 Hastings filed his petition with the county's Board of Elections, as did two other Republican hopefuls.With the city's primary election held on May 3, 2011, Hastings won the primary election with receiving 295 votes.On November 8, 2011, Hastings won the Hillsboro, Ohio general election garnering 1,008 votes and his opponent, John Levo, received 614 votes.