Photo by Michelle Dillon Marietta Municipal Court Judge Randall Jedlink, right, talks to Marietta Mayor Joshua Schlicher, left, at Washington County Republican Headquarters Tuesday night while everyone waited for election results.

With final, unofficial results in Tuesday night, the last Washington Countywide Democratic officeholder has been unseated and a Belpre City Schools levy rejected in the spring was renewed.

Incumbent Washington County Recorder Tracey Wright, a Democrat running for a ninth term in office reelection, lost to Republican Teresa Judson by a margin of 62.85% to 37.15%, or 18,065 votes to 10,680.

Washington County Republican Party Chairman Joe Derkin announced a little after 9 p.m. Tuesday that Judson’s victory means there are no longer any Democrats holding countywide office in Washington County.

“It’s a very nice feeling to say there’s no more Democrats in county offices,” Judson said.

She thanked everyone for their support.

The renewal of the levy for Belpre City Schools passed Tuesday night by around 350 votes, 2,336 in favor to 1,987 against, according to the unofficial count of the seven precincts in the district from Tuesday’s general election.

The levy failed earlier this year during the primary election.

Belpre Superintendent Jeff Greenley was appreciative of the support and passage of the levy.

“We are grateful to the residents of Belpre on both sides of the issue,” he said.

The renewal is for 10 years for 3.18 mills. The levy “is the backbone” of the school budget, Greenley said. It has been in effect since 2000, he said.

With nearly 60% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Sen. Brian Chavez, R-Marietta, won a full, four-year term representing Ohio’s 30th Senate District.

According to final, unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, Chavez was leading Democrat Ari Faber with 69% of the nearly 150,000 votes counted as of 10 p.m.

Chavez, owner of Reno Oil and Gas LLC and Chavez Well Service, was appointed to the seat in December following the retirement of Sen. Frank Hoagland. He faced Faber, an outreach director at an Athens nonprofit who has lived as a man for several years and was listed on the ballot under his deadname Iva Faber due to state law requiring candidates who have had a former name in the past five years to list it on election petitions.

Chavez, who was at the Washington County Republican headquarters Tuesday night waiting for the election results, said he planned to “represent everyone in the district.”

During the campaign, Chavez said, he talked about the issues, wanted people to know what he stood for and “didn’t go negative at all.”

Chavez said he ran into some issues during his campaign due to voices on the fringes but said politics should be “about a difference of opinions that we work through.”

Chavez said he plans to “work very hard” just like he has done for the last year and is “excited to work on a full term” and help eastern and southeastern Ohio.

With 85% of precincts reporting, Republican Washington County Commissioner Kevin Ritter won the race for the Ohio House of Representatives’ 94th District seat. Ritter received just over 69% of the vote, compared to Democrat Wenda Sheard’s nearly 31%.

Derkin announced that The New York Times had declared Ritter the winner of his race.

“I never thought I would be happy to hear an announcement from The New York Times,” Ritter said, eliciting chuckles from the crowd.

Ritter thanked everyone in the room for their support.

Also on Tuesday:

* The Fearing Township replacement levy for fire and emergency services passed with 369 votes (76.88%) for the levy and 111 votes (23.12%) against.

* The additional tax levy for the village of Matamoras for current operating expenses failed with 184 votes (59.25%) against the levy and 126 (40.65%) for.

* The additional tax levy for Grandview Township for fire and EMS passed with 345 votes (52.19%) for and 316 (47.81%) against.

* The additional tax levy for maintaining and operating cemeteries in Wesley Township failed, with 246 votes (60.89%) against and 158 (39.11%) for.

* The additional tax levy for maintaining and operating cemeteries in Salem Township passed with 297 votes (52.11%) for and 273 (47.89%) against.

* The local liquor option in Matamoras and Grandview Township for Par Mar Store 4 at 1300 State Route 7, Matamoras, to sell beer, wine and mixed beverages passed with 170 votes (54.31%) in support and 143 (45.69%) against. The separate question of whether the business can sell alcohol on Sundays had a tie vote, with 156 votes for and 156 against.