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Tree Martin Lucas won Tuesday's Democratic Party primary for Monroe County clerk with 47.7% in a 3-way race. Tanner Branham showed some strength in a few Bloomington precincts near the IU campus. Joe Davis won one precinct. This sets up a fall race between Martin Lucas and GOP nominee Julie Hays.

Bloomington’s city council unanimously approved the Hopewell South PUD after months of debate over issues like how much of the project should remain permanently affordable. A compromise set a 35% affordability minimum with a 50% target, while preserving flexibility for financing tools.

Bloomington police have arrested an 18-year-old Bloomington man in one of the two Kirkwood Avenue shootings during Little 500 weekend that injured five young women. Police say tips from released video images identified the suspect, while investigators still seek a second shooter.

A pocket of student-heavy precincts near Indiana University gave David Henry his strongest showing in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Monroe County commissioner. But the small area, combined with low turnout there blunted the impact, as Trent Deckard cruised countywide with nearly 60% of the vote.

None of Monroe County’s contested Democratic countywide primary races were especially close Tuesday night, with every race decided by at least 16 points. Trent Deckard, Tree Martin Lucas, Erika Oliphant and Judy Sharp all secured nominations in unofficial results.

This report includes live updates from Election Central where the USB drives and the ballots from 28 different voting locations are turned in after the polls close at 6 p.m.

This is a log of B Square Bulletin visits to different polling locations through the day on May 5, 2026. It will be updated through the day as resources allow.