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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 9, 2018 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Subscription rates: One year: $30 for Pike and surrounding counties and all 475 and 476 ad- dresses; elsewhere in Indiana $33; out of state $50 Paid in advance. Change of address — subscribers changing addresses will please give their old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dispatch, P.O. 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I want to thank my family and friends and everyone in the community." Shortly after the results were announced, Bellamy said that he had already congratulated Johnson on his win. "He was very gracious," Bellamy said. Bellamy said that he had talked to a lot of peo- ple throughout Pike Coun- ty during the pre-election campaign. "The people I talked to were pretty open to listen to my ideas," Bellamy said. "A lot of people shared their concerns with me. There were a lot of people who took the time to talk to me." "I'm sure they shared the same concerns with Kent," Bellamy added. "If he takes those and acts on them, I'm sure he will be okay. It is a team effort to make Pike County a better place." REPUBLICAN SHERIFF'S RACE In the Republican prima- ry, retired Indiana State Po- lice Master Sergeant Frank A. Coleman, Jr., easily out- polled challenger Jeffrey Da- vis II by 443 votes – 903 to 460. Coleman, who is making his second bid for the office after suffering a 900 -vote loss to Jeremy Britton in the 2010 general election, won 17 of the county's 18 precincts. "The U.S. Senate race re- ally brought out voters, but I think, locally, everybody was pretty interested in the sheriff's race," Coleman said. "The sheriff's race is always a big race for Pike County and, quite frank- ly, it seems, on the Repub- lican side, the most difficult to win." (Bill Scales, who was elected as Pike County Sher- iff in 1990 and served from 1991 to 1994, was the last Republican to serve in the post.) "I was pleasantly sur- prised at the outcome, and am looking forward to the fall," Coleman said. Coleman thanked Da- vis for running what he de- scribed as a "very good race." "He worked hard and, quite frankly, going into to- night, I had not a clue where I stood," Coleman said. "It was evident when I was out that he had really gotten out there, but the voters decided that I was the better choice. Of course, I have the expe- rience, and I think that was the big deciding factor." Davis agreed. "I had a feeling just my age and my experience didn't really match up to what a lot of people wanted," said the 28 -year-old Davis, who helps his father, Jeffrey, Sr., operate their farm in the Bowman Community. "I'm glad that people did get out and vote for me. I'm proud of that. I got more votes than the FBI agent, so that ain't, you know, too bad." The only precinct Da- vis carried was Madison, where he out-polled Cole- man 48 -16. "I did say from the get- go, if I won Madison, I'd be fine," Davis said. "Thanks to everybody who believed in me. I had a good time. It was fun. I'm just going to go back to the farm." SHERIFF Continued from page 1 PRIMARIES Continued from page 1 Minor injuries in Cato crash Two people suffered what are believed to be mi- nor injuries in a two-vehi- cle crash on Highway 56 near Cato at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Paul Collier said Amber Walters, 20, of Petersburg, was driving west on Highway 56 and attempted to turn left on- to CR 500 E. She was hit in the passenger side by Aleshia Kuebler, 26, of Winslow, who had a child passenger. Deputy Collier said Kuebler and her child were taken to the hospital, but their injuries were not believed to be serious. keep going in that same di- rection," said Elliott. He added, "I had a lot of good people helping me. A lot of people in the area helped me get the job done." Johns could not be reach for comment Tuesday night. So far Elliott doesn't have a Democrat opponent for the general election. CRAIG WINS THREE-WAY DISTRICT 2 RACE Former Petersburg May- or Jon Craig handily won a three-way race in the Repub- lican primary for District 2. Craig won all four precincts of Jefferson 1, Petersburg 3, Washington 1 and Washing- ton 3 with fairly similar vote counts of 53, 55, 53 and 53 for a 214 vote total. Charles Lemond, in his first attempt at public office, placed sec- ond with 86 votes. Shawn McGillem was third with 63 votes. "I'm very pleased with my first experience running in a county election. Any time you have a first time, no one is too sure what the results will be. Just very apprecia- tive of people who voted for me and I wish my opponents the best. I'm real pleased the Republican party seemed to get a long very well and everyone ran a good cam- paign." "I think we had three good candidates I'm sure people were familiar with my experience as mayor and it was Charlie and Shawn's first go-round in politics, and that was probably to my benefit," said Craig. Lemond said he was dis- appointed with the results, but added, "I don't have any regrets trying it. I lost to a tough opponent. I gave it shot. They say you don't know if you don't try." Craig does not have an op- ponent in the general elec- tion. SCRAPER WINS DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER NOMINATION Heath Scraper easily won the Democrat nomination for County Commission- er, winning all 18 precincts for a 995 to 263 vote margin and carrying 79 percent of the vote. "I got out there and talk- ed to a lot of people. That is what you have to do," said Scraper. "I'm going to get out there and do it again; work even harder," said Scraper about the general election. He will face Republican Mark Flint in the Fall. STATE AND FEDERAL RACES Jasper native Mike Braun easily won Pike County in the three-way race for Indi- ana's US Senate seat. Braun won 61 percent of the vote with 824 votes to Luke Messer's 317 and Todd Rok- ita's 191. Braun was declared the winner state-wide in the race just before 9 p.m. EST. At the time he had 41 per- cent of the vote, to Messer and Rokita both with about 29 percent. Final totals weren't available. Braun will face incum- bent Democrat Joe Donnel- ly in the Fall. Republican incumbent Larry Buschon beat his challengers in the Republi- can Eighth District US Con- gress race. Buschon had 63 percent of the vote to Rich- ard Moss's 25 and Rachel Covington's 12 percent with 78 percent of the vote count- ed. In Pike County, Buschon won 853 to 343 for Moss and 153 for Covington. Buschon will face Demo- crat William Tanoos in the general election. In the Republican race for District 64 State Repre- sentative Matt Hostettler was leading with about 50 percent of the vote count- ed. The race includes three precincts in Pike County: Clay Logan and Madison. Hostettler easily carried all three. It also has precincts in Knox, Gibson and Vander- burgh County. With 54 percent of the vote counted. Hostettler had 1,094 vote to Bruce Ungetheim's 643 and Ken Beckerman's 218. A winner had not been declared. There currently is no Democrat candidate in Dis- trict 64. In the Democrat prima- ry for District 63 which in- cludes eight precincts in Pike County Joe Lannan was leading 74 to 26 percent with 94 percent of the precincts counted. In Pike County Lannan won 490 to 114. Lannan will face Repub- lican incumbent Shane M. Lindauer in the general elec- tion.