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BELPRE -- With Ohio voters voting in the primary today, only one community in Washington County will have voters going to the polls.
Three Republican races involving Belpre City Council and the Belpre mayor are on the ballot today.
Polls will be open today from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at Belpre Church of Christ, 2932 Washington Blvd., Belpre, for all precincts. Voters should bring a form of identification.
Of the four wards, three at-large council seats and the mayoral primary, just three are contested.
Judith Drake and John McClead are running to represent Republicans in the November mayoral election, with the winner likely to challenge three-term Democratic incumbent Michael Lorentz.
For the city's three at-large council seats, four candidates have stepped forward - incumbents Donna L. Miller and Susan J. Abdella, and challengers David E. Ferguson, a former safety-service director, and Larry K. Martin, a former council member.
Drake currently holds one of the at-large seats, which she is vacating to run for mayor.
In Ward 1, Joshua Campbell is unopposed; Elmer Lee Shutts is the sole candidate for Ward 2 and Timothy Gant is the only candidate for Ward 3. All three are incumbents.
In Ward 4, incumbent Penne L. Riffle is being challenged by Kelly R. Cox in today's Republican primary.