Wells County General Elections, November 2000 

United States

U.S. Representative 4th District

• Republican Mark E. Souder (Incumbent) 7,497
• Democrat Michael Dewayne Foster 3,519
• Libertarian Michael Donlan 224

State

Indiana State Representative 82nd District

• Republican Jeffrey K. Espich (Incumbent) 9,315

Courts

Judge of the Wells Circuit Court

• Republican David L. Hanselman, Sr 9,119

Indiana Court of Appeals Judicial Retention Public Question: Shall the following Judges be retained in office?

District 4

Melissa S. Mattingly

• Yes 6,107
• No 2,055

District 5

Margret G. Robb

• Yes 5,914
• No 2,119

County

County Commissioner (Duties: IC 36-2-2) 2nd District

• Republican Paul I. Bonham 6,070
• Democrat Michael (Mike) Kracuim

County Commissioner (Duties: IC 36-2-2) 3rd District

• Republican Kevin S. Woodward 8,655

County Coroner (Duties: IC 36-2-14)

• Republican Douglas L. Cale 8,986

County Council Members at Large (Duties: IC 36-2-3) (vote for three)

• Republican Peter W. Cole 6,656
• Republican Gloria Gordon 6,880
• Republican James E. Van Winkle 6,822
• Democrat Claire T. McMillan 4,595
• Democrat John R. Lantz 4,266

County Recorder

• Republican Sandra Kay Fair 6,859
• Democrat Vicky Neff Knowles 4,249

County Surveyor (Duties: IC 36-2-12)

• Republican John F. Studebaker 8,958

County Treasurer (Duties: IC 36-2-10)

• Republican Rinda S. Harnisch 9,000

Schools

Bluffton Community School Board (Duties: IC 20-5-3) (non-partisan)

At Large

• Gene Meyer 1,705
• Daniel Pfister 1,488

District 1

• Judy Cobb 614

District 3

• Stephan Huffman 710

Trustees

Northern Wells Board of Trustees (Non-partisan)

Jefferson Township

• Gene Donaghy 3,825

Lancaster Township

• Michelle Brown-Stohler 3,304

Ratification / State Constitutional Amendment

Shall Article 7, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended so that criminal appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment or a prison term of more than fifty years follow the same path through the Court of Appeals to the Indiana Supreme Court that civil appeals do?

• Yes 5,354
• No 3,302

Note: Election information on this page has been verified by county election officials.
Candidate information on this page was compiled by Rob Loper, political science intern at IPFW.