GREENFIELD — Two political newcomers and an outgoing officer-holder looking for a new post in local government prevailed in the Republican races for Hancock County clerk, recorder and assessor. No Democrats have filed to run in those races; the party has until June 30 to pick a nominee for the November ballot.
Clerk
Republican Lisa Eberhardt Lofgreen outpaced her two opponents in the race for Hancock County Clerk, earning 4,156 votes (41.46 percent). Greenfield resident Mark Lozier was the runner-up, finishing with 3,631 votes (36.22 percent). Miriam Rolles, also of Greenfield, received 2,237 votes (22.32 percent).
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The clerk’s office oversees the county’s elections and keeps the record of all criminal and civil cases filed in the Hancock County. Lofgreen, a lifelong Hancock County resident, has worked in Greenfield’s Pritzke & Davis Law Firm for more than 25 years, and there she’s learned the ins and outs of the judicial record-keeping and bookkeeping.
If she’s victorious in November, she wants to work with the current clerk’s staff to ensure the office if running as productively as possible, she said.
This primary election taught her a lot about Hancock County government, and she’s eager to put her talents to the service of her community, she said.
Recorder
Current Hancock County Clerk Marcia Moore won the Republican nomination for county recorder — the office tasked with keeping record of an array of legal documents, including home mortgages, proof of military service and other historic paperwork.
Moore received 6,811 votes (65.75 percent). Her challenger, Susie Albertson Morris, received 3,548 votes (34.25 percent).
Moore said her experience working in local government will serve her well if she is elected in November.
After familiarizing herself with the recorder’s office, she plans to find ways to run the recorder’s office efficiently. Most importantly, if she becomes recorder this November, Moore wants to assist whoever is elected to settle into her old job, she said.
Assessor
Political newcomer Katie Molinder, a chief deputy assessor with the Tippecanoe County Assessor’s Office, earned the GOP nomination for county assessor.
Molinder collected 6,687 votes (65.46 percent) over challenger Cindy Wolski Roberts, who earned 3,528 votes (34.54 percent).
The assessor’s office is responsible for listing and calculating the value of all personal and real property in the county. The position also requires the officeholder to work hand-in-hand with assessors of townships in Hancock County.
Molinder ran her campaign on a promise to stop outsourcing assessment work to private contractors in the hope of saving taxpayers’ money. It’s a promise she’ll keep if elected in November, she said.
