Whitley County General Elections, November 2000 

United States

U.S. Representative 4th District

• Republican Mark E. Souder (Incumbent) 7,564
• Democrat Michael Dewayne Foster 4,424
• Libertarian Michael Donlan 304

State

Indiana State Representative 50th District

• Republican Gary P. Dillon 7,486

Indiana State Representative 83rd District

• Republican Robert K. Alderman 2,343
• Democrat Michael Gale Young 1,036

Courts

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

District 3

Sanford M. Brook

• Yes 6,606
• No 2,888

District 4

Melissa S. Mattingly

• Yes 6,891
• No 2,617

District 5

Margret G. Robb

• Yes 6,811
• No 2,639

County

County Commissioner (Duties: IC 36-2-2) 1st District

• Republican Tom Rethlake 7,571
• Democrat Timothy D. Hearld 4,492

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

• Republican James A. Pettigrew 6,458
• Democrat John M. Barrett 5,678

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

• Republican Ronald L. Shoda, Jr. 7,789
• Democrat Jim Gilbert 4,144

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

• Republican Scott Darley 6,217
• Republican Steven J. Hively 6,775
• Republican Kent L. Hoffman 6,224
• Democrat Rebecca A. (Becky) Beery 5,221
• Democrat Frank E. Johnson 4,601
• Democrat Donald L. Sexton 5,366

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

• Republican Joan R. Eberhart (Incumbent) 10,079

Schools

Smith-Green Community School Board (Duties: IC 20-5-3) (Non-partisan)

District 1

• Joan E. Lillmars 1,428

District 2

• Belva Jo Heath 609
• Carol D. Vinnedge 929

District 3

• Jeffery L. Rosswurm 1,441

Whitley County Consolidated School Board (Duties: IC 20-5-3) (Non-partisan)

Columbia City

• Robert D. (Bob) Thomas 6,198

Etna-Troy

• Paul E. Dowler 1,891
• Jill E. Western 4,510

Jefferson

• Sonya M. Emerick 1,959
• Janet Hindbaugh 3,124
• Mark E. Witmer 1,453

Union

• Paul G. Johnson 5,533

Washington

• Lori J. Leeuw 1,559
• John T. Loper, Jr. 693
• Thomas A. Syndram 973
• Sharon Wood 3,216

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 6,586
• No 3,722

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.