Troy Ethington won Shelbyville’s four-way mayoral race by 57 votes Tuesday, finishing ahead of Shane Suttor in the closest of the three city mayoral contests on Shelby County’s ballot.

Ethington received 1,597 votes to Suttor’s 1,540. Norris Beckley finished with 807, followed by Joshua G. Berkley with 537, according to unofficial returns from the Kentucky Secretary of State.

The results also put Ronald L. Sowder Jr. atop the mayoral race in Simpsonville and Cindy Cook atop the race in Pleasureville. County voters chose Kyle Tipton for sheriff and Jeff Ivers for coroner, while Michelle Peterson and Jamie S. Tipton finished first in the two contested school board races.

City Mayors and Governing Boards

Sowder defeated Christopher Ramey, 657–411, in Simpsonville. Cook defeated Bryan Allen Perry, 134–89, in Pleasureville. The Pleasureville figures include the entire city, rather than only its Shelby County voters.

Sally Pollett Zaring led the field for Shelbyville’s six city council seats with 2,617 votes. Joining her in the top six were Amy Stover Smitha, 2,146; Pam Heady Wininger Carter, 2,005; Georgina R. Ivers, 1,902; Frank Page, 1,781; and Ross Webb, 1,501.

Webb finished 167 votes ahead of James Mulcahy, who had 1,334. Larry Brown received 1,114 and Thomas Clark Sampson received 1,021.

In Simpsonville’s four-seat city commission race, Kelland L. Garland received 603 votes and Michael Hesse received 597. Scott McDowell and Austin Dupre each received 587, putting both within the four winning positions. Kesia Hatcher received 393.

Pleasureville’s four commission seats went to John Wheeler, 132; Howard Roberts, 125; Kimberly Rigsby, 123; and Chris Rice, 112. Jeff Perry received 88 and Lindsey Clark Perry received 69.

Sheriff, Coroner and County Offices

Kyle Tipton received 12,469 votes in the sheriff’s race, defeating Dominique Carroll, who received 5,407. Jeff Ivers received 11,620 votes for coroner to Justin Barnes’ 6,010.

The remaining countywide offices had one named candidate apiece on the ballot. Their reported totals were:

County judge/executive: Rob Rothenburger, 13,510 votes.

County clerk: Tony Harover, 13,095 votes.

County attorney: Carrie Insco McIntyre, 12,903 votes.

Jailer: Nick Yount, 13,005 votes.

Property valuation administrator: Brad McDowell, 10,875 votes.

School Board

Michelle Peterson defeated Andrew H. Cline, 1,777–1,130, in the District 1 school board race, a margin of 647 votes.

In District 4, Jamie S. Tipton defeated Joanna S. Freels, 1,432–1,172, a margin of 260 votes.

Magistrates and Constables

Each of Shelby County’s seven magistrate districts and seven constable districts had one named candidate on the ballot. The reported totals were:

District 1: Jon Swindler, magistrate, 1,088 votes; Wayne Ivers, constable, 1,125 votes.

District 2: Karen P. Waller, magistrate, 2,203 votes; Joey L. Renfrow, constable, 2,179 votes.

District 3: Tom Young, magistrate, 1,663 votes; Chris Kleymeyer, constable, 1,599 votes.

District 4: Paul Hornback, magistrate, 1,865 votes; Bill Bryant, constable, 1,839 votes.

District 5: Gene Witt, magistrate, 1,964 votes; Brandon Bradley, constable, 1,890 votes.

District 6: Brock Lisby, magistrate, 2,116 votes; Brent Bridgman, constable, 2,006 votes.

District 7: Danny Eades, magistrate, 2,042 votes; Jeffrey A. Bell, constable, 1,963 votes.

Judicial and State House Races

In the 53rd Judicial District, Laura Witt received 18,296 votes for the 1st Division district judgeship, and Donna Dutton received 18,420 for the 2nd Division. Both were the only named candidates in their respective races. Those figures cover the full judicial district.

Jennifer Hardin defeated Jason Michael Nemes, 9,857–9,323, in the 33rd State House District, a margin of 534 votes. In the 58th District, Jennifer Henson Decker defeated Andrew Thomas Monarch, 10,451–6,501. Both totals cover the entire legislative district.

No total or winner was reported for the write-in-only county surveyor race.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, November 3 General Election returns, 11:48:58 p.m. snapshot. Election-night totals are unofficial.