2002 TWHBEA Board of Directors’ Election Results
Friday, October 25, 2002

edit mfw 2002 TWHBEA Board of Directors’ Election Results The results are in for the 2002 Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association (TWHBEA) Board of Directors’ election. Once again, the certified public accounting firm of Winnett Associates, Shelbyville, Tennessee, tallied the returns.
According to the official tabulations, 4,163 of the 15,078 ballots mailed were returned. The percentage of returns, 27.61%, was down from last year’s 29.86%. Once again, Montana had the highest percentage of returned ballots at 63.33%. The lowest voting percentage, 6.15%, was in Region 2.
Ties in the voting occurred among write-in candidates in Michigan and Region 2, neither of which had declared candidates.
The results of the 2002 TWHBEA Board of Directors’ Election are as follows:
TENNESSEE
1015/3679, 27.59%
(9) Three-Year Terms
Steve Aymett
Knox Blackburn
Lynn Womack
Judy Martin
Joe Martin
Charles Wharton
Jill Derickson
Dee Dee Sale
Hal Bowden
KENTUCKY
367/2248, 16.33%
(5) Three-Year Terms
Spencer S. Benedict
Leslie Perry Derrickson
Doug W. Barlow
Kathleen Larkin
Betty D. Duren
ALABAMA
281/1018, 27.60%
(2) Three-Year Terms
William “Bill” Strickland
Jack M. Doss
ARKANSAS
74/218, 33.94%
(1) Three-Year Term
April G. Crawford
CALIFORNIA
132/416, 31.73%
(1) Three-Year Term
Donna Benefield
FLORIDA
83/361, 22.71%
(2) Three-Year Terms
Darren S. Gray
Tracy Pinson
GEORGIA
214/555, 38.56%
(2) Three-Year Terms
Martha Branson
Sally J. Fleck
ILLINOIS
87/346, 25.14%
(1) Three-Year Term
T. Ledillon Powers
INDIANA
120/404, 29.70%
(1) Three-Year Term
Rosetta L. Davis
IOWA
37/95, 38.95%
(1) Three-Year Term
Larry Loftin

MICHIGAN
25/296, 8/45%
(1) Three-Year Term
(Tie) Carol Branam
(Tie) Karyl Dunaway
MISSISSIPPI
198/637, 31.08%
(2) Three-Year Terms
Karla Nichols Massey
Margaret Thomas
MISSOURI
210/673, 31.20%
(1) Three-Year Term
Debbie Birk
MONTANA
76/120, 63.33%
(1) Three-Year Term
Dan Aadland
NEW MEXICO
11/31, 35.48%
(1) Three-Year Term
Dr. L.H. Briggs
NORTH CAROLINA
177/773, 22.90%
(1) Three-Year Term
Janice M. Plyer
OHIO
264/722, 36.57%
(2) Three-Year Terms
Jim Potter
Joyce Morris Moyer
OKLAHOMA
47/120, 39.17%
(1) Three-Year Term
Ann Kuykendall
PENNSYLVANIA
66/249, 26.51%
(1) Three-Year Term
Billy H. Hutchinson
SOUTH CAROLINA
111/310, 35.81%
(1) Three-Year Term
Marietta Gambrell
TEXAS
231/620, 37.26%
(1) Three-Year Term
Valarie J. Delana
VIRGINIA
161/544, 29.60%
(1) Three-Year Term
R. Craig Evans
WASHINGTON
99/333, 29.73%
(1) Three-Year Term
Robert D. Smith
WYOMING
5/36, 13.89%
(1) Three-Year Term
Sylvia W. Crouter
ALBERTA
31/86, 36.05%
(1) Three-Year Term
Laurie Innocent
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2/29, 6.90%
(1) Three-Year Term
Cornelia Castle
GERMANY
30/54/55.56%
(1) Three-Year Term
Dr. Frank Jugert
REGION 1
6/40, 15.00%
91) Three-Year Term
Sandra Van Den Hof
REGION 2
4/65, 6.15%
(1) Three-Year Term
(Tie) Margo Bailey
(Tie) Ron Stodard

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