Elections

Republican Mitt Romney rode a steady and huge voter turnout to an overwhelming victory in Shelby County’s vote for president on Tuesday.

Romney, following the performance of John McCain in 2008, soundly defeated President Barack Obama, earning more than 63 percent. Romney carried more the statewide vote as well.

In his loss to Obama in 2008, McCain earned nearly 62 percent of the vote in Shelby County.

Voters in Simpsonville seem happy with their veteran city commissioners.

They voted overwhelmingly to return to office four incumbents who have served as one commission since 2008, when Sharon Cummins first was elected.

Vicky Wise, who has served on the commission since 1996, overcame a year of health problems to earn re-election, and she will be joined again by Scott McDowell, Cary Vowels and Cummins. Mayor Steve Eden, who has served 18 years, is in the middle of his 4-year term.

A101 West Finchville: Finchville Community Center, 5596 Taylorsville Road

A102 South Shelby: Highway 55 South Volunteer Fire Dept., 1000 Taylorsville Road

A103 Weissinger: Shelbyville Fire Station No. 2, 99 Clubhouse Drive

A104 East Finchville: Finchville Community Center, 5586 Taylorsville Road

A105 South East Shelby: Clear Creek Elementary School, 279 Chappell Hill Road

B101 Southville: Mount Eden VFD Substation, 450 Southville Pike

B102 Waddy: Waddy Volunteer Fire Dept., 135 Chester Dare Road

As President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney shuttle across the country working swing states for votes, their campaign accounts are taking big hits.

Those key votes in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin are not that close to each other.

According to financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, President Obama has raised more than $567 million since Jan. 1, 2011, and Romney has pulled in $361 million,  while spending about $298 million.