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Roemer Loses, Roegner Wins, and Sykes Continue Dynasty

By Mark Urycki

Published November 9, 2016 at 7:33 AM EST

Bill Roemer (L) and Kristina Roegner shared an election party in Hudson

An open race for the Summit County Executive has gone to the Democrat, Ilene Shapiro.

Despite his loss last night, the Republican candidate for Summit County Executive says he is not counting out another run at public office. Ideastream’s Mark Urycki reports.

Like Cuyahoga County, Summit has a charter government with a council and an executive. Republican Bill Roemer spent one term on County Council but then lost his seat two years ago. This year he planned to challenge the popular incumbent Executive Russ Pry but Pry died of colon cancer in the summer. Roemer said his chances for the open seat were much better but he received little support from the county GOP. He was outspent 15 to 1.

Last night Roemer was at least pleased that he received 41% of the vote. The retired AT&T sales director said he will continue to work on education issues as a board member of the Summit County Educations Services Center. The 58 year old Richfield resident smiled and said he will probably look again at running for a position with county government.

Trump Supporters

The idea of a Trump presidency has been striking fear into the financial world and overseas exchanges. US stock futures are down sharply.

But conservative Republican State Representative Kristina Roegner of Hudson, a Trump supporter, says it’s nothing to be concerned about.

"I think Wall Street does tend to sometimes over-react and then they bounce back. So Wall St. is very resilient. I’m confident in our economy, the free markets that we have. This is a great country, we’re a very strong country and we’re a resilient people. ”

Roegner won reelection last night to her 4 ^th term in the House.

Dynasty

An Akron father and daughter will be able to carpool on their trips to the Statehouse in Columbus. 65 year old Democrat Vern Sykes came out of retirement to win a seat in the State Senate. His daughter, Emilia Sykes, was reelected yesterday to her seat in the House.

The elder Sykes served in the House for 17 years and was replaced by wife Barbara. She was then replaced by their daughter. They have a house in Columbus.

Summit County Results

SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL Summit County, Ohio Final Unofficial Results
Board of Elections
11/08/16 General Election
Run Date:11/08/16 11:05 PM

TOTAL VOTES % ABSENTEE POLLS

PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 420). . . . . 420 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 361,104
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 256,083 82,832 173,251
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 70.92

President and Vice President
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Hillary Clinton (DEM) . . . . . . 129,922 51.34 49,863 80,059
Donald J. Trump (REP) . . . . . . 109,531 43.28 28,111 81,420
Gary Johnson . . . . . . . . . 7,226 2.86 1,816 5,410
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3,141 1.24 985 2,156
Jill Stein (GRE) . . . . . . . . 2,244 .89 531 1,713
Richard Duncan (NPC). . . . . . . 1,014 .40 311 703

U.S. Senator
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Rob Portman (REP). . . . . . . . 120,549 49.60 33,406 87,143
Ted Strickland (DEM). . . . . . . 108,807 44.77 41,290 67,517
Tom Connors (NPC). . . . . . . . 5,133 2.11 1,556 3,577
Joseph R. DeMare (GRE) . . . . . . 4,672 1.92 1,328 3,344
Scott Rupert (NPC) . . . . . . . 3,689 1.52 1,113 2,576
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 169 .07 64 105

Representative to Congress 11TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 82 OF 82 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Marcia L. Fudge (DEM) . . . . . . 27,355 71.46 12,089 15,266
Beverly A. Goldstein (REP). . . . . 10,923 28.54 3,506 7,417

Representative to Congress 16TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 66 OF 66 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jim Renacci (REP). . . . . . . . 24,401 62.34 6,277 18,124
Keith Mundy (DEM). . . . . . . . 14,743 37.66 5,347 9,396

Representative to Congress 13TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 173 OF 173 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Tim Ryan (DEM). . . . . . . . . 57,482 64.57 20,158 37,324
Richard A. Morckel (REP) . . . . . 31,413 35.29 8,114 23,299
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 130 .15 36 94

Representative to Congress 14TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 121 OF 121 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David P. Joyce (REP). . . . . . . 39,623 57.89 11,269 28,354
Michael Wager (DEM) . . . . . . . 28,694 41.93 10,345 18,349
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 124 .18 50 74

State Senator 28TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 249 OF 249 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Vernon Sykes (DEM) . . . . . . . 80,713 60.93 30,920 49,793
Jonathan Schulz (REP) . . . . . . 51,754 39.07 13,612 38,142

State Representative 34TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 88 OF 88 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Emilia Sykes (DEM) . . . . . . . 33,584 76.80 14,998 18,586
Gene Littlefield (REP) . . . . . . 10,143 23.20 3,595 6,548

State Representative 35TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 82 OF 82 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Greta Johnson (DEM) . . . . . . . 22,062 62.27 7,829 14,233
Aimee N. Cooper (REP) . . . . . . 13,370 37.73 3,341 10,029

State Representative 36TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 93 OF 93 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Anthony DeVitis (REP) . . . . . . 33,980 63.55 8,101 25,879
Bobby McDowall (DEM). . . . . . . 19,486 36.45 6,449 13,037

State Representative 37TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 106 OF 106 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Kristina Daley Roegner (REP) . . . . 34,884 57.21 9,402 25,482
Casey Weinstein (DEM) . . . . . . 26,090 42.79 9,588 16,502

State Representative 38TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 67 OF 67 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Marilyn Slaby (REP) . . . . . . . 25,294 62.10 7,338 17,956
Judith Lynn Lee (DEM) . . . . . . 15,440 37.90 6,039 9,401

County Executive
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Ilene L. Shapiro (DEM) . . . . . . 134,287 58.74 49,631 84,656
Bill Roemer (REP). . . . . . . . 94,335 41.26 25,803 68,532

Prosecuting Attorney
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Sherri Bevan Walsh (DEM) . . . . . 149,110 64.01 54,164 94,946
John E. Chapman (REP) . . . . . . 83,831 35.99 22,410 61,421

Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Sandra Kurt (DEM). . . . . . . . 119,936 53.34 45,643 74,293
Ann Marie O'Brien (REP). . . . . . 104,913 46.66 28,649 76,264

Sheriff
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Steve Barry (DEM). . . . . . . . 166,991 100.00 57,817 109,174

County Fiscal Officer
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Kristen M. Scalise (DEM) . . . . . 150,568 65.36 54,510 96,058
Jeff Iula (REP) . . . . . . . . 79,800 34.64 21,480 58,320

County Engineer
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Alan Brubaker (DEM) . . . . . . . 166,481 100.00 58,190 108,291

Member County Council At-Large
(Unexpired Term Ending 12-31-18)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Elizabeth M. Walters (DEM). . . . . 121,143 54.99 45,748 75,395
Chris Parker (REP) . . . . . . . 99,141 45.01 27,436 71,705

Member County Council At-Large
(Unexpired Term Ending 12-31-18)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Clair E. Dickinson (DEM) . . . . . 121,317 55.56 46,481 74,836
Alex Pavloff (REP) . . . . . . . 97,052 44.44 26,293 70,759

Member of County Council #1
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 62 OF 62 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Ron Koehler (REP). . . . . . . . 16,158 50.88 5,002 11,156
Rita Darrow (DEM). . . . . . . . 15,597 49.12 5,666 9,931

Member of County Council #2
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 55 OF 55 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
John Schmidt (DEM) . . . . . . . 15,474 62.81 5,055 10,419
Nick R. Subak (REP) . . . . . . . 9,164 37.19 2,130 7,034

Member of County Council #3
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 61 OF 61 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Gloria J. Rodgers (REP). . . . . . 21,364 63.35 5,856 15,508
David Worhatch (DEM). . . . . . . 12,358 36.65 4,543 7,815

Member of County Council #4
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 57 OF 57 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jeff Wilhite (DEM) . . . . . . . 17,232 66.03 7,603 9,629
Michael Kormushoff (REP) . . . . . 8,866 33.97 3,155 5,711

Member of County Council #5
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 56 OF 56 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David Hamilton (DEM). . . . . . . 19,765 69.13 9,260 10,505
John R. Sans (REP) . . . . . . . 8,826 30.87 2,912 5,914

Member of County Council #6
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 52 OF 52 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jerry E. Feeman (DEM) . . . . . . 14,873 62.73 5,213 9,660
Cole Muzio (REP) . . . . . . . . 8,835 37.27 2,303 6,532

Member of County Council #7
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 49 OF 49 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Tim Crawford (DEM) . . . . . . . 17,977 100.00 5,161 12,816

Member of County Council #8
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 51 OF 51 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Paula Prentice (DEM). . . . . . . 14,168 50.27 4,591 9,577
James R. Carr (REP) . . . . . . . 14,014 49.73 3,439 10,575

Member of the State Board of Education - 5th District
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 173 OF 173 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lisa Woods . . . . . . . . . . 48,085 67.24 14,267 33,818
Roslyn Painter-Goffi. . . . . . . 23,430 32.76 9,996 13,434

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(Full Term Commencing 1-1-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Maureen O'Connor . . . . . . . . 168,648 100.00 56,106 112,542

Justice of the Supreme Court
(Full Term Commencing 1-1-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
John P. O'Donnell. . . . . . . . 105,364 55.97 38,953 66,411
Pat Fischer. . . . . . . . . . 82,878 44.03 25,749 57,129

Justice of the Supreme Court
(Full Term Commencing 1-2-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Cynthia Rice . . . . . . . . . 98,673 50.43 39,056 59,617
Pat DeWine . . . . . . . . . . 97,000 49.57 27,358 69,642

Judge of the Court of Appeals - 9th District
(Full Term Commencing 2-9-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Thomas A. Teodosio . . . . . . . 140,077 67.90 49,732 90,345
Diana M. Stevenson . . . . . . . 66,236 32.10 20,263 45,973

Judge of the Court of Appeals - 9th District
(Full Term Commencing 2-10-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Donna J. Carr . . . . . . . . . 152,414 100.00 51,208 101,206

Judge of the Court of Appeals - 9th District
(Full Term Commencing 2-11-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lynne S. Callahan. . . . . . . . 155,907 100.00 52,427 103,480

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
(Full Term Commencing 1-5-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Alison Breaux . . . . . . . . . 100,055 50.91 37,179 62,876
Todd McKenney . . . . . . . . . 96,492 49.09 30,377 66,115

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
(Unexpired Term Ending 4-30-2021)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Joy Malek Oldfield . . . . . . . 106,111 55.01 39,371 66,740
Scot A. Stevenson. . . . . . . . 86,780 44.99 26,970 59,810

Judge - Court of Common Pleas - Domestic Relations
(Full Term Commencing 1-6-17)
Vote for not more than 1
(WITH 420 OF 420 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Katarina Cook . . . . . . . . . 103,225 53.21 32,721 70,504
Ron Cable . . . . . . . . . . 90,758 46.79 33,760 56,998