The Democrats showed up early and in force at the Wood County Courthouse last evening and they had plenty to cheer about.
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 21,700
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC PARTY . . . 12,998............... 59.90%
BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN PARTY . . . 8,428 ..........38.84%
BALLOTS CAST - NONPARTISAN. . . . . 274 ..............1.26%
10th District Republicans
TOM AZINGER. . . . . . . . . . 3,085... 23.84%
JOHN N. ELLEM . . . . . . . . . 2,953... 22.82%
FREDERICK DAVID GILLESPIE . . . . . 2,192... 16.94%
10th District Democrats
BRENDA BRUM. . . . . . . . . .5,283... 32.53%
DAN POLING . . . . . . . . . .4,402 ...27.10%
IRIS McCRADY . . . . . . . . .3,280 ...20.19%
TIMOTHY A FITTRO . . . . . . . .3,277... 20.18%
The numbers speak for themselves. We have less than six months to prepare for the General election and obviously something is broken.