Election Summary Report 11/4/2026 - 12:04:20 PM Election Date: 11/3/2026 EMS   Lake County, Indiana 2026 General Election INLAKG26 11/3/2026   E- # OF Election Day 85476 NUMBER OF PRECINCTS: 336 A- # OF Paper Absentee 4706 # OF PRECINCTS REPORTED: 336 56789 W- # OF Walk-In Absentee # OF PRECINCTS NOT REPORTED: 0  PUBLIC COUNT: 146971 # OF PRECINCTS INCOMPLETE: 0  VOTER TURNOUT: 39.52% # OF EQUIPMENT PROGRAMMED: 1147  REGISTERED VOTERS: 371920 # OF EQUIPMENT REPORTED: 1147

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VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 136,267 Public Question-Right to Bail

50106 2107 31264 83477 61.26% Yes

29635 1762 21393 52790 38.74% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 135,234 Public Question-Judge Residence

52884 2499 33732 89115 65.90% Yes

26412 1379 18328 46119 34.10% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 17,857 Public Question - Crown Point

5273 210 3923 9406 52.67% Yes

4787 297 3367 8451 47.33% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,392 Public Question - River Forest

612 40 176 828 59.48% Yes

396 27 141 564 40.52% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 8,423 Public Question - Tri-Creek

2248 94 2336 4678 55.54% Yes

2034 54 1657 3745 44.46% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,231 Public Question - Whiting #3

583 26 152 761 61.82% Yes

349 21 100 470 38.18% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,231 Public Question - Whiting #4

548 24 134 706 57.35% Yes

384 24 117 525 42.65% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,733 Secretary of State

50585 3644 37920 92149 64.11% (D) Beau Bayh

30206 794 16581 47581 33.10% (R) Max Engling

1824 51 673 2548 1.77% (L) Lauri A Shillings

934 29 436 1399 0.97% (LIN) Greg Ballard

42 1 13 56 0.04% Write-In

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,592 State Comptroller (Auditor of State)

50032 3643 37675 91350 63.62% (D) Jessica Bailey

31269 857 17242 49368 34.38% (R) Elise Nieshalla

2150 49 675 2874 2.00% (L) John Schick

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,066 Treasurer of State

49282 3518 37269 90069 62.96% (D) Coumba Kebe

33852 969 18176 52997 37.04% (R) Daniel Elliott

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 144,816 United States Representative District 1

52983 3760 38985 95728 66.10% (D) Frank J Mrvan

31114 829 16998 48941 33.80% (R) Barb Regnitz

103 7 37 147 0.10% Write-In

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 46,511 State Senator District 1

13175 1114 12281 26570 57.13% (D) Scott Houldieson

12249 324 7368 19941 42.87% (R) Trevor G De Vries

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 33,029 State Senator District 6

7322 679 7615 15616 47.28% (D) Kate-Lynn Holley

11021 265 6127 17413 52.72% (R) James (Jay) Starkey

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 11,602 State Representative District 01

8025 313 3264 11602 100.00% (D) Carolyn B Jackson

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 12,492 State Representative District 02

7853 486 4153 12492 100.00% (D) Earl Harris, Jr

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 12,712 State Representative District 03

7580 519 4613 12712 100.00% (D) Ragen Hatcher

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 13,234 State Representative District 11

2348 216 2716 5280 39.90% (D) Tyler Thomas Bridges

4892 95 2967 7954 60.10% (R) Michael J Aylesworth

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 16,479 State Representative District 12

8705 551 7223 16479 100.00% (D) Mike Andrade

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 14,867 State Representative District 14

9162 563 5142 14867 100.00% (D) Vernon G Smith

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 25,823 State Representative District 15

5240 596 6505 12341 47.79% (D) Anthony Oberman

7581 240 5661 13482 52.21% (R) Hal Slager

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 19,963 State Representative District 19

5089 458 5126 10673 53.46% (D) Nick Neal

5921 185 3184 9290 46.54% (R) Julie Olthoff

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 101,100 Prosecuting Atty 31st Judicial Circuit

57101 3787 40212 101100 100.00% (D) Bernard A Carter

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 142,961 Circuit Court Clerk

50891 3651 37847 92389 64.63% (D) Mike Brown

32188 872 17512 50572 35.37% (R) Leslie Dallner

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,414 County Auditor

51062 3637 38070 92769 64.69% (D) Regina (Gina) Pimentel

32290 877 17478 50645 35.31% (R) Charles (Chuck) Messler

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,435 County Treasurer

51387 3672 38233 93292 65.04% (D) John E Petalas

31946 859 17338 50143 34.96% (R) Kevin B Deane

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 143,873 County Sheriff

51426 3632 38136 93194 64.78% (D) Jerry Williams

32234 893 17552 50679 35.22% (R) David K Crane, Jr

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 99,736 County Assessor

56293 3755 39688 99736 100.00% (D) Latonya Spearman

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 41,873 County Commissioner District 1

19824 1416 12162 33402 79.77% (D) Kyle Allen, Sr

5946 174 2351 8471 20.23% (R) Will Miller

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 19,967 County Council Member District 1

7593 430 5888 13911 69.67% (D) Christina Signorelli

3764 105 2187 6056 30.33% (R) Jim Lietz

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 17,660 County Council Member District 2

7979 564 4779 13322 75.44% (D) Darren L Washington

3215 71 1052 4338 24.56% (R) Bradley Hutchison

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 17,149 County Council Member District 3

7778 536 4718 13032 75.99% (D) Dwight (Twin) Williams

2870 88 1159 4117 24.01% (R) Stephen Aichner

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 24,975 County Council Member District 4

5593 585 6392 12570 50.33% (D) Jen Wilson

7362 221 4822 12405 49.67% (R) Pete Lindemulder

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 11,760 County Council Member District 5

8079 353 3328 11760 100.00% (D) Christine Cid

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 17,140 County Council Member District 6

9699 673 6697 17069 99.59% (D) Richard Hardaway

40 7 24 71 0.41% Write-In

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 27,620 County Council Member District 7

5379 512 6425 12316 44.59% (D) Michelle Heaps Wietbrock

9055 228 6021 15304 55.41% (R) Randy Niemeyer

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 15,541 Calumet Township Assessor

9560 690 5291 15541 100.00% (D) Jackie Collins

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 15,438 Calumet Township Trustee

9508 683 5247 15438 100.00% (D) Tai Adkins

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 26,582 Calumet Township Board Member

5353 492 3255 9100 34.23% (DEM) Robert L Buggs, Sr

4713 489 3148 8350 31.41% (DEM) Michael L Protho

4311 455 2845 7611 28.63% (DEM) Larry E Tillman, II

1075 34 412 1521 5.72% (REP) Jeff Sadlowski

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 3,441 Cedar Creek Township Trustee

1868 43 1530 3441 100.00% (R) Alice F Dahl

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 5,487 Cedar Creek Township Board Member

1191 27 1045 2263 41.24% (REP) Dan L Blankenship

875 26 671 1572 28.65% (REP) Brian K Chandler, Jr

868 32 752 1652 30.11% (REP) Dorothy E Eich

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 8,359 Center Township Assessor

5705 198 2456 8359 100.00% (R) Joe Krnich

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 8,488 Center Township Trustee

5776 200 2512 8488 100.00% (R) Paul L Bremer

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 24,797 Center Township Board Member

2946 235 2451 5632 22.71% (DEM) Donna Catalano

2269 196 1999 4464 18.00% (DEM) Deborah Mandich-Nowland

3634 133 1491 5258 21.20% (REP) Bill Babjak

3090 94 1206 4390 17.70% (REP) Anthony D Pampalone

3462 112 1479 5053 20.38% (REP) Kate Webster

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 423 Eagle Creek Township Trustee

308 5 110 423 100.00% (R) Rosemarie Morrow

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 700 Eagle Creek Township Board Member

154 3 53 210 30.00% (REP) Lorraine M Bank

194 4 67 265 37.86% (REP) John R Jurs

170 4 51 225 32.14% (REP) Cheryl A Reynolds

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 5,440 Hanover Township Trustee

3174 108 2158 5440 100.00% (R) Kevin Toth

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 15,483 Hanover Township Board Member

1089 106 1237 2432 15.71% (DEM) James Hunley

997 113 1158 2268 14.65% (DEM) Darlene Sund

2108 76 1436 3620 23.38% (REP) Marilyn Kaper

1893 65 1213 3171 20.48% (REP) Charles (Charlie) Kortokrax

2404 85 1503 3992 25.78% (REP) Richard H Niemeyer

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 6,861 Hobart Township Assessor

4083 246 2532 6861 100.00% (D) Lino Maggio

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 9,763 Hobart Township Trustee

3281 214 2238 5733 58.72% (D) Ericka McCauley

2751 84 1195 4030 41.28% (R) Joe Clemmons

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 18,008 Hobart Township Board Member

2625 130 1783 4538 25.20% (DEM) Michael E (Mike) Ellis

2618 154 1711 4483 24.89% (DEM) Crystal Pedroza

2131 137 1421 3689 20.49% (DEM) Susan (Sue) Pelfrey

1916 53 876 2845 15.80% (REP) David (Dave) Scheeringa

1651 48 754 2453 13.62% (REP) Chris Wells

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 34,347 North Township Trustee

21127 1040 12180 34347 100.00% (D) Adrian Santos

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 54,532 North Township Board Member

11798 568 7076 19442 35.65% (DEM) Kelly Bridges

10520 564 6281 17365 31.84% (DEM) Richard J Novak

10612 561 6552 17725 32.50% (DEM) Lisa Salinas-Matonovich

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 12,003 Ross Township Assessor

7044 476 4483 12003 100.00% (D) Angela Guernsey

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 11,748 Ross Township Trustee

6879 471 4398 11748 100.00% (D) Myesha Jones

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 21,657 Ross Township Board Member

4373 283 2932 7588 35.04% (DEM) William (Will) Akins, Jr

3161 269 2235 5665 26.16% (DEM) Remell (Mel) Bryant

3123 255 2177 5555 25.65% (DEM) Curtis L (Cp) Pearson

1945 65 839 2849 13.16% (REP) Roger Ault

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 14,725 St. John Township Assessor

8410 272 6043 14725 100.00% (R) Deborah A (Debbie) Walters

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 24,764 St. John Township Trustee

5351 557 6399 12307 49.70% (D) Roger Depirro

7240 208 5009 12457 50.30% (R) Cathy J Lareau

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 55,661 St. John Township Board Member

4451 395 5294 10140 18.22% (DEM) Daniel L Bielski

4065 372 4853 9290 16.69% (DEM) Steven H (Steve) Kramer

3558 354 4464 8376 15.05% (DEM) Bob Tribble

5514 156 3795 9465 17.00% (REP) Lisa (Williams) Elder

5417 148 3718 9283 16.68% (REP) Michael P Quigley

5326 148 3633 9107 16.36% (REP) Eric J Stanich

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 2,311 West Creek Township Trustee

1235 26 1050 2311 100.00% (R) Heidi Laub

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 3,786 West Creek Township Board Member

622 16 507 1145 30.24% (REP) Sandra L Cortelloni

762 24 624 1410 37.24% (REP) Jody L Herr

710 19 502 1231 32.51% (REP) William F Peterson

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 3,032 Winfield Township Trustee

1487 42 1503 3032 100.00% (R) Cody J Reynolds

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 5,283 Winfield Township Board Member

919 31 953 1903 36.02% (REP) Renee Clayton

760 34 877 1671 31.63% (REP) Sherry Gasparovic

834 27 848 1709 32.35% (REP) Tom Snowden

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 3,295 Cedar Lake Town Council Member Ward 1

2248 66 981 3295 100.00% (R) Robert H (Bob) Carnahan

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 4,839 Cedar Lake Town Council Member Ward 2

1059 92 858 2009 41.52% (D) Carol Kerr

1956 53 821 2830 58.48% (R) Wayne Witvoet

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 4,886 Cedar Lake Town Council Member Ward 3

1054 92 872 2018 41.30% (D) Jeff Biel

1988 52 828 2868 58.70% (R) Barbara Littles

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 5,981 Dyer Town Council Member Ward 2

1602 141 1354 3097 51.78% (D) Alicia Catherine Myers

1932 38 914 2884 48.22% (R) Mary K Timm

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 5,970 Dyer Town Council Member Ward 4

1588 141 1355 3084 51.66% (D) Joe Douglas

1946 38 902 2886 48.34% (R) Kyle Rizzo

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 5,976 Dyer Town Council Member Ward 5

1603 139 1357 3099 51.86% (D) Taylor Gibson

1931 41 905 2877 48.14% (R) Annette Ludwig

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 2,751 Lowell Town Council Member Ward 2

1413 27 1311 2751 100.00% (R) Todd R Angerman

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 2,787 Lowell Town Council Member Ward 4

1429 27 1331 2787 100.00% (R) Nickolas Witvoet

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 10,423 Schererville Town Council Member Ward 2

2320 245 3255 5820 55.84% (D) Jeff Kuhn

2479 87 2037 4603 44.16% (R) Kevin Connelly

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 10,465 Schererville Town Council Member Ward 4

2484 249 3374 6107 58.36% (D) Tom Schmitt

2334 84 1940 4358 41.64% (R) Dan Elzinga

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 8,847 St. John Town Council Member Ward 3

1406 199 2074 3679 41.58% (D) Brenda J Miley

2637 94 2437 5168 58.42% (R) Justin T Nestor

 

VOTE FOR 2         VOTES= 3,604 Winfield Town Council Member At Large

457 45 864 1366 37.90% (DEM) Margaret Bridwell

497 13 700 1210 33.57% (REP) Zack Beaver

467 15 546 1028 28.52% (REP) Jon Derwinski

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 13,009 Crown Point Community School Corp At Lg

5017 286 3628 8931 68.65% Danielle Bazin

2544 102 1432 4078 31.35% Bill Muha

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 11,188 Crown Point Community School Corp Dist 1

6085 351 4752 11188 100.00% (DEM) Anne Annie Equihua

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,472 School City of East Chicago District 1

310 12 184 506 34.38% (DEM) Jose Arteaga

194 8 137 339 23.03% (DEM) Jesus Luis Ortiz, III

461 10 156 627 42.60% (DEM) Joel Rodriguez

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,237 School City of East Chicago District 2

664 42 531 1237 100.00% Pattie Jo Gibson King

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,106 School City of East Chicago District 3

711 27 368 1106 100.00% (DEM) Diane Smith

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 5,745 Griffith Public Schools At Large

1235 38 364 1637 28.49% (REP) Tina Adams

1404 74 580 2058 35.82% Lori A Rose

1122 71 473 1666 29.00% Kathy Ruesken

296 10 78 384 6.68% Write-In

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 21,513 School City of Hammond At Large

5010 186 1970 7166 33.31% (DEM) Rina Horgan

5321 216 2239 7776 36.15% (DEM) Carlotta Blake King

4495 189 1887 6571 30.54% (DEM) Lucinda (Cindy) Murphy

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 6,627 Hanover Community School Corp Dist 1

2336 73 1598 4007 60.46% (REP) Eric Valiska

1315 96 1209 2620 39.54% (NP) Ryan C Eckart

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 5,661 Hanover Community School Corp Dist 2

1778 70 1313 3161 55.84% (REP) Aaron Kuzma

1499 53 948 2500 44.16% (REP) Jeffrey (Juice) Majewski

 

VOTE FOR 3         VOTES= 13,045 School Town of Highland At Large

1735 54 937 2726 20.90% (REP) Richard (Rick) E Volbrecht, Jr

2072 123 1429 3624 27.78% (I) Victor A Garcia

2059 141 1505 3705 28.40% (I) Erica Smith-Gomez

1741 103 1146 2990 22.92% Robert (Bob) Kuva

 

VOTE FOR 4         VOTES= 11,721 School City of Hobart At Large

1574 74 1218 2866 24.45% Rikki Guthrie

1788 83 1391 3262 27.83% Sandra Hillan

1626 80 1275 2981 25.43% Donald H Rogers

1465 76 1071 2612 22.28% Stuart Schultz

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 13,944 Lake Central School Corporation At Large

7294 393 6257 13944 100.00% Carrie Upchurch

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 15,062 Lake Central School Corp Schererville

7843 417 6802 15062 100.00% Nicole Kelly

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,001 Lake Ridge School Corporation District 1

701 25 275 1001 100.00% Kimberly Kim Osteen

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 910 Lake Ridge School Corporation District 2

645 23 242 910 100.00% Louise Neese

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 432 Lake Station Comm School Corp Dist 1

329 11 92 432 100.00% David Wright

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 346 Lake Station Comm School Corp Dist 3

257 9 80 346 100.00% (DEM) Greg Tenorio

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 10,506 Merrillville Comm School Corp Dist 1

6315 338 3853 10506 100.00% (DEM) Judy C Dunlap

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 10,022 Merrillville Comm School Corp Dist 2

6022 314 3686 10022 100.00% (DEM) Rameen Jackson

 

VOTE FOR 2         VOTES= 10,241 School Town of Munster At Large

2500 147 2407 5054 49.35% Kyle Dempsey

2498 149 2540 5187 50.65% Kristen Smith

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 943 River Forest Community School Corp At Lg

680 50 213 943 100.00% Sylvia Pedroza

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 950 River Forest Comm School Corp Dist 3

688 50 212 950 100.00% Richard Perez, Jr

 

VOTE FOR 2         VOTES= 7,917 Tri-Creek School Corporation At Large

2176 77 1861 4114 51.96% Robert Hayden

1995 74 1734 3803 48.04% Cody Van Deursen

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 1,570 Tri-Creek School Corporation District 2

751 16 803 1570 100.00% Craig Rosinski

 

VOTE FOR 2         VOTES= 1,373 School City of Whiting At Large

537 31 168 736 53.61% (DEM) Patricia Herbst

477 33 127 637 46.39% (I) Christopher Davenport

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 115,748 Court of Appeals Dist 4-DeBoer

47570 2509 31200 81279 70.22% Yes

20703 741 13025 34469 29.78% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 113,845 Court of Appeals Dist 5-Felix

44682 2344 28822 75848 66.62% Yes

22615 849 14533 37997 33.38% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 113,593 Indiana Tax Court-McAdam

45436 2380 29286 77102 67.88% Yes

21734 807 13950 36491 32.12% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 118,080 Superior Court Co Room 3 - Cantrell

49093 2642 32304 84039 71.17% Yes

20444 701 12896 34041 28.83% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 116,511 Superior Court Co Room 1 - Schiralli

47471 2446 31042 80959 69.49% Yes

21261 764 13527 35552 30.51% No

 

VOTE FOR 1         VOTES= 115,117 Superior Court Civil Room 1 - Sedia

46414 2405 30182 79001 68.63% Yes

21570 781 13765 36116 31.37% No

 

Straight Party Votes Party Name Votes Libertarian Party 18 Republican Party 28911 Lincoln Party 5 Democratic Party 59176 End Of Report

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