We polled 54 area leaders and asked them who thought would win today, not who they voted for. Here the results:
1) President
John McCain: 9%
Barack Obama: 91%
2) Public Defender
James Owens: 78%
Tony Henderson: 9%
Don’t Know: 13%
3) State Rep. District 3
Clay Ford: 38%
Lumon May: 63%
4) Sheriff
David Morgan: 91%
Larry Scapecchi: 9%
5) Superintendent of Schools
Malcolm Thomas: 94%
Claudia Brown-Curry: 3%
Don’t Know: 3%
6) County Commission, Dist 1
Wilson Robertson: 94%
Don’t Know: 6%
7) County Commission, Dist 3
Marie Young: 100%
Jason Pawelski: 0%
8) County Commission, Dist 5
Kevin White: 94%
Jim Barnett: 3%
Don’t Know: 3%
9) ECUA Dist. 3
Joshua Joscelyn: 9%
Elvin McCorvey: 91%
10) School Board, Dist 5 TOSS UP
Tom Harrell: 19%
Bill Slayton: 50%
Don’t Know: 31%
11) Mayor
CJ Lewis: 3%
Eric Schmitz: 0%
Mike Wiggins: 97%
12) At-Large 8 TOSS UP
Joe Buehler: 31%
Diane Mack: 34%
Jack Nobles: 22%
Don’t know: 13%
13) At-Large 9
Megan Pratt: 88%
Wendell Rich: 9%
J.D. Smith: 0%
Don’t know: 3%
14) City Dist. 1
Bob Walker: 3%
P.C. Wu: 97%
15) City Dist. 2
Sam Hall: 94%
Peter Saccomanno: 6%
16) City Dist. 3 TOSS UP
Mike DeSorbo: 47%
Maren DeWeese: 50%
Don’t Know: 3%
17) City Dist. 4
Rhette Anderson: 3%
Marty Donovan: 34%
Larry Johnson: 53%
Don’t know: 9%
18) City Dist. 6
Jewel Cannada-Wynn: 94%
Jeffrey Humbles: 6%
19) City Dist. 7
Robbie Andrews: 3%
Jacci Shumaker: 0%
Ronald Townsend: 84%
Don’t know 13%