When the vote tally finally showed Jamie Kiel would be the next representative of House District 18, it was the culmination of more than 18 months of work. It was April of 2017 when Kiel and his wife Melissa sat down and decided together that he would take the leap into politics. They told
Franklin County had 8,949 ballots cast in the Nov. 6 general election. The total voter turnout was at 48 percent. As far as straight party voting, 30 percent voted Democratic and 69 percent voted Republican. Johnny Mack Morrow (D) received the majority of votes against Larry Stutts (R) for