Primary Election Night 2012 was a sweet night, with Richard Mourdock defeating Richard Lugar and sending him into a long-overdue retirement. It was especially nice to see Scott Wells be defeated in his effort to return to the Monroe County Council. At the end of the night, two incumbents were re-nominated while Sophia Travis knocked Warren Henegar out of the race for county council. Henegar's term ends December 31.
County Council results, Democrats:
Julie Thomas - 3,617
Sophia Travis - 3,241
Geoffrey McKim - 2,474
Warren Henegar - 2,068
Scott Wells - 2,053
Jeff Carson - 1,493
County Council results, Republicans:
Brian Ellison, 4,981
Skip Daley, 4,549
Jennifer Mickel 4,417
Chris D. Kilander 3,425
The numbers are pretty striking when you compare the votes Republicans got in their primary to the votes the Democrats got in their primary. I hope this carries over into the general election, because we need to have more Republican representation on the council. If we can win one seat, the Democrats will have only a 4-3 majority, and two seats (which will probably not happen) will bring a Republican majority for the first time since 2004.
It was especially sweet that I won my contested races while Wells lost his, and I took his loss as an opportunity to gloat - irritating a number of Leftists. One particular joker on HeraldTimesOnline scribbled that "As it is his 2000+ votes were about three times the total of your votes in both races."
But that is not an apples-to-apples comparison. Wells was on the ballot for all of Monroe County, while I was only on the ballot in one of four districts for delegate. A real comparison would be how I did in my primary versus how Wells did in his, in the precincts where we were both on the ballot. That comparison, between my race for delegate to state convention and Wells' race for county council, is in the table below.
Scott Tibbs
Scott Wells
Bloomington 1
1
5
Bloomington 2
19
25
Bloomington 6
10
48
Bloomington 13
43
31
Bloomington 14
22
15
Bloomington 15
97
28
Bloomington 17
62
29
Bloomington 19
0
5
Bloomington 20
4
6
Bloomington 23
3
5
Bloomington 24
9
8
Perry 1
21
33
Perry 2
41
12
Perry 3
30
25
Perry 4
61
28
Perry 5
68
37
Perry 6
16
37
Perry 10
55
29
Perry 27
77
19
Perry 29
26
7
TOTAL
665
432
It is extremely gratifying that I have been endorsed by Republican primary voters while Wells has been rejected by Democratic primary voters - for the second time. After all, Wells was fired from his job on the Monroe County Council in 2004 after finishing fourth in the primary. Hopefully, this loss will end his political career.
A reasonable level of civility is expected. While it is expected that controversial political and social issues may generate heated debate, there are common-sense limits of civility that will be enforced.
This blog is a family-friendly site. Therefore no cursing, profanity, vulgarity, obscenity, etc. will be allowed. This is a zero-tolerance rule and will result in automatic deletion of the offending post.
Anonymity has greatly coarsened discourse on the Internet, so pseudonyms are discouraged but not forbidden. That said, any direct criticism of a person by name cannot be done anonymously. If you criticize someone, you have to subject yourself to the same level of scrutiny or the comment will be deleted.
All moderation decisions are final. I may post an explanation or I may not, depending on the situation. If you have a question or a concern about a moderation decision, e-mail me privately rather than posting in the comments.
I have installed Disqus for comments. You don't need to be a registered user at this time, but that may change if I have problems with SPAM. If you want you can register with Disqus or you can log in with Facebook, Twitter or Google. Creating an account directly through Disqus or supported partners will allow you to comment on a large number of other sites that also use Disqus for comments. Thank you for your cooperation.
