Elections

Editor’s Note All vote totals included in this story are according to the final, unofficial count from the Richland County Board of Elections or other county board of elections if listed. LUCAS — Voters in the Lucas Local School District rejected a $27 million bond issue to fund the construction of a new K-12 school building […]

MANSFIELD — Mark Abrams said Tuesday night he hopes the defeat of a City of Mansfield parks & recreation tax issue is not an accurate gauge on how voters feel about the parks. Instead, the city’s parks & rec superintendent cited 40-year-high inflation for the primary reason a 0.25-percent, four-year income tax increase failed. “I […]

MANSFIELD — Cliff Mears used a sports analogy to describe his victory Tuesday in the Republican Party primary for Richland County commissioner. “I’m delighted that the voters have seen fit to return me to my seat. I kind of feel like an athlete that’s on a Super Bowl team that just had his contract extended,” […]

MANSFIELD — The only certainty about Tuesday’s primary election in Richland County is the majority of eligible voters will not cast a ballot. Matt Finfgeld, director of the county elections board, predicted Monday afternoon that 20 to 25 percent of registered voters would cast ballots in this year’s election. That would be a marked improvement […]

MANSFIELD — David Morgenstern hopes the seventh try is the charm. Cliff Mears hopes to continue a string of political success that has carried him from Mansfield City Council to the Richland County Board of Commissioners. Voters will decided between the two Tuesday in the primary election as the two men vie for the Republican […]

MANSFIELD — A quarter-percent income tax issue increase for capital improvements for the City of Mansfield’s parks and recreation department will lead to a new $8 million pool and aquatics center. But it’s more than that, according to Mark Abrams, the parks and rec superintendent. The future of the city’s “master plan” for parks, approved […]

MANSFIELD — Sherrod Brown started his political career in Mansfield, shaking hands and talking about issues that mattered most to him. Now a U.S. senator representing all of Ohio, the 69-year-old came home Saturday night to continue that tradition during the Richland County Democratic Party’s Joseph H. Mudra Legacy Dinner. After remarks to a packed […]

LUCAS — Voters in Cub Country will decide whether or not to pay for a new K-12 school building on May 3. A 37-year, $27 million bond issue is on the ballot for the Lucas Local School District. The new property tax would be 9 mills, or $9 for every $1,000 of taxable property value. […]