West Lafayette has a new mayor. Republican John Dennis beat democrat incumbent Jan Mills. Democrat Tony Roswarski easily won re-election as mayor of Lafayette.
Democrats had a big night. They swept the city council races in Lafayette. Control of the West Lafayette council has yet to be decided. Based on the preliminary results, democrats will control the council 4 to 3. But, there are 125 provisional ballots that have yet to be added to the totals. Provisional ballots are made when a voter doesn't appear to be eligible or does not have ID. Voters have 10 days to get to the election board to verify their information. On Friday November 16th, the election board will add the provisional ballots into the mix and certify the election results. Those ballots could impact three West Lafayette council races. Democrat Paul Roales won by 2 votes in district 1 and republican Vicki Burch won by 8 votes in district 5. I heard that most of the provisional ballots were from West Lafayette. So, stay tuned to see which races are affected by the provisional ballots. The election board meets November 16th.
I also suspect the election board will have more to say about how the election went. There were numerous problems at the polls during the day. That was followed by a long delay in getting the results tallied. Our news crew was at the Tippecanoe County Office Building for results after midnight.
