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Friday was the deadline for candidates to file post-primary finance reports.
Lancaster took 55 percent of the vote compared to 45 percent for Vaughn, according to election results from the Clark County Board of Elections. She unseated Vaughnm who was appointed to replace Judge Joseph Monnin, who retired after a 22-year career with the court.
The reports show Lancaster already had more than $7,700 on hand and raised an additional $5,275. The report shows Lancaster’s total expenditures as $11,615. She also received about $1,280 in in-kind contributions the report from the Lancaster for Judge Committee shows.
Vaughn had about $1,800 on hand initially and raised an additional $3,000, according to a report from the Keep Judge Vaughn Committee. His campaign spent $2,448 on the election.
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Additional reports were filed by campaigns for Clark County Commissioner Richard Lohnes, Clark County Auditor John Federer and the Northeastern District Levy Committee.
Lohnes and Federer both ran unopposed on the Republican ballot in the primary race.
Campaign finance reports show Federer’s campaign spent just shy of $500 and has $13,855 on hand for the fall but raised no additional funds for the reporting period. Lohnes’ campaign has more than $10,000 on hand after raising $7,800 in the reporting period. The biggest contributor to Lohnes’ campaign was James Lagos, who contributed a check for $2,500 according to the report.
Judith Lewis, of Fairborn, also contributed $1,200 to Lohnes’ campaign according to the report. All other contributions were checks that ranged from $25 to $250.
The Northeastern District Levy Committee spent $5,225 and has a balance on hand of about $12,000. The committee carried forward almost $15,000 from the previous reporting period and raised an additional $2,500, the report showed.
In May, Northeastern voters approved a bond issue for new schools in the district according to results from the Clark County Board of Elections.
The bond issue passed by a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent.
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Two Democratic candidates - Pamela Dixon for county commission and John Young for county auditor - withdrew from their races before the filing deadline were not required to file reports, according to the board of elections.
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