Friday, November 21, 2008

RELEASE: "Stivers' Lead in Ohio's 15th Grows to 479"

Release:



Stivers' Lead in Ohio's 15th Grows to 479

Stivers Picks up an Additional 86 Votes in Union County Board of Elections' Official Canvass


Columbus, Ohio – Today, the Union County Board of Elections released its official results for the November 4th election. The final vote totals for the county resulted in a net gain of 86 additional votes for State Senator Steve Stivers in the race for Ohio's 15th Congressional District.

As expected, the Union County Elections Board also included in its final tally the net gain of 244 votes for Senator Stivers from Taylor Township's vote announcement on November 6th.

With the vote total in Union County finalized, Senator Stivers now leads Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy by 479 votes in the race. Since election night, and with well over 15,000 additional votes counted, Stivers has never trailed in this race.

Franklin and Madison Counties are expected to certify their totals by November 25th.