Today is the first day of early voting for the May 3rd primary election.
Bartholomew County voters will be making choices in the Republican primaries including Congress, Indiana House, Circuit Court Judge, County Commissioners, County Council and Coroner. There are no contested local races on the Democratic side of the ticket, but there is a contested race for the statehouse.
You can vote early at the Bartholomew County Courthouse during normal weekday hours, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. That will end on Monday, May 2nd at noon.
Three satellite voting locations will be opening closer to election day. Those will be at Donner Center, Main Source Bank on Jonathan Moore Pike and Flintwood Wesleyan Church. You can vote at those locations April 25th through the 29th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 30th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, you can go the Bartholomew County Voter Registration office website.
Bartholomew County Republican ballot candidates:
U.S. SENATOR — MARLIN A. STUTZMAN and TODD YOUNG
GOVERNOR — MICHAEL R. PENCE
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 6 — CHARLES (CHUCK) JOHNSON JR., LUKE MESSER, JEFF SMITH
STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 059 — RYAN LAUER, MILO SMITH, LEW WILSON
JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT – BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY — SCOTT ANDREWS, KELLY S. BENJAMIN
COUNTY CORONER CLAYTON R. NOLTING, RONALD W. SHADLEY, SR.
COUNTY SURVEYOR E. R. GRAY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT #3 — RICK FLOHR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER- DISTRICT #1 — SUSAN THAYER FYE, LARRY S. KLEINHENZ, JORGE R. (GEORGE) MORALES
COUNTY COUNCIL- AT LARGE — WILLIAM F. (BILL) LENTZM, MICHAEL LOVELACE, MATT MILLER, EVELYN STRIETELMEIER PENCE, JAMES (JIM) REED
Bartholomew County Democratic ballot candidates:
U.S. SENATOR — BARON HILL
GOVERNOR — JOHN R. GREGG
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 6 — DANNY BASHAM, GEORGE THOMAS HOLLAND, BRUCE W. PEAVLER, RALPH SPELBRING, BARRY WELSH
STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 059 — DALE NOWLIN, ROBERT M. (BOB) PITMAN
COUNTY CORONER PAULA K. ROTHROCK
COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT #3 — BRAD WOODCOCK
COUNTY COUNCIL- AT LARGE — GABRIELLE (GABY) CHEEK, PAM CLARK, LYNNE L. FLEMING