Brook Tarr to take on Blanton

Thu, 29 May 2008 09:50:00 -0700

Brook Tarr will be representing the Republican Party in House District 62. He defeated three candidates to earn the right to face Democrat Sandra Blanton. From the day after the election:

Republican Brook Tarr captured 62 percent of the party’s votes cast in Tuesday night’s primary to earn the nomination to face incumbent Democrat Sandra Blanton for the State Representative District 62 seat in the fall.

The Orange County Highway engineer credits his large victory over the other three candidates — Jamie J. Harris (22 percent), Donald O. Patton (18 percent) and Judith “Judy” Coleman (17 percent) — to capturing his home county.

“Being from Orange County — working there and being active in the community — really helped,” Tarr said. “I now live in Orleans and I grew up in French Lick.”

In Orange County, Tarr captured 1,357 votes. The next closest candidate was Coleman with 279 votes and Harris and Patton each grabbed 249.

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