Each year before, during and after elections, the Wyandot County Board of Elections is hard at work to ensure the process is seamless and secure for Wyandot County voters.

The filing deadline for party candidates for the city of Upper Sandusky and the village of Carey is Feb. 6. Independent candidates must file their petitions by May 6. Other villages, township trustees and local school board members must file their petitions by Aug. 7.

Upper Sandusky native and current state Rep. Riordan McClain was victorious in his first official election for the state’s 87th District Tuesday. McClain won by a landslide in Wyandot County, outpacing Democratic challenger Mary Pierce-Broadwater by a margin of 5,955 votes to 2,005.

Wyandot County made its voice heard Tuesday, and Commissioner Ron Metzger will serve another term. Metzger was re-elected after earning 5,915 votes compared to Democratic challenger Jon Oberhauser, who received 2,070 votes.

Voters in Ohio’s 5th District for the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly gave their support to incumbent Bob Latta (R) on Tuesday. Latta received 173,894 votes while Democratic challenger Michael Galbraith earned 97,352 votes.

Voters on Tuesday chose to renew income taxes for both the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District and the Carey Exempted Village School District. The five-year, 1.25 percent income tax in Upper Sandusky passed with an unofficial vote total of 2,815 votes for (65.1 percent) and 1,510 votes against across Wyandot, Marion and Seneca counties. In Wyandot County, the margin was 2,794 votes for (65.6 percent) and 1,465 votes against.

Wyandot County voters passed a pair of levies Tuesday in support of the Wyandot County Council on Aging and the Wyandot County Board of Health while three other local levies also passed. The Council on Aging had a five-year, .8-mill levy on the ballot and it passed by 75 percent.

The Upper Sandusky Community Library had a 1.4-mill renewal levy on the ballot Tuesday for property owners in the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District. Voters in Wyandot County supported the library by a significant margin, passing the levy with 2,975 votes for the tax levy and 1,269 votes against the levy.

Election officials (from left) Mark Droll, Bonnie Menningen, Jean Roberts and Kelly McGraw helped ensure a fair and secure election Tuesday for Upper Sandusky precinct F at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Polls close today at 7:30 p.m.

Upper Sandusky was visited Thursday by Keith Faber, the Republican candidate for state auditor. Faber, a current state representative and former president of the Ohio senate, is running against Democrat Zack Space in the Nov. 6 election.