This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 4th, 2020.

Later in the program, you will hear Election Day results for the state of Indiana – and local coverage of the races in Monroe and Brown counties. That’s coming up in today’s headlines.

Also coming up in the next half hour, for our feature report, we have an excerpt from Interchange – you will hear a conversation with Scott Russell Sanders, a well-known writer of novels, short stories, children’s books, and essays.

Election Results in Indiana

At 8:52 p.m., the Associated Press called victory for President Trump in Indiana, with 57 percent of the vote.

Trey Hollingsworth, a Republican for Indiana’s 9th district, won re-election to Democratic hopeful, Andy Ruff.

Todd Rokita, a Republican, won the race for Attorney General in Indiana. Former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel conceded after high hopes that he would become the first Democrat to win a statewide election since 2012.

As of 1:30 p.m., Republican Victoria Spartz leads Democratic challenger Christina Hale by 5.9 percentage points in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 5. According to the AP, 89 percent of the votes have been counted in that district.

A record number of 1.7 million people voted in Indiana during this election.

April Hennessey Wins District 2 School Board Seat

April Hennessey topped Incumbent Sue Wnazer in the election for the District 2 seat on the Monroe County Community School Board.

According to Hennesy’s campaign website Hennessy was an educator at Bloomington HIgh School North from 2013 to 2018, where she taught a range of skill leveled english courses.

Hennessey ran against incumbent Sue Wanzer who has held a seat on the MCCSC School board since 2001. There are no term limits for School Board seats. Hennessey spoke with WFHB during a BloomingOut interview about the need for a change of perspective.

One large campaigning point for Hennesy was to ensure equity. She focused on inequality in the school system from the experience of both the students and the faculty.

Hennessy ran a platform which also focused on socio-emotional learning, trauma-informed teaching, and community-school integration. Hennesy explained how her experience as an educator and then as a mother over many school districts would help inform her decisions and work towards equity.

Other Incumbents Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer and Jacinda Townsend Gides beat their opponents and will maintain their School Board seats. Incumbent Keith Klein ran unopposed.

Election Results in Monroe County

In a 6 p.m. update on Tuesday, Monroe County Clerk Nicole Browne indicated that Monroe County saw an estimated 62 percent voter turnout this election.

In Monroe County, Democrats flipped two judges’ seats. Monroe County Circuit Court, Seat 5, went to Democratic candidate Kara Krothe. Krothe garnered over 35,000 votes to win over Republican incumbent Judith Benckart.

Democrat Geoff Bradley won against Republican Carl Lamb for the Monroe County Circuit Court, seat 9.

All three Democrats held onto their seats for the Bloomington City Council race. That includes Trent Deckard, Cheryl Munson and Penny Githens.

In the Monroe County Commissioners race, both Julie Thomas and Penny Githens won re-election in their respective seats.

Election Results in Brown County

Brown County remains a red County with a 71.23 percent voter turnout, which is the highest turnout in the county for over a decade. Over 46 percent of registered voters voted by absentee ballot, according to the Brown County Democrat.

Today at 11 a.m. Brown County Democrat released a precinct-by-precinct chart of Brown County election results. The local Brown County results are as follows.

Mary Smith will hold the seat for Brown County Recorder. Andy Vasquez Bond took the seat for Treasurer.

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