Stoffel takes sheriff's race over Ochs with almost 60 percent of vote

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Republican Terry Stoffel took nearly 60 percent of the vote to become Huntington County's next sheriff, defeating independent candidate Steve Ochs in the Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election.

Stoffel will take office Jan. 1, when current Sheriff Kent Farthing leaves office.

Also claiming victory were Republican Cheryl Schenkel, who won the county recorder position over Democrat Andrew Krieg with 76 percent of the vote, and Republican Terri Boone - the only incumbent seeking a county-level office - retaining her county assessor position with a 73 percent victory over independent Polly Richardson.....