MUNCIE, IN — Voting is underway in Delaware County’s May 5 primary elections.
Delaware County Clerk Rick Spangler said on Monday, April 20, that about 750 voters had cast ballots in the election office in the Delaware County Building since early voting began on April 6.
About 150 other local voters had cast absentee ballots.
“We’re up from (2022),” Spangler said. “As a matter of fact, walk-in voting is really heavy.”
Early voting will continue weekdays at the County Building through noon on Monday, May 4.
Ballots can also be cast — at the County Building and the Delaware County Fairgrounds — from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the next two Saturdays, April 25 and May 2.
Delaware County Democrats have one contested race for county office on their primary ballot.
Deputy prosecutor Maricel Driscoll and Amanda Dunnuck, judge of Muncie City Council, are each seeking their party’s nomination for judge of Delaware Circuit Court 5.
The court’s current judge, Democrat Thomas Cannon Jr., is retiring at year’s end.
Delaware County Republicans also have two candidates — attorney Ben Freeman and Tim Hollems, the county’s juvenile magistrate — for the Circuit Court 5 nomination.
Other contested primary races on the Republican ballot are:
Delaware County assessor — Sheri Chafin vs. Adam Covault. Longtime Assessor James Carmichael is running for county recorder in this year’s election.
Delaware County commissioner — Donald Chambers Jr. vs. Matt Kantz, a Delaware County Council member.
Delaware County Council, District 1 — Incumbent Dan Flanagan vs. David Williams.
Delaware County Council, District 4 — Incumbent Jim Mochal vs. Ryan S. Webb.
Delaware County Republicans also have a pair of contested races among statehouse races.
Incumbent Scott Alexander seeks re-election to his Indiana Senate District 26 seat, and faces a primary challenge from Kat Nunley-Kritsch.
Republicans Richard Ivy and Randall McCallister both seek the GOP nomination for the Indiana House District 34 seat. The district’s incumbent Democrat, Sue Errington, is not seeking re-election.
At the top of the ballot, Noblesville Republican Victoria Spartz seeks re-election to her seat representing Indiana’s 5th Congressional District.
Her primary opponent is Scott A. King, also of Noblesville.
No fewer than seven Democrats — Steven Avitabile Avit, J.D. Ford, Jackson Franklin, Phil Goss, Dylan McKenna, Tara Nelson and Deborah A. Pickett — seek their party’s nomination for the congressional seat.
Franklin is a Muncie resident. His six opponents are from Hamilton County.
Both parties will have a nearly full slate of candidates in Delaware County for the fall election.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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Reporting by Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press / Muncie Star Press
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