Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-11-10
Taft LEADS STATE
REPUBLICAN sweep
Bahnsen Defeats Clay Scott
In Hot Race For County
Commissioner

reelected all Democratic incum-
bentS in county office races, enab-
led Democratic challenger Sanke
Bahnsen to defeat veteran Repub-
lican commissioner Clay Scott,
but followed national trends in
giving the Republican state ticket
majoritieS ranging from 131 to
2,479.
Scott, lone Republican Office
holder in the courthouse, was
swept out of Office in bidding for
his third term. Bahnsen, promi-
nent Bay Township farmer and
veteran trustee, was victorious in
the tighteSt of the local contests.
BahnSen's unofficial margin was
407 votes as he garnered 5,006 to
1880 for Scott. This contest was
nip and tuck with Bahnsen pro-
tecting slender lead and not
feeling secure until he received
a big vote in the Marblehead area,
one of the last three precincts to
report shortly before midnight.
OF the Republican candidates,
Senator Robert A. Taft had the
best margin, getting 6,302 votes
to 1928 for Joseph T. Ferguson.
Ferguson carried only six pre-
cincts, Bay, Danbury /, Benton /,
Carroll 3, Allen 4 and Clay 4.
! Auditor E. A. Guth was re-elec-
ted over Bataan Death March sur
vivor John MINER, 5,871 to 1882.
1t was Miners political debut and
his good showing was a tribute
to the youthful Republican.
Running unopposed, County
Recorder Grace NJ. Winters led
the ticket with 1927 compliment
tary votes. County Representative
Robert w. Reider was returned to
Columbus with 7,188 compliment
tary votes. Both are Democrats.
Democrat Tom D. Stahl was
] elected judge of the Common
Pleas Court for the unexpired
term ending Feb. 8, 1855, over
Atty. J. G. Hitchcock, Republican,
5,73l to 3,764.
Republicans Lead
With over 10000 votes cast in
the off-year election, Republicans
gained pluralities in all state rae
es. Don Ebright defeated Gov.
Frank ]. Lausche, 5,453 to 4,782 in
this county, but Lausche was re-
elected by votes in other Ohio
counties.
Homer A. Ramey, former repre-
sentative and Republican stand
ard-bearer, was top man in the
three-way race for congressman
in this county, but Lucas County
votes gave the victory to Atty.
Frazier ReamS, running as an in
dependent.
Ramey received APO votes in
Ottawa County, Reams had 1913
and the Democratic incumbent,
Thomas H. Burke, 2,572.
Other state race results were
as follows:
For lieutenant governor, ]. Eu-
gene Roberts, 4,853, George D.
Nye, 4,450; for secretary of state,
Ted w. Brown, 4,716, Charles F.
Sweeney, 4,585; for state treas
urer, Roger w. Tracy, 5,208, Frank
M. Quinn, 4,045.
For attorney general. C. Will
| liam O'Neill. 4.888. Herbert 6
Duffy, 4,299; for congressman at
large, George H. Bender, 5,015,
Stephen M. Young, 4,O52; for
state senator, Fred L. Adams,
5,155, Walter G. Wiseley, 1892.
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt
and Appeals Judge Amos L. Conn
were the only Democrats to be
given a winning majority among
state candidates on the non-parti-
san ballot.
Weygandt garnered 4,584 votes
to 3,409 for Francis B. Douglass
in the chief justice race. Other
results were: For Supreme Court
judge, Jan. l, 1851, full term, Ed
ward S. Matthias, 4,099, Charles
H. Hubbell, 3,518; for Supreme
Court judge, full term, Jan. 2,
1851, William L. Hart, 6,562,
James Metzenbaum, 2,038; Court
of Appeals judge. Amos L. Conn.
4,206, William K Fenton, 3,428.
Republicans gave Henry ]. Mid
dleton, Toledo attorney, 1,097
write-in votes in his campaign for
supreme court judge, term ending
Dec. 81, 1854.
Governor Lausche led Ebright
in IA precincts and the candidates
were tied in another, Allen l. Pre-
siding judges politics are deter
mined by the leading gubernator-
ial candidate in the various pre-
cinctS.
Lausche led in Portage /, 6, z,
Danbury /, Carroll and 3, Salem
2, and 5, Benton 1, Allen 8 and
4, Bay, and Clay 4. Other pre-
cincts will have Republican pre-