Primary elections are underway across Indiana

Voting is underway for primary election day in Indiana, with polls open until 6 p.m. tonight. Bartholomew County voters will be making choices on both the Republican and Democratic ballots today.

At the top of the ticket, Republican Congressman Jefferson Shreve has a primary challenge with Sarah Brown in U.S. House District 6. Democrats have four choices to run against the winner of that race, with William Amyx, Nicholas Baker, David Boyd and Cinde Wirth up for the nomination. Republican Congresswoman Erin Houchin has no primary challenge in U.S. House District 9, but four Democrats are running for their party’s nomination to face her in November, Jim Graham, Brad Meyer, Tim Peck and Keil Roark.

Republican State Senator Greg Walker has a primary challenge for State Senate District 41 with Rep. Michelle Davis trying to unseat him. Republican State Representatives Ryan Lauer and Jim Lucas are unopposed in their primary, but District 73 State Rep. Jennifer Meltzer is facing challengers Edward Comstock and Jacob Johnson in the Republican primary. Uncontested in the Democratic primary, Ross Thomas is running in the District 41 Senate race, Chris Bowen is running against Lucas for the District 69 Indiana House seat, and A.J. Miller will face the winner of the primary in Indiana House District 73.

In the Republican race for County Council District 2, incumbent Leah Beyer is being challenged by Mark Bense and in the open Council District 4 seat, Barb Hackman and Rick Miller are both in the running.

For more information or help with voting in Bartholomew County you can call the county voter registration office at 812-379-1604.

You can check back later tonight as we cover the local election results as they come in starting at 6 p.m.

Local government offices are closed today. However, in Columbus, trash and recycling routes will still be running on their normal schedule. In Seymour, the Department of Public Works will be closed along with the recycling drop off. Recycling, trash and yard waste routes that normally run on Tuesday will instead be collected on Wednesday.