(Whitewater Valley)--Following are transcripts from Wednesday morning's election-results-only newscasts:

WAYNE SHERIFF:  About 18% of Wayne County voters cast ballots in this year’s primary election, and the mostly hotly contested race was that for Wayne County sheriff.  Alan Moore defeated Kyle Weatherly by a 60-40% margin.  Absentee voting in that race was essentially a tie.  But Moore pulled well ahead when four vote centers opened last week, and voters casting ballots on yesterday’s traditional Election Day also clearly favored Moore.  For all Wayne County races, 42% of voters cast ballots yesterday, while the remainder voted before that.

DISTRICT 56:  Current Wayne County Sheriff Randy Retter will soon change titles and be State Representative of District 56.  Retter defeated challenger Pete Zaleski yesterday by a 53-42% margin.  Inexplicably, 281 people voted for RPD’s Adam Blanton even though he dropped out of the race a month and a half ago.

WAYNE OTHER:  In some other results of contested races in Wayne County, incumbent Brad Dwenger easily won back his seat as County Commissioner of District 1.  Dwenger got 47% of the vote, while Mark Hoelscher and Howard Price split the remaining 53%.  Barry Ritter beat Bradley Wood for 54-46% for County Council District 2.  And, for State Senate District 27, three-term incumbent Jeff Raatz easily beat challenger Anthony Jones.  Raatz won by more than a 2-1 margin.

UNION, FRANKLIN, FAYETTE:  In Union County, Barry Boggs beat Jennifer Byrd in the race for County Auditor.  There were lots of contested county-wide races in Franklin County.  Winners include Austin Joliff for Auditor, Larry Wiwi and Tom Linkel for two commissioners seats, Joe Sizemore, Dean McQueen, and Jerry Hunt for county council, and Adam Henson for sheriff.  And, in Fayette County, Ashley Chambers won for clerk.  Jabin Collins and Jerry May won for seats on county council.

RANDOLPH:  Here’s how voting went in Randolph County yesterday.  Chad Puterbaugh easily won in the race for sheriff, garnering more votes than his two challengers combined.  It was the same for Jane Grove, who got 56% of the vote for a county commissioner seat.  Democrat Christen Smith will face Republican Olivia Faddis for Superior Court Judge.  And, in what was our area’s closest race yesterday, Tammy Pegg beat Laura Martin for county recorder.  Nearly 2900 ballots were cast in that race.  Pegg beat Martin by just six votes.

PREBLE:  24% of registered voters cast ballots in Preble County races.  There were a few issues on the ballot.  Voters turned down a four-mill police levy for Gratis by a 3-1 margin.  That votes comes with Gratis’ police chief coming under fire for trying to perform ICE duties at public schools in Cincinnati.  Lewisburg voters turned down a quarter-percent municipal income tax rally by a 2-1 margin.  In a race for county commissioner, Harold Niehaus beat David Haber 56-44%.