Kalil wins Rep. judge race
R-H Staff
PREBLE COUNTY Three school levies were passed and the Republican candidate for the open Eaton Municipal Court judge seat was decided this week during the May 4 primary.
4,426 total ballots were cast across the county, resulting in a 17.34 percent turnout. Despite issues in last year’s primary with uncertainty surrounding cancelled in-person voting on March 17, 2020, turnout was still 27.29 percent with over 7,500 ballots cast.
Highlighting this week’s primary was the race for the Republican representative in the November general election for the open Eaton Municipal Court judge seat.
Eaton-based attorney Edmund Kalil defeated Preble County Assistant Prosecutor Gractia Manning by just 163 votes, 1,897 to 1,734 (52.24-47.76 percent).
Manning, Kalil up for judge seat
By Eddie Mowen Jr. - cmowen@aimmediamidwest.com
Kalil
Manning
EATON Voters in the upcoming Republican primary will select a candidate for Eaton Municipal Court Judge during the Tuesday, May 4 primary/special slection.
Candidates vying to run for the seat include Assistant Preble County Prosecuting Attorney Gractia Manning of Eaton, and Edmund Kalil of West Alexandria. The following candidate profiles were requested and submitted by the respective candidates and have been lightly edited:
Gractia S. Manning
Occupation: Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Preble County Prosecutor’s Office
Past political posts held: None
Education: B.A. in Communications (minor Political Science), Bethany College, West Virginia, 1992 and J.D. from University of Dayton School of Law, 1997.