Kristin Phillips-Hill garnered the most votes against Ernie Merisotis in the Republican primary for the 93rd state House seat.

Neither candidate could be reached for comment.

No Democrats ran in the race.

Phillips-Hill, a small business owner, was a first-time candidate, and Merisotis, a safety trainer for A&S Kinard Trucking, ran for the seat for a third time.

Property taxes were the biggest issue, but the two disagreed whether state House Bill 76 would bring relief. The bill proposes eliminating school property taxes by raising personal income and sales taxes.

Phillips-Hill said meaningful reform is fixing what is driving spending, and that is pension reform.

Merisotis said the bill would offer a fair deal without under-funding schools, but costs for state programs need to be reduced.

— Teresa Boeckel