Quiet end for Butler County auditor contest

From reporter Jennifer Edwards:

One of the nastiest primary races in the region, the Republican race for Butler County Auditor's Office, has come to a surprisingly quiet end.

After weeks of bombarding voters with fliers, commercials and trading election complaints and accusations, both camps reported no troubles today.

The auditor's race was especially heated here this year because the Butler County Republican Party endorsed Roger Reynolds, not the longtime incumbent, Kay Rogers.

Rogers fell out of favor with party fathers last fall when the county's fiber optic network erupted in scandal (she oversaw the system at that time).

Scott Owens, executive director of the Butler County Republican Party, spent most of the day outside polls at Freedom Elementary School in West Chester Township. He wore a Reynolds T-shirt and held a sign promoting West Chester's fire levy, also on the ballot.

One voter, he said, "walked by me, pointed at the T-shirt and fire levy sign and said 'you have both of my votes and thank God it all comes to an end tomorrow!' "