Elections Section :: Page 15

• Support for YS schools unique

  By Jeff SimonsNovember 29, 2012

  Tuesday, Nov. 6, was a good day for progressive voters. But throughout the Miami Valley, it was a bad night for one of the biggest progressive issues of our time: public education.

• Ryan rallies local support at dairy

  By Jeff SimonsNovember 8, 2012

  It was a little overcast and a bit blustery. But that didn’t stop more than 2,000 supporters from showing up at last Saturday’s Paul Ryan rally at Young’s Jersey Dairy. And a number of the Republican vice-presidential candidate’s supporters hailed from Yellow Springs.

• Canvassers blow in from the West

  By Megan Bachman

  A group of Northern California Democrats left 80-degree weather to brave the cold, November winds of Ohio in hopes of pushing the swing state further left this election. On Monday the four Californians, members of the West Yolo Democratic Club, warmed up at the Emporium before heading out to canvas for Yellow Springs congressional candidate Sharen Neuhardt in Fairborn in 40-degree blistery cold. But they seemed to be more focused on the winds of political change.

• 2012 Election Results

  By YS News StaffNovember 5, 2012

  

  Click here for results from the 2012 election, including the breakdown by local precinct.

• Views from the street— How presidential were candidates?

  By Jeff SimonsOctober 25, 2012

  The News asked Yellow Springs residents to weigh in on the first presidential debate held on Oct. 3 in Denver, and the vice presidential debate held in Danville, Ky., on Oct. 11.

• Local man seeks change in Ohio

  By Megan BachmanOctober 11, 2012

  

  Being a Yellow Springer, and a long shot, Democratic candidate Jeff Robertson’s run for the Ohio Senate — an ambitious undertaking in a Republican-leaning district — is anything but conventional. At a campaign fundraiser at The Winds Cafe this week, Robertson eschewed a tie, served an all-vegetarian meal, spent more time reading from his recently published political thriller than stumping, and seemed more interested in raising awareness than raising money.

• See debate on the big screen

  By YS News StaffOctober 2, 2012

  

  On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the Little Art Theatre will screen the presidential debate.

• Republican presidential primary results by precinct

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 8, 2012

  

  Rick Santorum was the big winner in the village and township in the Super Tuesday presidential primary, garnering 150 votes compared to 104 votes for Mitt Romney.

• ‘Super Tuesday’ is March 6

  By Megan Bachman

  Local voters will take to the polls Tuesday in the Ohio primary election to choose candidates who will face off in November.

• Election results—Neuhardt wins primary

  By YS News StaffMarch 7, 2012

  

  Yellow Springs residents did well in the election, with Sharen Neuhardt winning the Democratic Congressional primary race against five contenders, and Connie Crockett gaining a seat on the Democratic State Central Committee.