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UPDATE: ACKERSON TOP VOTE GETTER IN JOHNSON COUNTY

According to the Daily Journal in Johnson County:

Two Democrats were the top vote-getters in Johnson County.

In first place, Nels Ackerson, who is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer in the 4th Congressional District. Ackerson, an attorney, got 12,900 votes from his uncontested spot on the Democrat ballot.

In second place was U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton in her race to win the Democratic nomination for president. Clinton was running against U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. Clinton got 11,536 votes in Johnson County, beating Obama’s 9,188 votes. She won statewide with 51 percent of the vote.

Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels tallied the third-most votes with 10,917, followed closely by Democrat Jessica McElvoy, running to be a state convention delegate, who got 10,432 votes.

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