County Clerk, Jim Luersen, is ready to pull the the ping pong balls from the 20-year old coffee can to determine ballot positions for Campbell County elections in November. FTM file. 

The ballot positions were drawn today in Campbell County Clerk, Jim Luersen’s, office at the Campbell County Fiscal Court Building.

We attempted to live stream it, but the signal was lost, so we were only able to capture the Fort Thomas City Council election draw.

The rest of the races will be updated in this article, so be sure to check back.

The ballot position is an underrated part of how election results are formed, particularly in races with a lot of turnover or new names.

Luersen, with the help of his deputy clerk Jen McGrath, uses the method passed down by his predecessor, Jack Snodgrass: an old coffee can and ping pong ball. See how the draw turned out at the video below:

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The Fort Thomas City Council, pick 6:

1- John Slawter

2- Sam Shelton

3 – Chuck Thompson

4 – Lisa Kelly

5 – John Muller

6 – Jeff Bezold

7- Ken Bowman

8 – Roger Peterman

9 – David Cameron

Two seats were open for the Fort Thomas School Board. Two people filed, both incumbents: Jeff Beach and Karen Allen.



Newport Commission ballot, pick 4:

1 – Ken Rechtin

2 – Beth Fennell

3 – Rachel Comte

4 – Bob McCray

5 – Frank Peluso

6 – Nichole Hayden

7 – Tom Guidugli

Alexandria City Council, pick 6:

1Sue S. Neltner

2Andrew “Andy” Schabell

3Scott Fleckinger

4Stacey L. Graus

5Susan Vanlandingham

6Bob Simon

7Sandy Ruschman-Decker

8Joe Anderson

Bellevue City Council, pick 6:

1James Rodney Poynter

2Melissa Tatum

3Stephen R. Guidugli

4Bill Helton

5Mike Almoslechner

6Carol J. Rich

7Bethany Hanson

8Ryan Salzman

9David Slater

10Thomas P. Quirk

Cold Spring City Council, pick 6:

1Brenda Rodgers Helton

2Lou Gerding

3Adam C. Sandfoss

4Chris Ampfer

5Roger C. Jones

6Lisa Schmidt Cavanaugh

7Michael D. Ruscher

Crestview Commissioner, pick 4:

1      *Shane T. Owens

2      *Victoria L. Plantholt

Dayton City Council, pick 6:

1Bret Neuspickle

2Dennis (Denny) Lynn

3Jerald L. Gifford

4William (Bill) Burns

5Jeff Haas

6Alex Kraemer

7Jeff A. Volter

8Ben Baker

9Joseph “Joe” Neary

WITHDREWJoseph Tucker

Highland Heights City Council, pick 6:

1David Paul Ramler

2Jeanne Pettit

3John E. Hoffert

4Deborah Ball

5AJ Moermond

6Gary Chinn

Melbourne Commission, pick 4:

1*David Charles King

2*Paul Landwehr

3*Joanne Layman

4*Edward C. Fischer

Newport Mayor

1Jerry Rex Peluso

2Christopher Maloney

Silver Grove City Council, pick 6:

1*Paul Lindon

2*Katherine (Kay) Wright

3Jill Fessler

4*Dan Gindele

5*Scott McCarter

6*Joe Pelle

Southgate City Council, pick 6:

1*Daniel J. Speier

2*Joseph M. Anderson

3*James Allen Enzweiler

4*Chris A. Robisch

5*Patricia Hayley

6*Sue Payne

Wilder City Council, pick 6:

1Jerry Sebastian

2Valerie A. Jones

3Robert “Bob” Arnold

4Bob Blankenship

5Tim Gilkison

6Robert Honaker

Bellevue School Board, pick 2:

1Julia Webb Fischer

2Chris Groneck

WITHDREWVanessa Groneck

Dayton School Board, pick 2:

1Rosann Sharon

2Bernard T. Pfeffer Jr.

Newport School Board, pick 3:

1Theresa A. Miller

2Nadine R. Parris

3Melissa Sheffel

4Julie Smith-Morrow

5Matt Cline

6Sylvia A. Covington

7Ian Maloney

Silver Grover School Board, pick 2:

1Melanie Pelle

Campbell County Schools, District 2, pick 1:

1Tina Kammerer

2Lindsey R. Long

Campbell County Schools, District 3, pick 1:

1Noah J. Heim

2*Kimber L. Fender

Campbell County Schools, District 5, pick 1:

1Angela R. Johnson

2Timothy L. Nolan

3*Rich Mason

Soil and Water Conservation District, pick 4:

1*Linda Bray-Schafer

2*Ronald W. McCormick

3*Debbie B. Buckley

4Paul L. Whalen

5*Rick Simon

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