Democratic candidates fall short in local races
Meg Galipault, Knox County Democratic Party chairwoman, right, talks with the future generation of informed voters Trent Grohe, center, and Sarah Birsty, left. Both are Mount Vernon High School students and were at the Democrat’s election night function because they were interested in the Mount Vernon School District levy and the fate of candidates they supported. (George Breithaupt)
Republicans celebrate election success
Roger Reed, second from left, was welcomed as county commissioner-elect by the other commissioners, Allen Stockberger, left, and Teresa Bemiller, as well as Knox County Common Pleas Court Judge Otho Eyster, right. Reed beat Democrat Rebecca Jordan for the third commissioners’ seat. (Virgil Shipley)
