineral County, and has held that position for the past six years.
Prior before arriving in the county, he served as a law enforcement officer in Florida, with the Kenneth City police force and the State Highway ... |
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